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‘This is our livelihood’: Farmers brace for hit from new China canola tariff
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
Farmer Bill Prybylski says China’s planned tariff on canola seed wasn’t factored into his business equations this year. The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says the 75.8 per cent preliminary duty, announced Tuesday, has already caused canola prices to fall by $1 per bushel. That translates to a loss of about $200,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative MP calls on Ottawa to do more on wildfires, criticizes forest entry ban
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says the federal government needs to do more to fight Canada’s devastating forest fires. Speaking to reporters Wednesday in Ottawa, the Alberta MP accused Ottawa of “inaction” on wildfires. She also blamed that lack of action for new measures restricting activities in the forests of two provinces — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, world leaders meet ahead of Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine war
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney met today with the “Coalition of the Willing,” a group of nations who’ve agreed to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion, ahead of the ceasefire negotiations set for Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Alaska on Friday to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newfoundlanders busking and cooking to help in fight against roaring wildfires
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — Evacuees who fled a roaring wildfire near Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest city received a special donation Wednesday from a young musician. Ten-year-old accordion player Zander Wright raised $121 while busking Tuesday outside a local convenience store south of St. John’s, the same day some residents of nearby Paradise, N.L., were told to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!François Legault taking crushing byelection loss to the PQ with ‘humility’
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
QUEBEC CITY — Quebec Premier François Legault says he is taking Monday’s byelection loss to the Parti QuĂ©bĂ©cois with humility. Legault’s Coalition Avenir QuĂ©bec finished fourth in the Arthabaska riding with seven per cent of the vote — down from the 52 per cent the party collected in the district in the 2022 general election. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire raging near Port Alberni, B.C., shows ‘extremely vigorous’ behaviour
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
A raging wildfire that has prompted a state of local emergency and forced evacuations on south-central Vancouver Island has grown to span more than 20 square kilometres as it displays some of the most severe kinds of fire behaviour. The British Columbia Wildfire Service says the blaze, located about 12 kilometres south of Port Alberni, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Low water levels in Quebec rivers spur navigation warnings, watering bans
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
MONTREAL — Boat pilots on the St. Lawrence River are being asked to take cautions because of low water levels that can cause navigation hazards. Kevin Lajoie, spokesman for the company that manages the St. Lawrence Seaway, says the corporation has restricted speeds in response to lower water levels on Lake St. Louis. Francis Fortin-Legault ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal ministers meet with canola lobby to discuss new China tariffs
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu are meeting with canola groups this afternoon following China’s announcement that it will hit Canada with a 75.8 per cent tariff on the crop. The ministers are set to meet with the Canola Council of Canada and the Canadian Canola Growers Association later ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CUPW to hold two days of talks with Canada Post, overtime ban remains in effect
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will hold two days of talks with Canada Post. The union, which represents about 55,000 postal workers, says both sides met with federal mediators on Tuesday and it has agreed to meet with Canada Post on Friday and Monday. The talks come after workers rejected ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative MP calls on Ottawa to do more on wildfires, attacks forest entry ban
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — An Alberta Conservative MP says the federal government needs to do more to combat Canada’s devastating forest fires. Asked by reporters at a morning press conference today for her thoughts on the provincial bans on entering forests in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Michelle Rempel Garner said Ottawa’s inaction has led to those ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lung cancer survival rate has doubled, but it still causes the most cancer deaths: StatCan
By Canadian Press on August 13th, 2025
TORONTO — Statistics Canada says five-year survival rates for people with lung cancer have doubled since the 1990s. The report released today says the number of people living five years after they were diagnosed jumped from 13 per cent to 27 per cent between 1992 and 2021. It says new treatments, including immunotherapy that prompts ... Read More »
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