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B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey on track to deliver budget as Trump slaps tariffs
VICTORIA - One day before delivering her first budget, British Columbia's finance minister said she knows that everyone is wondering how it can be done in the face of unprecedented tariffs from the Un...
Mar 04, 2025
Raptors convert Robinson to standard NBA contract, sign Rhoden to two-way deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors announced Tuesday they have converted centre Orlando Robinson to a standard NBA contract and signed guard Jared Rhoden to a two-way contract. The six-foot-10, 235-pound R...
Mar 04, 2025
Oilers acquire forward Trent Frederic from Bruins in three-team deal
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have added some size up front ahead of the NHL trade deadline. The club acquired forward Trent Frederic from the Boston Bruins on Tuesday in a complicated three-team dea...
Mar 04, 2025
Montreal Canadiens sign centre Jake Evans to four-year contract extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens signed centre Jake Evans to a four-year contract extension on Tuesday. The deal, which kicks in next season and runs through 2028-29, will pay Evans an average annual...
Mar 04, 2025
Germany's likely next governing parties seek looser debt rules for more defense spending
BERLIN (AP) - The prospective partners in Germany's next government said Tuesday that they will seek to loosen the nation's rules on running up debt to allow for higher defense spending. They said the...
Mar 04, 2025
The trade war is on between Canada and the U.S. Here's what you need to know
TORONTO - A trade war between Canada and its largest trading partner has begun, with tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump now in effect and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responding with a pa...
Mar 04, 2025
Key dates in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute as Trump launches trade war
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, took effect at 12:01 a.m. ...
Mar 04, 2025
How Canadians are reacting to Donald Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico kicked in at midnight, triggering a North American trade war. The president's executive order to impose 25 per cent across-the-board...
Mar 04, 2025
Tariffs an 'unjustifiable economic attack,' says Alberta premier
Canada's political leaders are speaking out against the implementation of tariffs on Canadian exports to the United States.President Donald Trump has followed through with his promise to impose 25 per...
Mar 04, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Ottawa pauses preventive health care task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations
TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland has paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending breast cancer screening for wome...
Mar 04, 2025