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Mark Carney to Be Sworn In as Prime Minister Amid Election Speculation Mark Carney will officially become Canada’s 24th prime minister on Friday, stepping into the role without a seat in Parliament and facing immediate pressure to call a general election. Carney, a former Bank of Canada governor and close advisor to outgoing Prime Minister […]

Mark Carney to Be Sworn In as Prime Minister Amid Election Speculation Mark Carney will officially become Canada’s 24th prime minister on Friday, stepping into the role without a seat in Parliament and facing immediate pressure to call a general election. Carney, a former Bank of Canada governor and close advisor to outgoing Prime Minister […]

Alberta Invests Over $300M in Northern Highway Projects FORT MCMURRAY — Alberta is investing more than $300 million to improve highways in the province’s north, aiming to boost economic trade, enhance wildfire evacuation routes, and strengthen regional connectivity. A key project is the 218-kilometre expansion of Highway 686, linking Peerless Lake to Fort McMurray and […]

Trump’s Tariffs on Canadian Goods Take Effect, Canada Readies Countermeasures U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods take effect Tuesday, escalating hair-trigger trade tensions between the two countries. Despite efforts by Canada and Mexico to meet Trump’s many, often shifting, demands, the White House announced the tariffs would proceed as planned: a 25 […]

Canadians Rethink Relationship with U.S. as Trump’s Presidency Shifts Perceptions, Poll Reveals In just one month, U.S. President Donald Trump has Canadians rethinking their relationship with their southern neighbour, once considered one of the our closest friends and largest trading partners. A recent Leger poll, conducted between February 14th and 17th, reveals a seismic shift […]

Canada Names Kevin Brosseau as First Fentanyl Czar to Tackle Cross-Border Drug Trafficking The federal government has appointed Kevin Brosseau, a former deputy commissioner of the RCMP, as Canada’s first “Fentanyl Czar.” The move fulfills a promise made to US President Donald Trump earlier this month and is aimed at strengthening efforts to combat drug […]

President Donald Trump has once again wielded tariffs as a weapon, this time imposing a blanket 25 per cent duty on all steel and aluminum imports to the United States. The executive order, signed late Monday, eliminates all previous exemptions and quota deals, hitting Canada, Mexico, along with key trading partners like Brazil and South […]

Trump to Announce New Steel and Aluminum Tariffs, Canada Takes Wait-and-See Approach U.S. President Donald Trump is set to formally announce a 25 per cent tariff on all steel and aluminum imports on Monday, Trump made the announcement aboard Air Force One while on his way to New Orleans to watch the Super Bowl. Unlike […]

RCMP have intercepted multiple illegal border crossings as Canada strengthens security under U.S. pressure. In Alberta, officers responded to two incidents near the Coutts border crossing. On February 4th, a driver attempting to enter Canada fled secondary screening. RCMP later pursued the vehicle to Raymond, Alberta, where the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. […]

Trade War Averted as Canada and U.S. Reach 11th-Hour Deal An eleventh-hour compromise between Canada and the United States has put a pending trade war on pause. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump reached a deal to ease tensions over looming tariffs late Monday afternoon, heading off punishing tariffs by both nations […]