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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Apple says it has fixed a bug in its iPhone dictation system that momentarily suggested the word “Trump” when it picked up a command with an “R” sound — including when the word “racist” was said aloud. The tech giant responded to the software error after numerous…
An American woman from Arkansas is claiming that she is the real Madeleine McCann, a British girl who disappeared in 2007 while on a family vacation in Portugal. Eugenea Collins, 22, began posting her claims on Instagram in September 2024 with the username TheOfficialMadeleineMcCann, and the account features numerous side-by-side photos of Collins and McCann….
Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency are being given a brief window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces. USAID placed 4,080 staffers who work across the globe on leave Monday. That was joined…
As U.S. President Donald Trump’s continued threat of tariffs looms, new data shows fewer people are travelling from B.C. to the United States. Data provided by Cascade Gateway, which also provides border wait times, shows that in February this year so far, there have been on average 3,500 cars heading to the U.S. through the…
Thousands of visitors flock to Yosemite National Park in California each February, hoping to catch a glimpse of “firefall” — a natural phenomenon that causes the falling water of El Capitan’s Horsetail Fall to light up and look like a ribbon of molten lava cascading down the sheer rockface. But this year, crowds took in…
Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s demand that federal workers explain what they accomplished last week — or risk losing their jobs. That resistance has intensified a pervasive sense of chaos and confusion, while highlighting a potential power struggle among…
By Staff The Associated Press Posted February 21, 2025 12:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Shortages of Ozempic and Wegovy that have been in place for more than two years have been resolved, as supplies of the popular diabetes and obesity treatments continue to improve, federal regulators said…
The anthem singer who performed the Canadian anthem prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game Thursday night changed a lyric in “O Canada” as a response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated remarks about making the country the 51st state. Publicist Adam Gonshor in an email to The Associated Press confirmed Chantal Kreviazuk changed…
A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed two people Wednesday morning, authorities said. Federal air-safety investigators said each plane had two people aboard when they collided near Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson. One plane landed uneventfully and the other hit the ground near a runway and caught fire,…
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…
Protesters against President Donald Trump and his policies braved frigid temperatures in parts of the U.S. Monday, shouting “No kings on Presidents Day!” in East Coast cities and attempting to enter the Arizona Statehouse to oppose a bill that would bolster fast-changing federal immigration enforcement. In Florida and California, local media outlets reported on hundreds…
The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Probationary workers were targeted in late night emails Friday notifying them they had been fired, David Spero, president of the…
An internal government report warned a year ago that allowing “the trend of negative rhetoric” about the security of the Canada-U.S. border could lead to a thickening of the 49th parallel, adversely affecting trade and travel. The report, written by a diplomat at Canada’s embassy in Washington, said that failing to refute U.S. claims about…
Donald Trump is going to impose reciprocal tariffs on Thursday afternoon, the U.S. president said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “NEWS CONFERENCE ON RECIPROCAL TARIFFS TODAY, 1:00 P.M., THE OVAL OFFICE. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” Trump said in the post. He posted earlier in the day, saying it was going to be a…
By Anja Karadeglija The Canadian Press Posted February 11, 2025 7:38 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will work to convince U.S. President Donald Trump that his steel and aluminum tariffs will hurt both countries. A senior government official said Tuesday that Trudeau…
Canada’s premiers are heading to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday on a diplomatic mission to underscore the Canada-U.S. trading relationship in the face of increasing tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. The two-day trip comes a day after Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on all foreign steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada. At…
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…
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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…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump said he expects Elon Musk to find hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse at the Pentagon during an audit that the billionaire will lead. “I’m going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours, to go check the…
It’s no secret that U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t the biggest fan of Prince Harry, but could the change in presidential power lead to the prince’s deportation from the United States? The Heritage Foundation, the right-wing think tank behind Project 2025, the presidency blueprint that Trump has been heavily mirroring in the early weeks of…
President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected and denounced on Wednesday by American allies and adversaries alike. Trump’s suggestion came at a White House news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who smiled several times as the president detailed…
Water experts are sounding the alarm after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the opening of two dams in Central California late last week, letting approximately 2.2 billion gallons of water flow out of reservoirs. The Army Corps of Engineers released water from two reservoirs in the Sierra Nevada on Friday, but the move didn’t allow…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threat was “never about fentanyl” but rather based on an intention to force Canada to join the United States, B.C. Premier David Eby said Monday. Eby made the comments in response to an 11th-hour border deal to “pause” Trump’s threatened 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods. “Even despite today’s…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The cost of aluminum for consumers in Europe buying on the physical market has dropped due to expectations that Canadian shipments under U.S. tariffs from Tuesday will be diverted, physical market traders said. U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Mexican and most Canadian imports…
As U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk take aim at Canada, some high-level observers are calling on the federal government to consider sanctioning or even banning corporations owned by those close to Trump — much as it did with Russian oligarchs after the invasion of Ukraine. “We better have a report coming up on American interference,” former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy said at a recent panel discussion. He told the Jan. 27 event held by…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has responded to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. Trudeau spoke to media Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing the tariffs. Trump said in a statement that he has implemented a 25 per cent tariff on imports from both Canada and Mexico, which drops to 10 per…
By Paul Wiseman The Associated Press Posted February 1, 2025 11:49 am 5 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Tariffs are making big headline news at the moment. Here’s what they are and what you need to know about them. Tariffs are a tax on imports. Get daily National news…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned the United States of a “forceful but reasonable immediate response” as the clock ticks down on tariffs on Canadian goods expected to come from the U.S. this Saturday. A day before that looming measure, Trudeau is meeting with the newly formed…
U.S. officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Journavx for short-term pain that often follows surgery or injuries. It’s the first new pharmaceutical approach to treating…
