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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Canadian trade mission to Mexico this week could produce new deals by early spring, and …
Read More »Canada’s economy sees surprise boost in 3rd quarter, avoiding a technical recession
Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 per cent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday, avoiding a technical recession largely due …
Read More »Shelter runs out of naloxone as B.C. community sees 80 drug overdoses in 24 hours
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A shelter in B.C.’s Cowichan Valley ran out of naloxone last week after the area saw an estimated 80 toxic drug poisonings in a 24-hour period, according …
Read More »Party challenging Indigenous rights sees major gains in Norway’s Sámi Parliament election
An election to Norway’s Sámi Parliament this week returned major gains for a party opposed to land rights and other special privileges for the Indigenous group. The North Calotte People’s Party (NKF) ran on a platform of “equality” for Norwegians and Sámi, as well as for members of the Kven …
Read More »Unions preparing to ‘fight’ as Canada sees the most strike action in decades
Canada is seeing a spike in strikes — and as tariffs and the affordability crisis continue to hit workers hard, unions warn of more action on the horizon. Some labour leaders say that includes a potential battle with a federal government that has repeatedly sent them back to work. “We’re …
Read More »Polish centrist’s narrow presidential lead sees pro-EU path hanging in the balance
Centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and nationalist Karol Nawrocki will compete in a second round of the presidential election in Poland on June 1, nearly complete voting results from the electoral commission showed early on Monday. The commission published data from 99.9 per cent of voting districts by provinces at at 2:27 …
Read More »It’s clear who sees tariffs as a political winner in Washington. It isn’t Trump’s side
Some of Donald Trump’s friends in Washington suddenly sound nervous about him having the keys to the economy. A few are even talking about wrenching them away. There are a few nascent efforts to pare back the U.S. president’s legal power to set tariffs, now being used in an unprecedented …
Read More »Nation to Nation collaboration sees Yellowstone bison come to Canada for the 1st time
A caravan of people pull up over the Montana hills as the sun is about to rise. People get out of their vehicles to see about a dozen bison crowded together in a corral. Four men from Blackfeet Nation pull up in trailers prepared with hay, ready to transfer the …
Read More »Rare trip sees election campaigning split between Ontario and Washington D.C.
Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford is making an unusual campaign stop in Washington D.C. Tuesday, as Bonnie Crombie, Marit Stiles and Mike Schreiner continue on the hustings in Ontario. Ford headed south to Washington D.C. for meetings in the United States capital on Tuesday, a move that has been …
Read More »Unemployment rate ticked down to 6.6% in January as economy sees solid month of job gains
Canada’s unemployment rate unexpectedly fell and the economy posted another solid month of job gains, Statistics Canada said on Friday, signalling that joblessness has started to ease. In January, the unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent, a notch below the 6.7 per cent seen a month earlier. The economy added 76,000 jobs — still …
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