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Carney calls Trump’s U.S. Fed chair pick, Warsh, a “fantastic choice’
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is offering his seal of approval on U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve. Trump said earlier today he would nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to replace outgoing chair Jerome Powell when his term expires in the spring. Carney, a former central banker ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal Court of appeal to rule on Ottawa’s single-use plastics ban today
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of appeal is expected issue a ruling that could end Ottawa’s ban of some single-use plastics today. In 2023, a Federal Court judge said Ottawa had overstepped in designating all “plastic manufactured items” as toxic. Ottawa appealed that ruling, which came a year after the federal government used the toxic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economy stalled in November and may have contracted in Q4: StatCan
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says economic growth was flat in November as declines in the manufacturing sector weighed on real gross domestic product in the month. The agency says a global semiconductor shortage led to supply bottlenecks in automotive production, which sent durable-goods manufacturing to its lowest monthly levels since 2011, outside the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. faceoff with Cuba could put Canada ‘in a vise grip’: former ambassador
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — As Canada warns travellers of food and electricity shortages in Cuba, experts say any move by the U.S. to overthrow the island’s communist leadership would put Canada in a bind much worse than the aftermath of the American armed intervention in Venezuela. Two former ambassadors say they’re confident Global Affairs Canada is preparing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Poilievre to speak in Calgary, Trump threatens tariffs, Oilers win
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Conservatives converge on downtown Calgary, eager to hear from party leader Poilievre Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to address his party faithful this evening in Calgary, in a speech that many anticipate will set the tone for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a senior official with the agency. They peaked with the “extreme” example of a CFIA worker and their family facing “in-person threats” of ... Read More »
1 responseConservatives converge on downtown Calgary, eager to hear from party leader Poilievre
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to address his party faithful this evening in Calgary, in a speech that many anticipate will set the tone for the Tories heading into the next election. The party on Thursday kicked off its national convention, where delegates are expected to signal their support for Poilievre’s continued ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta separatist says members of Smith’s caucus have signed referendum petition
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
EDMONTON — A leader of Alberta’s separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition looking to force a vote on the province quitting Canada. “I know of (UCP members of the legislature) that have signed the petition,” Jeff Rath, a lawyer for Stay Free Alberta, the ... Read More »
1 responseU.S. face-off with Cuba could put Canada ‘in a vise grip’: former ambassador
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — As Canada warns travellers of food and electricity shortages in Cuba, experts say any move by the U.S. to overthrow the island’s communist leadership would put Canada in a bind much worse than the aftermath of the American armed intervention in Venezuela. Two former ambassadors say they’re confident Global Affairs Canada is preparing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump threatens tariffs, decertification on Canadian-made aircraft
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2026
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Bombardier in a threat to decertify and tariff Canadian-made aircraft. In a post on social media Thursday evening, Trump alleged that “Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 Jets.” “We are hereby decertifying their Bombardier Global Expresses, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. school trustee ‘terrified’ after police ordered her out of vehicle at gunpoint
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2026
PRINCE GEORGE — A school trustee in Prince George, B.C., says she was “terrified” after being ordered out of her vehicle at gunpoint by police and handcuffed for a few minutes before being let go, leaving her “feeling afraid, overwhelmed and angry.” Erica McLean says in a Facebook post that she had parked at a ... Read More »
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