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Canadians taking a trip across the U.S. border are being advised to cooperate and be “forthcoming” when speaking with authorities at the crossing, adding they could face detention if denied entry. In a travel advisory updated Friday, the federal government says Canadians should “expect scrutiny” when crossing ports of entry and to expect questioning and…
A California CEO is facing a federal assault charge after surveillance footage shows him choking a man for dancing barefoot on a Virgin Voyages cruise ship. The incident took place on March 31 in international waters on the Resilient Lady cruise ship, according to a federal criminal complaint filed on April 1. Authorities allege that…
An American YouTuber was arrested by authorities in India after he allegedly tried to make contact with an isolated Sentinelese tribe on North Sentinel Island, part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, made the illegal journey to the restricted Indian Ocean island on March 29, Indian police said. Police said…
By Evan Vucci The Associated Press Posted April 4, 2025 1:12 pm Updated April 4, 2025 1:14 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size World shares slid downward, U.S. futures fell and Wall Street appeared on track for another day of crushing losses Friday as investors counted the potential costs…
U.S. and Chinese military officials have met for their first working-level talks since U.S. President Donald Trump took office for the second time, with the two sides sharing their respective concerns over military safety on the seas. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement that the talks, held Wednesday and Thursday in the eastern…
The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. The review will also look at other defense officials’ use of the publicly available encrypted app, which is not able to handle…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size B.C. Premier David Eby will hold a media availability on Thursday afternoon amid an ongoing Canada-U.S. trade war. Eby will speak at 12:15 p.m. PT That press conference will be livestreamed above. On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a minimum 10 per cent baseline tariff on…
Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65. Kilmer died Tuesday night in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends, his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, said in an email…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s long-promised “reciprocal” tariffs are set to be unveiled Wednesday, adding further uncertainty to the Canadian economy and global trade with the U.S. Many unknowns remain on the new policy, which Trump has taken to calling “Liberation Day” for the U.S., including what rates the tariffs will be at and whether Canada…
A world-renowned Canadian doctor says her talk at New York University (NYU) was cancelled for being anti-government and antisemitic. Dr. Joanne Liu, an associate professor at McGill and the Université de Montréal, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Sainte-Justine hospital and who formerly served as the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders),…
Crowds protesting billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under U.S. President Donald Trump began amassing outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities in Europe on Saturday in the latest attempt to dent the fortune of the world’s richest man. The protesters are trying to escalate a movement targeting Tesla dealerships…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 29, 2025 3:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Université de Montréal has issued a series of guidelines to students and staff who will be travelling to the United States for academic purposes. Rector Daniel Jutras says the guidelines were issued on…
Elon Musk announced Friday that he sold social media site X in a $33 billion all-stock deal to his own AI startup company, xAI The tech billionaire shared the news in a statement posted on X, writing, “xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute,…
Vancouver police are deploying dozens more officers this weekend ahead of some planned and anticipated Tesla protests. More than 130 additional officers will be deployed throughout the weekend, including members of its specially-trained Public Safety Unit to maintain order. Police said they have been investigating 28 incidents since Jan. 20 that appear politically motivated and in…
A Maui doctor has been charged with second-degree attempted murder after he allegedly tried to kill his wife by pushing her off a hiking trail and hitting her multiple times on the head with a rock, according to Honolulu police. Bail for the accused, Gerhardt Konig, 46, was set at US$5 million. A preliminary hearing…
By Catherine Morrison The Canadian Press Posted March 28, 2025 7:49 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size For the second day in a row, Liberal Leader Mark Carney has been pulled away from campaigning to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Carney, in his role as prime minister, will…
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen’s Houthis. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg barred administration officials from destroying messages that were sent over the encrypted messaging app…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that he said imposes 25 per cent tariffs on the auto industry, saying the duty would go on all vehicles made outside the U.S. starting April 2. The announcement is the latest in a set of tariffs that Trump has vowed against various countries since taking office,…
The Liberals are pledging to build an “all in Canada” auto network to help protect Canadian workers from U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. Liberal Leader Mark Carney unveiled his party’s plan on Wednesday for the country’s auto sector, which will create a $2-billion “strategic response fund.” Speaking at an election campaign stop in Windsor,…
The Trump administration’s top intelligence officials are facing Congress this week to offer their first testimony in office about the threats confronting the United States and tackle urgent questions about the security breach that unfolded when war plans were mistakenly leaked to a journalist. In the first, by the Senate Intelligence Committee, Democratic Sen. Mark…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 22, 2025 12:07 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Nova Scotia has become the latest province to scrap electrical vehicle rebates for Teslas due to the CEO’s association with the U.S. administration and its trade war on Canada. The Progressive Conservative government…
George Foreman became the heavyweight champion of the world in his 20s, only to lose his belt to Muhammad Ali in perhaps the most memorable fight in boxing history. A full 20 years later in 1994, the 45-year-old Foreman became the oldest man to win the heavyweight championship, throwing one perfect combination to steal Michael…
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that critical programs handled by the U.S. Education Department for student loans and nutrition would be transferred to other departments as part of his effort to shutter the agency. Trump, who signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at dismantling the Education Department, told reporters in the Oval Office…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A family of three is missing after travelling from the Grand Canyon and through a winter storm in Arizona earlier this month, state authorities confirmed on Wednesday. According to a missing person’s flyer on the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page, Jiyeon Lee, Taehee Kim, and Junghee…
The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez gathered with supporters at a rally and news conference Thursday, rejecting claims by Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman that the brothers hadn’t taken responsibility for the 1989 killing of their parents and claiming that Hochman has a “personal bias” against the brothers’ bid for release. “Hochman doesn’t…
Two detainees are at large after they escaped a detention facility in Colorado during a power outage at earlier this week. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Geilond Vido-Romero, 24, and Joel Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 32, escaped ICE’s Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora on Tuesday night. Police believe they fled through one of the…
The British and German governments have updated their advice for travellers seeking to enter the U.S. with fresh warnings about the risk of arrest or detention. The updates come after recent reports of British and German nationals being detained at the border amid an immigration crackdown by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. The U.K. travel…
The United States Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it still expects to cut rates twice this year, though it said the outlook is more uncertain. The Fed also now expects the economy to grow more slowly this year and next than it did three months ago, according to…
More than 63,000 pages of records related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday following an order by President Donald Trump, many without the redactions that had confounded historians for years and helped fuel conspiracy theories. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration posted to its website roughly 2,200 files…
A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is seeking to dismiss charges against him in Pennsylvania, claiming police used illegal methods to arrest him. The University of Pennsylvania graduate is accused of fatally shooting Thompson on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk on Dec. 4. Thompson was walking to…
