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CP NewsAlert: Manitoba Tories apologize to victims’ families in landfill search case
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
WINNIPEG — The interim leader of Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives has apologized to the families of two slain First Nations women for declining to search a landfill for their remains. Wayne Ewasko made the apology in the house to the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, following last week’s discovery of potential human remains at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump grants auto tariff pause, tariffs on Canada remain after call with Trudeau
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Big Three automakers were able to secure a month-long tariff exemption on Wednesday after a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrapped a call to the Oval Office with no such guarantees for Canada. Trump has granted a one-month exemption for any vehicles coming through the Canada-U.S.-Mexico ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 100 arrested in countrywide child exploitation operation, police say
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Police say they have made more than 100 arrests and laid more than 300 charges in a major national child exploitation operation. Representatives of the RCMP and other police forces provided an update today on a project aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse. RCMP Insp. Matthieu Girard told a news conference the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada advances toxic label for ‘forever chemicals,’ phased regulation approach
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
The federal government says it’s moving ahead with a plan to designate the entire class of so-called forever chemicals as toxic and expects to begin consultations in two years on further regulating their use in cosmetics, food packaging and other consumer products. The government released its phased approach to tackling the entire class of chemicals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec’s Beauce region, known as a hub for business, upended by U.S. tariffs
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
MONTREAL — The head of a business group says Quebec’s Beauce region is in a “state of shock” following U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Canadian imports. Hélène Latulippe of the Conseil économique de Beauce says the region has more than 500 manufacturing companies, some of whom depend on the United States for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians cancel U.S. travel plans amid anger over tariffs, weak loonie
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
MONTREAL — Airlines and travel companies have seen bookings to the United States plummet as Canadians rethink their plans amid anger over the trade war set off by U.S. President Donald Trump as well as a weak loonie. Travel agency Flight Centre Travel Group Canada says leisure bookings to American cities dropped 40 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump grants tariff exemption at request of Big Three automakers in North America
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s granted a one-month tariff exemption for any vehicles coming through the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Big Three automakers — Stellantis, Ford and General Motors — asked for an exemption to the tariffs when they spoke to Trump. Leavitt says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weak dollar, anger toward U.S. expected to give big boost to Quebec tourism industry
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
MONTREAL — The weak Canadian dollar and the trade war with the United States is expected to boost Quebec’s tourism economy this year. A major tourism association says it calculated that Quebecers who choose to vacation in the province instead of the United States will spend $1.5 billion in 2025. Sébastien Benedict, with Alliance de ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No compromise on tariffs, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are on the same page with a position that Canada will not be compromising on tariffs. He suggests Canada will not be removing any of its retaliatory tariffs unless all American tariffs are removed. His comments come one day after U.S. President ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Trump grants tariff exemption for Big Three automakers in North America
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says the Big Three auto makers will get a one-month exemption from tariffs for any vehicles coming through the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement. Those reciprocal tariffs were set to go into effect on April 2, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says, but Stellantis, Ford and General Motors asked for a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Trump dismisses Canada’s border efforts, accuses Trudeau of power grab
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says he is not appeased by Canada’s efforts to reduce the amount of fentanyl crossing the border. In a post on Truth Social, Trump also says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could not tell him in a phone conversation today when Canada’s election will happen — and falsely accused Trudeau ... Read More »
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