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Trump says he will double tariffs on steel imports to 50 per cent
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will double the tariffs on steel imports to 50 per cent. Trump made the announcement while visiting a U.S. steel mill in Pittsburgh today where he was holding a rally to celebrate a deal with Nippon, a Japanese steelmaker. In March Trump put 25 per cent tariffs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Trump says he’s doubling tariffs on steel imports to 50 per cent
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will double the tariffs on steel imports to 50 per cent. Trump in March put 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the United States. More coming. Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal bill to bolster border security expected early next week
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberal government plans to introduce legislation soon to strengthen border security in response to continuing pressure from the United States. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree is expected to table a bill early next week. The latest federal notice of coming legislation includes an act “respecting certain measures relating to the border between ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to release names of residential school priests
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says it will soon release the names of 140 priests or brothers who worked in residential schools. Along with their names, the centre says it will also post online their personnel files and the names of the schools where they served. The list was developed with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada calls on Israel to abandon plans for new West Bank settlements
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada is calling on Israel to abandon plans unveiled Thursday to authorize 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank which it says would be illegal. Israel captured the West Bank, along with Gaza and east Jerusalem, in the 1967 Arab–Israeli war and the Palestinians want all three territories for a future state. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post asks jobs minster to force union to vote on ‘final offers’
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada Post says it has asked Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu to force a union vote on the proposals the Crown corporation presented to members earlier this week. Canada Post presented its “final offers” to the union representing 55,000 workers on Wednesday, with concessions including an end to compulsory overtime and a signing bonus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. man who got $8M says he’ll be penniless if made to pay sex assault damages
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A B.C. man who was awarded $8 million after being wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and spending 27 years in prison says he’ll be left “homeless and penniless” if forced to pay civil damages to victims who won a lawsuit against him. The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled this week that five victims ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search to resume for children almost a month after they disappeared from N.S. home
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
LANSDOWNE STATION — A search for two young children who went missing almost a month ago is set to resume Saturday in a remote corner of northeastern Nova Scotia. On May 2, four-year-old Jack Sullivan and his six-year-old sister Lilly Sullivan were reported missing from their home in rural Lansdowne Station, a heavily wooded area ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flin Flon, Man., virtually deserted, thousands more evacuees expected as fires rage
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says thousands more evacuees are expected and the city of Flin Flon is virtually deserted as wildfires continue to rage in his province. Kinew says the mayor, councillors and all other officials have had to depart Flin Flon, leaving behind only fire crews. George Fontaine, the mayor of Flin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: All officials out, only fire crews left in wildfire-menaced Flin Flon
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says thousands more evacuees are expected as wildfires continue to rage in his province. Kinew also says the mayor, councillors and all other officials have had to depart Flin Flon, leaving behind only fire crews in the otherwise deserted city ahead of a rampaging wildfire. More coming. The Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa’s plan to ‘fast-track’ infrastructure doesn’t go far enough: Poilievre
By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the government’s plan to circumvent the Impact Assessment Act to speed up key infrastructure projects doesn’t go far enough. Taking questions from reporters in Ottawa today, Poilievre wouldn’t say whether his party will support the bill without reading it first. The government is developing a “national interest” bill ... Read More »
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