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Prime Minister Trudeau to host a Canada-U.S. summit in wake of Trump's tariff threats

Prime Minister Trudeau to host a Canada-U.S. summit in wake of Trump's tariff threats

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. economic summit in Toronto on Friday, days after President Donald Trump said he would hold off on deploying his threatened tariffs against Canada for a month.
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Talk of changing Vancouver's supportive housing policy has organizations on edge

Talk of changing Vancouver's supportive housing policy has organizations on edge

VANCOUVER — A proposal by Vancouver's mayor to halt new supportive housing projects in the city has organizations with plans in various stages of completion worried about the projects they've spent years trying to get off the ground.
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Poilievre would impose life sentences for trafficking more than 40 mg of fentanyl

Poilievre would impose life sentences for trafficking more than 40 mg of fentanyl

OTTAWA — A Conservative government would bring in mandatory life sentences for those convicted of trafficking, producing or exporting more than 40 mg of fentanyl, Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday.
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Amid U.S. tariff threats, a fight may be brewing over Canadian supply management

Amid U.S. tariff threats, a fight may be brewing over Canadian supply management

MONTREAL — The federal government and the Canadian dairy industry are vowing to protect the country’s supply management system in the face of threats from the United States.
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California looks to Canadian timber to help in fire rebuild, despite tariff threat

California looks to Canadian timber to help in fire rebuild, despite tariff threat

SACRAMENTO — California homebuilders say they will have few options but to keep buying Canadian lumber even if it's hit with 25 per cent tariffs as they rebuild thousands of homes destroyed by devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
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Quebec open to rekindled GNL Québec gas facility project amid U.S. tariff threats

Quebec open to rekindled GNL Québec gas facility project amid U.S. tariff threats

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government says it would be open to reviving a controversial liquefied natural gas project in the province’s Saguenay region to ship energy from Alberta overseas. Quebec refused to authorize GNL Québec Inc.
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Toronto home sales expected to rise 12% this year, but board says January saw drop

Toronto home sales expected to rise 12% this year, but board says January saw drop

TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says it is forecasting a 12.4 per cent increase in home sales for 2025, with 76,000 properties changing hands throughout the region as lower borrowing costs lead to improved affordability.
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U.S. tariff threat: Quebec furniture company lays off 115 workers after sales drop

U.S. tariff threat: Quebec furniture company lays off 115 workers after sales drop

MONTREAL — A Quebec furniture manufacturer says the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods has forced it to lay off 115 people in the province. South Shore Furniture says it's laying off 97 people at its headquarters and factory in Ste-Croix, Que.
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'We took the hit': Why some Canadians are cancelling U.S. travel plans

'We took the hit': Why some Canadians are cancelling U.S. travel plans

TORONTO — Every year Kathy Rowe and her husband exchange the same Christmas gift: plane tickets to the United States. The couple from Torbay, N.L.
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Ottawa spending $25 million to make the port of Halifax greener and more efficient

Ottawa spending $25 million to make the port of Halifax greener and more efficient

HALIFAX — Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa will spend up to $25 million to improve the Port of Halifax.
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