October 27th, 2025

National News

Has business tuned out Trump’s temper tantrums?

By Canadian Press on October 25th, 2025

MONTREAL — Like exhausted parents, Canada’s business community seems to be increasingly tuning out the temper tantrums coming from downstairs. On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was halting trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff ad campaign run by the Ontario government. “Canada cheated and got caught!!!” Trump wrote in all caps on ... Read More »

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Carney aims to sell Canada as reliable partner for trade in Southeast Asia

By Canadian Press on October 25th, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney is pitching Canada as a reliable partner for Southeast Asia, one that’s committed to rules-based trade at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump is rewriting global trade norms. He’s heading to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, known as ASEAN, seeking to drum up investment into Canada that will ... Read More »

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AI experts say CRA must fix human responses before pursuing AI

By Canadian Press on October 25th, 2025

OTTAWA — Experts in artificial intelligence say it’s risky for the Canada Revenue Agency to turn to artificial intelligence to help Canadians with their tax problems when human call centre employees have shown to struggle providing accurate information. On Tuesday, federal auditor general Karen Hogan issued a damning report which found not only was the ... Read More »

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‘Ecstatic’: Older fans remember Blue Jays’ World Series championships in 1992-93

By Canadian Press on October 24th, 2025

TORONTO — Mike Chisholm had a pager with him when he came to watch the Toronto Blue Jays play against Philadelphia in the World Series in 1993. His wife was nine months pregnant, so he needed to check in every half-hour to make sure she was OK. He said he was called home during the ... Read More »

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McGuinty says Canada’s first defence industrial strategy will land weeks after budget

By Canadian Press on October 24th, 2025

OTTAWA — Canada’s first-ever defence industrial strategy will be released sometime after the Nov. 4 federal budget but will be made public no later than Christmas, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Friday. McGuinty said the document will map out Canada’s needs and sovereign capabilities and identify domestic defence sectors that have a comparative commercial advantage. ... Read More »

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Ontario will pull ads that triggered Trump in order to restart trade talks, Ford says

By Canadian Press on October 24th, 2025

OTTAWA — Ontario will pause its anti-tariff television ad campaign in the United States on Monday so that Canada-U.S. trade talks can resume, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday. Ford said he decided to pull the plug on the campaign only after speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is travelling to Asia for back-to-back ... Read More »

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AI minister considering adding age restrictions on chatbot access to privacy bill

By Canadian Press on October 24th, 2025

MONTREAL — An upcoming privacy bill could include age restrictions on access to AI chatbots to protect children, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said. “There are lots of discussions around folks who are asking us, hey, should there be a certain age-appropriate access to certain parts of chatbots,” Solomon told The Canadian Press. “We’re going ... Read More »

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Former Mulroney aides say Ontario ads accurately present Reagan’s views on trade

By Canadian Press on October 24th, 2025

OTTAWA — Associates of former prime minister Brian Mulroney say Ronald Reagan’s embrace of free trade and rejection of tariffs grew out of the late U.S. president’s relationship with his Canadian counterpart. David McLaughlin and Geoff Norquay, who worked as senior policy advisers for Mulroney, also say Reagan’s views on trade are not being misconstrued ... Read More »

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Anand says she’s asked for updated Indo-Pacific strategy as PM heads to Asia

By Canadian Press on October 24th, 2025

OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Mark Carney makes his first official trip to Asia, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says the regional policy the Trudeau government released three years ago is outdated and should now place economic interests at its core. “What I’m saying to the department now is we need to update that Indo-Pacific ... Read More »

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Vancouver authorities should have known festival attacker posed threat, lawsuit says

By Canadian Press on October 24th, 2025

VANCOUVER — A lawsuit by a man badly hurt in the Lapu Lapu Day festival attack says a psychiatrist was concerned the mental health of the accused was deteriorating before the Vancouver attack, that his delusions were increasing and antipsychotic medication was insufficient. The proposed class-action civil suit filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday ... Read More »

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Chief says he’s offended by mandatory federal branding on Orange Shirt Day funding

By Canadian Press on October 24th, 2025

OTTAWA — The chief of James Smith Cree Nation says he’s offended by Ottawa’s requirement that promotional materials for Orange Shirt Day events funded by the federal government carry government branding. Kirby Constant told The Canadian Press the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is meant to honour survivors of residential schools and day schools ... Read More »

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