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Peavey Mart warns of fake websites, accounts imitating brand as stores close
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
REGINA — Canadian retailer Peavey Industries LP is warning customers of imitation scams as the company closes its stores beloved for farm goods. Jest Sidloski, the vice-president of marketing for the Red Deer, Alta.-based company, said Wednesday fake Facebook accounts and websites have been created pretending to be Peavey Mart, selling non-existent goods at steep ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former intelligence adviser fears Trump may leverage intel sharing against Canada
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — A former top advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s worried the U.S. might put intelligence sharing on the table in talks about Canada’s laggardly defence spending. Vincent Rigby says he’s afraid that at some point, intelligence will become a negotiating tool as the Donald Trump White house seeks to extract gains ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. judge allows eagle sculpture insurance case despite ‘inexcusable’ delays
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
VANCOUVER — It has been nearly a decade since British Columbia businessman Ron Shore said he was violently attacked and robbed of two valuable sculptures that he had made as part of a charity treasure hunt he’d conceived to raise money for breast cancer research. A B.C. Supreme Court has now ruled Shore’s legal action ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers to meet with Trump’s senior advisers at White House to talk tariffs
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Canada’s premiers were headed to the White House Wednesday afternoon for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior advisers, as Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Canada will not strike first in a tariff battle with the United States. A news release from the Council of the Federation, which includes all provincial and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers to meet with Trump’s senior advisers at White House
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Canada’s premiers are heading to the White House today for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior advisers amid tariff threats. A news release from the Council of the Federation, which represents all provincial and territorial premiers, says due to the White House meeting, all other engagements were cancelled for Wednesday afternoon. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Premiers to meet with Trump’s senior advisers at White House
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Canada’s premiers are heading to the White House today for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior advisers amid tariff threats. More to come. Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s new fentanyl czar says eliminating drug’s ‘scourge’ is his primary goal
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
LANSDOWNE, ONT. — Canada’s new fentanyl czar Kevin Brosseau says he will bring an “intensity” to efforts to eliminate the scourge of fentanyl on both sides of the border. Touring a border point near Lansdowne, Ont. on his first day on the job, the former senior Mountie says his mandate is to bring people together, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario Greens unveil platform, pledge to build two million homes and cut taxes
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
TORONTO — The Green Party of Ontario will build two million homes in a decade, cut taxes for low- and middle-income earners and create a “foodbelt” to protect farmland if it wins the election, leader Mike Schreiner pledged Wednesday as he released the party’s platform. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, meanwhile, promised to end hospital hallway ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defence Minister Bill Blair says Trump’s annexation talk is not a ‘real threat’
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
BRUSSELS — Defence Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s talk of turning Canada into the 51st state is not a “real threat” – while the prime minister said again there isn’t a “snowball’s chance in hell” of that happening. The two were in Brussels to meet with NATO and European allies ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s the latest as Canada faces U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s 13 premiers are in Washington, D.C. today seeking to convince Republicans that U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose stiff tariffs on Canada is not in their best interests. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Brussels meeting with European allies as Canada looks to shore up support against those tariffs. Here’s the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau says Ukraine decides how war with Russia ends, praises buy-Canadian movement
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
BRUSSELS — It is up to Ukraine to decide how the war with Russia ends, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. “It is only Ukrainians that get to decide what is acceptable to them as an outcome of any peace negotiations,” he told reporters Wednesday in Brussels as he wrapped up a visit to Europe ... Read More »
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