Category Archives: National News

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada, escalating a trade war with the Unit...

REGINA - For the umpteenth day in a row I am writing about tariffs, and this time I'm doing it on a day when the American stock market is tanking again. The Dow Jones dropped almost 900 points Monday ...

President Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of American trading partners and the prospect of high...

Even when Mark Carney was still in high school, his friends bugged him about whether he would become prime minister one day. His answer was one fit for a future politician: to never confirm nor deny. ...

Federal Liberals elected Mark Carney to lead their party into the next election in a resounding first-ballot victory on Sunday. He beat former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, Liberal MP Karina Gou...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that freedom, democracy and Canada "are not a given" in his farewell speech to Liberals as they prepare to select a new leader. This comes as U.S. President Donald T...

The Canadian labour market felt a chill in February with employment "virtually unchanged" from the month before, Statistics Canada said Friday. The Canadian economy added just 1,100 jobs last month, t...

President Donald Trump has postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday in a television interview that President Donald Trump will "likely" suspend 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for most p...

WASHINGTON (AP) - To President Donald Trump, "tariff" is more than "the most beautiful word in the dictionary," something he says often. Tariffs, in Trump's view, are also a cure for a number of ...