Category Archives: National News

No trade deal with U.S. better than a bad one: Canadian business groups
Canadian business groups anxiously watching trade negotiations with the U.S. don't want the country to rush into a deal but say the uncertainty is weighing on their members. The Canadian Chamber of Co...
Harvard Media Aug 01, 2025 Vehicles approach the United States border crossing as seen from Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., Thursday, April 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Trump orders a 35% tariff for goods from Canada, citing a lack of cooperation on illicit drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has raised the tariff rate on U.S. imports from Canada to 35% from 25%, effective Friday. The announcement from the White House late Thursday said Canada had f...
The Associated Press Aug 01, 2025 FILE - From left, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump arrive for the family photograph during the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, June 16, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Alberta audit suggests patients paying clinic membership fees get more thorough care
An audit of Alberta medical clinics charging membership fees found no significant cases of patients paying out of pocket for covered medical treatment but paying members are likely getting more thorou...
The Canadian Press Jul 31, 2025 Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services for Alberta, makes a health care announcement in Calgary on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol

Corporations united in Saskatchewan political financing
Saskatchewan's 2024 provincial election was a tight race between the ruling Saskatchewan Party and the Saskatchewan New Democrats. While the two parties were neck and neck in the polls, financial disc...
Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Investigative Journalism Foundation Jul 31, 2025
Elijah Albert, charged in RCMP shooting, to return to court Aug. 12
REGINA - The man charged in connection to last week's shooting of an RCMP officer appeared in Regina provincial court by video Wednesday. Elijah Albert, 28, appeared before Judge Noah Evanchuk ...
John Cairns Jul 30, 2025

Bank of Canada holds key rate at 2.75% as economy shows resilience to tariffs
The Bank of Canada is holding its benchmark interest rate steady at 2.75 per cent for a third straight decision as the central bank grapples with tariff uncertainty. The central bank says the Canadian...
The Canadian Press Jul 30, 2025 The Bank of Canada is seen in Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Powerful waves travel across Pacific after 8.8-magnitude earthquake
A tsunami sent powerful waves toward coastal areas of Russia's Kuril Islands, Japan and Hawaii and Alaska after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia early Wednesday. War...
The Associated Press Jul 30, 2025 Passengers stand in front of a staion in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan Wednesday, July 30, 2025 as train services were suspended due to a tsunami alert following a powerful earthquake in Russia's Far East. (Yohei Kanesashi/Kyodo News via AP)

BREAKING: B.C. tsunami watch upgraded to advisory after massive quake off Russia
UPDATE: British Columbia's emergency preparedness agency has upgraded a tsunami watch to a tsunami advisory spanning much of the province's coast after a massive earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean...
Brenna Owen Jul 29, 2025 A couple walk along Whiffin Spit Park following a tsunami warning in Sooke, B.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

BREAKING: Powerful quake hits near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Japan issues a tsunami alert
Japan's meteorological agency has issued a tsunami alert for Japan's Pacific coast, upgrading an earlier advisory stemming from the powerful, magnitude 8.7 quake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. The...
The Canadian Press Jul 29, 2025 vchalup2 / Depositphotos.com

Alberta premier, justice minister want separation referendum question approved
Premier Danielle Smith and one of her ministers are calling on Alberta's electoral officer to reverse course and sign off on a proposed referendum question on separation, saying it shouldn't be held b...
The Canadian Press Jul 29, 2025 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at a press conference in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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