Foreign minister to return to NAFTA talks in Washington this week
OTTAWA – High-level meetings are set to resume this week in Washington in an effort to bring Canada into a revised North American Free Trade Agreement. The renewed effort comes as the Opposition...
View ArticleThe recent jump in U.S. butter imports? All smooth, says Canadian dairy industry
OTTAWA – More Canadians have likely slathered their late-summer corncobs with American-made butter in recent years — and it had nothing to do with U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands for more access...
View ArticleTrump drains oxygen from Trudeau foreign policy with PM, Freeland bound for UN
OTTAWA – Back then, the world was a much easier place for a Canadian comeback. When the Liberal government came to power in 2015, Canada’s decaying relations with the United Nations and the United...
View ArticleCanadian firms fall behind in adoption of artificial intelligence
MONTREAL – A new report says artificial intelligence deployment has not yet been a “real success” for Canadian companies, in spite of the country’s reputation as an AI hotbed. The study from Forbes...
View ArticleNo panic from Trudeau government as U.S.-imposed NAFTA deadline, auto tariff...
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Despite no signs of a pending agreement, the Trudeau government doesn’t appear to be worried as the U.S.-imposed NAFTA deadline quickly approaches. “We are not going to be rushed...
View ArticleTrudeau calls Cabinet meeting Sunday night
OTTAWA – Federal cabinet ministers have been called into a late-night NAFTA meeting with the prime minister. Multiple sources tell The Canadian Press the cabinet was to meet around 10 p.m. (7.p.m....
View ArticleOut with NAFTA, in with USMCA: Canada inks new trade deal with U.S., Mexico
WASHINGTON – A new era in North American free trade dawned in the dead of night Sunday as a 14-month NAFTA modernization effort between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico finally came to fruition with just...
View ArticleFacebook hit with class-action lawsuit after massive security breach
TORONTO — A class-action lawsuit has been proposed in Canada against Facebook following a security breach that put the accounts of tens of millions of users at risk. The social media company announced...
View ArticleHow the USMCA will affect our region remains to be seen
SURREY (NEWS 1130) – Now that we know there’s an agreement on a new North American trade deal, it remains to be seen how all this will shake out for our region. The Surrey Board of Trade is still...
View ArticleMorneau touts USMCA, despite gaps
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Calling it a deal that “makes sense,” federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau touted Canada’s new trade deal with the US and Mexico, despite uncertainty about steel and aluminum...
View ArticleParliament revokes Myanmar leader’s honorary Canadian citizenship
OTTAWA – Parliament has formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship for complicity in the atrocities committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya people. The Senate voted...
View ArticleElections B.C. fines NDP for breaching campaign finance rules
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The B.C. NDP has been fined $4,000 for violating campaign finance rules heading into last year’s provincial election. Elections B.C. issued the penalties involving four cases of...
View ArticleSupreme Court of Canada not on same level of controversy as the U.S.: Law...
CALGARY (660 NEWS) — The Supreme Court of Canada is no stranger to controversial appointments, but not to the same extent as the U.S. Supreme Court. The last appointment to fail was in 2013, former...
View ArticleCar, home insurance rates after cannabis legalization still to be determined
VANCOUVER ( NEWS 1130) – Anyone thinking of growing marijuana plants in their home or lighting up once it’s legal next week, might want to look into their home or renters insurance and avoid getting...
View ArticleCanada’s goals well below what’s needed to stop catastrophic climate change: UN
OTTAWA – Canada would have to cut its emissions almost in half over the next 12 years to meet the stiffer targets dozens of international climate change experts say is required to prevent catastrophic...
View ArticleFormer PM Stephen Harper says Americans are winners in USMCA
OTTAWA (1310 NEWS) — If there is a winner in the new trade agreement between Canada, U.S. and Mexico, it appears a former prime minister is giving that title to the Americans. It’s been over a week...
View ArticleCanadians working in the legal pot industry will be allowed into the U.S. for...
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Just days before marijuana is legalized in Canada, the U.S. has made an important clarification about Canadians who work in the marijuana industry and want to travel south of the...
View ArticlePot advocate aims to dispel marijuana myths
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Later this week we will be able to consume recreational cannabis legally for the first time. A prominent pot activist is speaking up about some of the negative rhetoric being used...
View ArticleCanada’s cops are ready for legal cannabis on Wednesday, but retailers may...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Police across Canada are ready for cannabis legalization this Wednesday, though the entire process for legal weed will be on-going, which worries one pot business advocate about...
View ArticleGroup opposes pot legalization at Vancouver rally
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – While they say they don’t want anyone to go to jail, members of a watchdog group are rallying against legalization of cannabis because they believe it’s dangerous. The group...
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