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Mark Warner, principal at MAAW Law, talks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about how it’s ‘no surprise’ that Donald Trump slapped Canada with new tariffs . “I see this primarily as not somebody taking a hit on Canada. I see Donald Trump as a man who lost in the Supreme Court who’s trying to put…

The building where Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn , Austria, has opened as a police station following years of debate over its future. The Nazi leader was born in an apartment inside the building in 1889 and spent the first few weeks of his life there, before his family moved to another…

The Trump administration’s announcement of a new round of tariffs on Canadian goods may be less of a reprisal over trade barriers and more about gaining leverage in CUSMA negotiations, trade watchers suggest. Whether the measures are legal are not is open to debate, but that may not matter because for now they put Canada…

OTTAWA — Westerners might be experiencing a sense of déjà vu as Ontario’s premier is once again suggesting an embargo on oil exports to the U.S. to retaliate against tariffs. Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters at the first ministers’ meeting in Charlottetown on Tuesday that Canada should leverage its most valuable resources to hit…

OTTAWA – The new revenue-sharing deal between Canada and the United States for the Gordie Howe International Bridge was released Tuesday evening after criticism over lack of transparency and conflicting messaging from the prime minister. The full text, released by the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA), contradicts statements made last week by the prime minister about…

CHARLOTTETOWN — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he is willing to consider backing the west-to-east pipeline proposal announced by fellow premiers Alberta’s Danielle Smith and Ontario’s Doug Ford in early July that would cut through his province. The proposed route would run across southern Manitoba, passing through the areas of Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg,…

Hate crimes in Canada fell last year for the first time since 2018, but Jewish Canadians remained one of the most-targeted groups. Police reported 4,708 hate crimes in 2025, down three per cent from 4,841 the year before, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The decline follows six straight years of increases that more than doubled the…

CHARLOTTETOWN — Ottawa has to step up its share of Canadian health-care funding, several Canadian premiers insisted on Wednesday. The premiers of P.E.I., New Brunswick and Manitoba said they want to see the federal government return to splitting health-care funding 50/50 with the provinces, a formula that stood until the 1970s when it was lowered…

Donald Trump’s latest tariff move reaches far beyond cars, alcohol and cheese. But those three trade fights are why the White House says it is imposing an additional 50 per cent duty on hundreds of Canadian products. Tariffs are scheduled for Aug. 19 and cover nearly US$20 billion in imports. The lists include wine, hockey…

Canadians intend on spending 18 hours behind the wheel on road trips this summer despite volatile gas prices. That’s about the time it would take to drive from Vancouver to Regina or Toronto to Halifax. Road trips are expected to account for about 55 per cent of summer travel this year, with 70 per cent…