Cancer-stricken and exhausted, Calgary couple hopes for end to immigration...
CALGARY (NEWS 1130) – A few years ago, Calgary’s Mike Soukeroff was enjoying life in Bangkok, after meeting his now-wife Sompis Boonard in 2007 and her two children. Today, Soukeroff is being treated...
View ArticleCoquitlam parents bringing their daughter home after bureaucratic nightmare
COQUITLAM (NEWS 1130) – A Coquitlam couple has boarded a plane in Japan bound for Canada with their newly adopted daughter, something they were supposed to do last month. They’re one of five BC...
View ArticleTrump blackmailing Canada and Mexico, says former Mexican president
MONTREAL – Former Mexican president Vicente Fox says Donald Trump is blackmailing Canada and Mexico in order to exert maximum pressure to reach a new NAFTA deal. The outspoken ex-politician says Canada...
View ArticleCanada announces billions in retaliatory tariffs against US
TORONTO – Canada announced billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. on Friday in a tit-for-tat response to the Trump administration’s duties on Canadian steel and aluminum. Prime...
View ArticleSamka, one of only walruses to give birth in captivitiy in Canada, dies in...
QUEBEC CITY, Que. – One of the only walruses to give birth in captivity in Canada has died in Quebec City’s aquarium. The aquarium says in a statement that 13-year-old Samka died Thursday night. The...
View ArticleU.S. steel tariffs result in 40 layoffs in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
SAULT STE MARIE, Ont. – A manufacturing company is laying off workers in Ontario in response to American tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. A spokesman for Tenaris, which manufactures steel pipes,...
View ArticleWomen generally more patriotic than men: poll
TORONTO (NEWS 1130) – On this Canada Day weekend, a new online poll of more than 5,000 Canadians shows that women are more patriotic than men. The survey by DART Insight shows that the proudest...
View ArticleTrump delaying NAFTA deal until after midterm elections
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. – President Donald Trump says he’s delaying signing a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement until after the midterms in hopes of reaching a better deal....
View ArticleRetaliate or not? Canada’s tough decision in the event of U.S. tariffs on autos
OTTAWA – Industry leaders say the federal Liberal government will face a complex decision — with deep economic consequences — if the U.S. makes good on its threat to slap 25-per-cent tariffs on...
View ArticleBombardier stands to benefit from Chinese tariffs on U.S., says aerospace...
MONTREAL – Chinese retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products are expected to have mixed impacts on Canada’s agriculture sector but an aerospace analyst says Bombardier stands to gain from duties against...
View ArticleCanadian cannabis industry workers face problems, bans at U.S. border
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Canadians who work for, or have connections to, the cannabis industry are running into problems at the U.S. border, including lifetime travel bans. Len Saunders, an immigration...
View ArticleTrudeau asked Israel to rescue White Helmets from Syria: Netanyahu
OTTAWA – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Justin Trudeau was among those who personally asked that Israel evacuate hundreds of so-called White Helmets from Syria amid fears they would be...
View ArticleJohn Oliver says he limits Trump jokes, but is watching Canada-U.S. trade war
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – John Oliver told reporters Wednesday that he’s put a stopwatch on Donald Trump. “He’s the gift that keeps on giving the way a fire hose keeps on giving, and you wish it would...
View ArticleCda-US negotiators tussle over updating Columbia River Treaty
Canadian negotiators are not budging on a request by their American counterparts to reduce an electricity entitlement under a treaty that the United States says is worth as much as $200 million a year....
View ArticleThe Big Story: And the Best Place to live in Canada is…
Today, 415 Canadian communities enter, but only one triumphs. Every year, MoneySense puts together a comprehensive statistical ranking of the best places to live in Canada. Ottawa has taken the top...
View ArticleSaudi Airlines suspends Canadian operations starting Aug. 13
TORONTO – The rift between the federal government and Saudi Arabia has prompted the country’s state airline to suspend operations in Canada. Saudi Airlines issued a tweet early Tuesday saying flights...
View ArticleSpat with Saudis hits home for Ontario plant making armoured vehicles for regime
OTTAWA – The sudden deterioration in the Saudi-Canadian relationship is likely grabbing the attention of people in the city of London, Ont., more than anywhere else in the country. The city’s General...
View ArticleU.S. President Trump threatens auto tariffs against Canada if trade talks fail
OTTAWA – Donald Trump launched a fresh auto-tariff threat against Canada late Friday at a time when Ottawa finds itself in a holding pattern on NAFTA negotiations as it awaits the completion of...
View ArticleTrump suggests Canada has been sidelined from latest NAFTA negotiations
OTTAWA – U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting Canada has deliberately been left on NAFTA’s sidelines as one-on-one talks heat up between Washington and Mexico. For four straight weeks, U.S. trade...
View ArticleOntario Cannabis Store announces supply agreements with 26 licensed producers
TORONTO – The Ontario Cannabis Store says it has partnered with 26 licensed producers for its online retail platform. The store, which will be Ontario’s only online retailer when recreational marijuana...
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