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Carney set to return to Ottawa without a deal to end the U.S. tariffs
By Canadian Press on October 8th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to return to Ottawa today with no deals to remove U.S. tariffs from Canadian goods, but he’s leaving his key minister on Canada-U.S. trade behind to keep pressing the Canadian case. U.S. President Donald Trump lavished praise on Carney during a meeting in the Oval Office on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Carney comes home with no new deal, Blue Jays look to bounce back
By Canadian Press on October 8th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney returns to Ottawa without a tariff deal Prime Minister Mark Carney returns to Ottawa today without any deals to remove U.S. tariffs from Canadian goods, but he is leaving two of his key ministers behind to keep ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney returns to Ottawa without a deal to end the U.S. tariffs
By Canadian Press on October 8th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney returns to Ottawa today without any deals to remove U.S. tariffs from Canadian goods, but he is leaving two of his key ministers behind to keep pressing Canada’s case. Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon, the second such meeting between the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Edmonton Elks organize free camp for high school football players sidelined by strike
By Canadian Press on October 8th, 2025
EDMONTON — High school football players sidelined as a result of the Alberta teachers strike are getting some gridiron help from the CFL’s Edmonton Elks. The strike, which enters Day 3 on Wednesday, means a number of school sports teams are having their seasons put on hold indefinitely, including high school football, flag football, volleyball ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Experts says Ottawa’s new AI task force is skewed towards industry
By Canadian Press on October 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberal government has given its new AI “task force” until the end of the month to fast-track changes to the national artificial intelligence strategy — a plan that critics say leans too much on the perspective of industry and the tech sector. Teresa Scassa, a law professor at the University of Ottawa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post union set for meeting with Ottawa as strike stretches on
By Canadian Press on October 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — The union representing striking Canada Post employees says it will meet with the federal minister in charge of the Crown corporation after accusing Ottawa of trampling on the collective bargaining process. Postal workers took to the picket lines nearly two weeks ago after Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound announced sweeping changes to Canada Post’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Trump digs in on tariff rhetoric, LeBlanc suggests quick deals in the works
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
WASHINGTON — A high-profile meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday resulted in Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc vowing both sides are focused on quickly reaching deals on steel and aluminum tariffs. Trump lavished praise on Carney publicly and promised the prime minister would walk away “very happy” from their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thousands of Montreal students gather for Oct. 7 pro-Palestinian protest
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
MONTREAL — Thousands of students gathered in downtown Montreal on Tuesday for a pro-Palestinian demonstration marking the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel. The students set off smoke bombs and burned an Israeli flag on the campus of McGill University during a protest that was heavily monitored by police, including officers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs launch probe of trucking sector, Bloc calls out labour standards
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
OTTAWA — Labour standards in Canada’s trucking sector are under scrutiny as a House of Commons committee launched a study of the issue this week and the Bloc Québécois called on the government to end what it calls exploitative practices. The transport committee is studying an industry business model known as “Driver Inc.,” in which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Love my job’: Alberta teachers look to make ends meet in provincewide strike
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
EDMONTON — If Adrien Dominguez were teaching this week, he’d be introducing physics to a class of 38 high school students. Instead, the math and science teacher from High Prairie, northwest of Edmonton, is at home trying to figure out how he’ll keep paying his bills. A provincewide strike that started Monday with Dominguez and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hydro spying trial delayed as court weights utility’s motion to shield information
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
LONGUEUIL — The trial of a former Hydro-Québec employee facing economic espionage charges remains on hold over arguments about the utility’s commercial secrets. Hydro-Québec prompted the delay after introducing a motion to prevent some information in the case from being revealed in open court. The court arguments about the utility’s motion are subject to a ... Read More »
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