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CP NewsAlert: S&P/TSX composite falls more than 300 points at start of trading
TORONTO - Canada's main stock index fell more than 300 points at the open as the U.S. imposed broad tariffs on goods coming from Canada and Mexico. The S&P/TSX composite was down 326.69 points at ...
Mar 04, 2025
At least 3 Serbian lawmakers injured as smoke bombs and flares thrown in parliament
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - At least 3 lawmakers were injured on Tuesday, one of them seriously, after chaotic scenes in Serbia's parliament, during which smoke bombs and flares were thrown. Lawmakers wer...
Mar 04, 2025
Here's the latest as the U.S. imposes tariffs on goods coming from Canada and Mexico
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on U.S. imports today coming from Canada and Mexico. The president's executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-boar...
Mar 04, 2025
Timber over Tinder: Bridegroom's Oak in a German forest has connected lovers for over a century
EUTIN, Germany (AP) - It's timber over Tinder in a forest in northern Germany where the Bridegroom's Oak has connected lovers for more than a century. Known as "Brutigamseiche" in German, the Bridegro...
Mar 04, 2025
In the news today: Deadline passes for Trump's tariffs with no relent
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Deadline passes for Trump's tariffs with no relent Canadians are waking up to a new and uncertain reality afte...
Mar 04, 2025
Quebec auto board 'fiasco' could be largest scandal since Charbonneau commission
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is grappling with a controversy that could be the biggest political scandal in the province since the Charbonneau commission, which found deep corruption in the constr...
Mar 04, 2025
B.C. budget to buffer province against Trump's 'uncertainty and disorder': minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister is preparing to deliver a budget today that she says will brace the province against four years of "uncertainty and disorder" amid the U.S. presidency of...
Mar 04, 2025
Medicine Hat councillors preview motions on operating grant process, staff expenses
Medicine Hat city councillors on Monday previewed their proposals to create an operating grant application program for non-profits, investigate zoning of The Mustard Seed's shelter site and publish li...
Mar 03, 2025
Philippine fighter jet goes missing while on a mission against insurgents in a southern province
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine air force fighter jet with two pilots on board has gone missing during a night combat assault in support of ground forces who were battling insurgents in a sout...
Mar 03, 2025
NHL roundup: Capitals slip past Senators 5-4 in a shootout
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Wilson fought Brady Tkachuk late in the first period, scored on the power play in the second and assisted on Martin Fehervary's goal in the third to help the Washington Capitals ...
Mar 03, 2025