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CP NewsAlert: Carney names investment banker Mark Wiseman as next U.S. ambassador
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing a global investment banker and pension fund manager to be Canada’s next ambassador in Washington. Carney’s office says Mark Wiseman will take the role on Feb. 15, and he will be tasked with leading negotiations with the United States on the review of the continental free trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quick quotes: Why senior editors voted Mark Carney as CP’s newsmaker for 2025
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has been voted The Canadian Press 2025 Newsmaker of the Year, has been described by survey respondents as both a “diplomat” and a “political outsider.” Carney was selected in an annual survey of editors and news directors in media organizations from across Canada. Here’s what voters had to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!News editors vote Carney The Canadian Press top newsmaker for 2025
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has been named The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year, edging out a baseball player, two premiers and striking workers across Canada. Carney was selected in an annual survey of editors and news directors in media organizations from across Canada. Here is a tally of the votes: Carney: 72 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Mark Carney named The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — This time last year, the average Canadian might have struggled to pick Mark Carney’s face out of a crowd. Now he’s among the most recognizable figures in the country, and was selected The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2025 in an annual survey of newsroom editors and leaders from across the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. trips to Canada rise in October for first time in eight months: StatCan
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the number of trips to Canada by U.S. residents in October rose compared with a year earlier for the first time in eight months. The agency says U.S.-resident trips to Canada totalled 1,814,406 in October, up three per cent compared with 1,760,987 the same month last year. The increase came ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Communication regulator considers changes to extend reach of national alerting system
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Rural municipalities, Indigenous organizations and civil society groups are calling for changes to ensure people in remote parts of Canada receive emergency alerts during a crisis. The suggestions to the federal communication regulator are aimed at closing gaps in the National Public Alerting System — more commonly known as Alert Ready — which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news: Canada-U.S. trade talks, Restoring electricity, Premiers reflect on 2025
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … A tariff exemption was Canada’s salvation in 2025. It’s ‘absolutely’ at risk in 2026 Economists and trade lawyers are warning a key tariff exemption for Canada is in jeopardy heading into 2026. The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C.’s David Eby ‘not seeking’ 2026 election, after year that tested NDP coalition
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
VICTORIA — It should have been a very bad day for David Eby’s government. But on Dec. 3, the morning after the pending closure of the pulp mill in Crofton, B.C., was announced with the loss of 350 jobs, the political focus was on the leadership saga in the Opposition B.C. Conservatives, as 20 of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A tariff exemption was Canada’s salvation in 2025. It’s ‘absolutely’ at risk in 2026
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign appeared to move at a breakneck pace towards Canada’s economy this year. But beyond threats of double-digit tariff rates and sharp pain in manufacturing-heavy industries, a key exemption has allowed the majority Canadian goods to continue to cross the southern border duty-free. Experts who spoke to The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some pepperoni and bacon Pizza Pops snacks recalled due to possible E. coli
By Canadian Press on December 21st, 2025
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says several types of Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops are being recalled due to possible microbial contamination. The agency says Pizza Pops pepperoni and bacon pizza snacks sold in 760-gram and 2.85-kilogram packages, with best-before dates of June 9 and 10, 2026, are affected. The recall also includes Pizza Pops Supremo ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Significant increase in the circulation of counterfeit bills in retail stores
By Canadian Press on December 21st, 2025
MONTREAL — The Retail Council of Canada is sounding the alarm about the significant increase in circulation of fake $20, $50, and $100 bills since November. The association reports that it has detected more counterfeit bills in one month than in the entire previous year. Counterfeiters have refined their techniques to such an extent that ... Read More »
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