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As Canadians prepare to vote in the federal election on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump has resumed his attacks on the country’s auto sector and sovereignty, prompting Canada’s party leaders to once more stress they will fight to protect both. On Wednesday, Trump told reporters it was possible his 25 per cent tariffs “could go…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Stock markets in Canada and the U.S. were up in late-morning trading on Tuesday, but off their highs for the day, following the big losses triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs announced last week. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 134.97 points at 22,994.43. In New…
Growing tensions with the United States coupled with a weak Canadian dollar have combined to create something of a spring break boom in Victoria, B.C. “We used to travel in the ‘States a fair amount, but we’re just not comfortable right now,” Lorie Hyatt, visiting from Ontario, told Global News. “I don’t think we’re going…
Debate at the Nova Scotia legislature Tuesday afternoon took a turn when interim Liberal Leader Derek Mombourquette brought up a cabinet minister’s recent trip south of the border. ‘The minister spent time at the Donald Trump inauguration and he spent $3,000 of taxpayers’ dollars to do it,” he said. Scott Armstrong, Minister of Opportunities and…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 18, 2025 7:00 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The B.C. government is contributing $6.6 million in grant funding to food manufacturing firms across the province, saying it will help create jobs and bolster domestic food security. Jobs Minister Diana Gibson says…
As Canada pushes back against U.S. tariff and annexation threats, at least one American product appears to have become a hot commodity: booze. The B.C. government has pulled all American alcohol from the shelves of BC Liquor Stores in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s escalating tariffs and repeated threats to make Canada the 51st…
With U.S. booze pulled from the shelves of BC Liquor Stores amid the U.S. trade war, the province’s craft distillers say now is the time for the province to support local products. “Do we want to have BC Liquor Stores with empty shelves when it should be filled with shelves that are powering our own…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Could the bubbling trade war between Canada and the U.S. produce a situation where B.C. and Washington state are in different time zones? On Wednesday, B.C. Premier David Eby was prodded with the perennial question of whether B.C. should stop changing its clocks twice a year by…
British Columbia’s 2025 budget once again sees health care consuming the lion’s share of spending. The Ministry of Health, which represents more than a third of spending in the provincial budget, is getting a boost of more than a billion dollars to more than $35 billion for 2025/2026, with $4.2 billion in new spending across…
The push for Canada to send more of its oil and natural gas to markets outside of the United States intensified Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump pressed ahead with a 10 per cent levy on energy imports. “This crisis demonstrates the clear and urgent need to build more natural resource infrastructure,” said the Explorers…
By Johnny James Global News Posted February 28, 2025 5:00 am Updated February 27, 2025 6:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Don’t let the Irish name and decor fool you. O’Hickey’s Irish Pub in Fredericton is taking a stand for small Canadian businesses. Owner Jason Cooling says the…
By Marcy Nicholson The Canadian Press Posted February 21, 2025 5:27 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia’s economic development minister says the government plans to enter next week’s meeting with other provinces prepared to make “substantive changes” to its interprovincial trade barriers as the threat of hefty…
By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose Reuters Posted February 18, 2025 5:21 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday auto tariffs will be around 25 per cent and he will have more to share on the topic on April 2. On Friday, Trump…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 17, 2025 1:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Experts say the Canadian sugar and confectionery industry would be hit hard if the country enters into a trade war with the U.S. Farm Credit Canada says the industry is one of Canada’s…
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is firmly opposed to having Russia reinstated in the G7 as U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested. During a news conference at an international security conference in Munich, Germany on Saturday, Joly was asked if she and her international colleagues discussed re-admitting Russia into the group. “No we…
A day after B.C.’s NDP government scrapped a tax rebate that was a signature plank in the party’s election campaign, Premier David Eby is defending the decision. With the B.C. budget just weeks away, Finance Minister Brenda Bailey announced Thursday that the $500 per person/$1,000 per household tax rebate was being put on hold amid…
With a trade war escalating between Canada and the United States, some Canadians are increasingly interested in taking their vacations domestically. That’s drawn calls from some quarters for Canadian airlines to lower prices, but according to one expert that’s easier said than done. There’s already plenty of interest in boosting domestic tourism. 2:02 Some B.C….
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 25 per cent tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum is fermenting a lot of stress at Burnaby’s Dageraad brewing. “I’m worried,” co-owner Ben Coli told Global News. “I’m worried about the future of the economy in general, and I am worried about what this is going to mean for my…
By Marcy Nicholson The Canadian Press Posted February 10, 2025 8:44 pm Updated February 10, 2025 8:49 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The minister co-ordinating British Columbia’s response to tariff threats from the United States says the operators of the BC Works aluminum smelter in the province’s north…
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he’s hopeful a trip to Washington, D.C., will help convince U.S. decision-makers to step back from the brink on tariffs. But he said regardless of the outcome of the mission he’s undertaking with other Canadian premiers, the relationship between the two countries has permanently changed. 1:48 U.S. aluminum, steel…
Canada and the United States share the world’s longest border at nearly 9,000 kilometres. The countries have interlinked economies and plenty in common culturally. The Peace Arch, straddling British Columbia and Washington state, is meant to symbolizes that friendship. The Peace Bridge, meanwhile, links Ontario and New York state. The last few weeks haven’t felt…
Most of the plants grown at Rainbow Greenhouses in Chilliwack, B.C., are sold in Canada, but a small portion is exported to the U.S. And if U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed trade tariffs are implemented in early March, shipping costs are expected to skyrocket. “We had a bunch of shipments leaving last week and we…
By Kyle Duggan The Canadian Press Posted February 5, 2025 10:53 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size 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 his threatened tariffs against Canada for a…
Doug Ford’s personal views about U.S. President Donald Trump bubbled to the surface of Ontario’s snap election campaign after candid comments by the Progressive Conservative party leader were picked up at a campaign stop. Speaking to a small group of people at his local campaign headquarters, Ford appeared to explain his initial admiration for Trump…
The Trump tariffs impact Alberta’s agriculture, causing shockwaves across Canada’s farming sector. Every day, rail cars loaded with wheat, barley, and other grains move between Canada and the U.S. Semi-trucks carrying cattle and pigs also cross the border regularly. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture calls this one of the most significant agriculture trading relationships in…
The now-delayed but still looming threat of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods has reignited the debate about removing barriers to trade within Canada. Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre seized on the issue Monday, releasing a seven-minute video claiming “it’s actually easier for our businesses to sell to other countries than to other Canadian…
Liquor from American red states will make its way back onto the shelves at BC Liquor stores — but there’s no “huge rush” to get them there, B.C. Premier David Eby said Monday. The reprieve on retaliatory measures came after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would “pause” 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Vancouver city councillor is proposing an urgent motion to get the city on board with “Team Canada” efforts to buy Canadian in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats. Green Coun. Pete Fry is calling on council to initiate an “urgent high-level review” of…
Ontario’s representative to the U.S. is confident there’s a deal to be made on growing the Canada-U.S. economic relationship in a way that resolves U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade concerns, but says Canada will feel “a lot of pain” before that is achieved. David Paterson says he’s had positive conversations with Republican lawmakers in Washington…
Part of Ottawa’s response to the threats of tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump so far has been to vow to work on easing interprovincial trade barriers. Some experts say one sector where consumers often feel the effects of those barriers is the sale and purchase of alcohol across provincial lines. “It’s easier to get a…
