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In Canada’s arsenal of possible responses to a Trump tariff, the nuclear option is the threat to withhold, reduce or place export tariffs on Canadian energy. Already, the mere suggestion of such a tactic has caused a split between the government of Alberta, on one side, and the governments of …
Read More »What will Canada’s second Trudeau era leave behind?
In an interview in December 2022, Justin Trudeau allowed himself to talk about legacy. He has typically avoided entertaining such stuff. But sitting in his West Block office a little more than two years ago, he spoke of “unfinished business” and a desire to “lock in what Canada is doing …
Read More »Happy Birthday, Celsius! Canada’s use of metric system turning 50
Happy Birthday, Celsius! Environment Canada’s use of Celsius turns 50 years old in 2025. It was the catalyst of a lengthy national metric conversion that abruptly ended a decade after it began. The result is seen and felt every day. Canadians wear clothes measured in inches and buy gas by …
Read More »Industry withholding data on one of Canada’s largest fisheries, advocates say
Advocates and scientists are raising concerns with the availability of data on one of Canada’s largest fisheries, as the Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO is waiting on industry to provide data on the herring fishery in southwest Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. For decades, herring stock …
Read More »Calgary’s unemployment rate is trending higher than Canada’s — but it’s not because of layoffs
Calgary’s unemployment rate continues to trend higher than the national average, but not for the reason you might expect. It isn’t because local companies are laying workers off en masse — it’s because people are moving to Alberta faster than they can find jobs. “We’re going through a period of adjustment — it’ll take …
Read More »T&T, Canada’s largest Asian grocery store chain, is coming to the U.S.
Canada’s biggest Asian grocery chain is expanding into the U.S., hoping to bring its patented array of food, skin care and more to a new market. On Thursday, Bellevue, Wash., will be home to T&T’s 37th store — and its first south of the border as it looks ahead to more …
Read More »Air Canada’s cheapest ticket will no longer include carry-on baggage
Months after WestJet added a controversial ultrabasic ticket that didn’t allow travellers to bring a carry-on bag, Air Canada is following suit by stripping carry-on baggage from its cheapest ticket. Passengers who purchase the lowest-priced basic economy fare on or after Jan. 3, 2025, will only be allowed to bring …
Read More »Canada’s economy grew 1% in the third quarter from higher government, household spending
The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of one per cent in the third quarter, boosted by higher household and government spending, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The rate was in line with economists’ expectations but below the Bank of Canada’s quarterly projection of 1.5 per cent. The growth was offset …
Read More »Rattled by Trump’s tariff threat, Canada’s leaders point fingers at each other
Canadian political leaders can’t control the fact that Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. Neither can they stop him from threatening to take illogical steps that could hurt American businesses and consumers almost as much as they would hurt Canadians. But Canadian political leaders can control how …
Read More »Rising threat of nitazenes joins fentanyl in Canada’s toxic drug supply
The toxic drug crisis has taken more than 47,000 lives in Canada since 2016 and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has become a household name. But now, what’s believed to be an even more potent class of synthetic drugs is showing up in drug busts across the country: nitazenes. RCMP in …
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