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Toronto Chief of Police Myron Demkiw and Mayor Olivia Chow have provided an update on safety plans for the Jewish High Holy Days, with the police chief outlining a host of measures that will be in place this year. In a press conference Tuesday afternoon at Toronto Police Headquarters, Demkiw said the Toronto police would…

The relationship between the United States and Canada runs deep and is steeped in history. We are neighbours, friends and share similar values, but it’s actually much deeper than that. In many ways, we are like cousins. And like all families, we don’t agree on everything. Sometimes our cousins do things that don’t make sense,…

OTTAWA — Canada says it intends to ban all trade with goods tied to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, joining several European countries in a joint statement promising harsher measures against Israelis the governments say are undermining a two-state solution. In the statement, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and her counterparts in the U.K.,…

Renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” will come at a cost to federal agencies in the U.S. that are responsible for updating maps and databases, and a previous report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) offers insight into how expensive this could be. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of…

A Canadian father with no formal ties to Ukraine who left his life and family in B.C. to help the war-torn nation defend against Russia’s illegal invasion was killed in action on the front lines last month. “I want him to be remembered as a hero,” his mother, Valery Simonds, told Victoria-based Chek News after…

Many small Canadian exporters will be in financial trouble if the trade war with the United States extends into the holiday season, with Canada set to impose $27.6 billion in counter-tariffs on dozens of U.S. imports, including dairy, appliances and electronics. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) said most of its members are in…

OTTAWA — On the same day Canadian tariffs on $28 billion worth of U.S. imports came into effect, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he doesn’t believe in escalating the trade conflict. “That’s not constructive,” said Carney, during a video address released on Tuesday. “But our tariffs are necessary protect our workers, protect our companies, and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As both Canada and the United States enjoyed a day off and family BBQs on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump was busy posting on his social media platform. In one update, he declared that Canada’s aerospace giant, Bombardier, could no longer sell in the United States. “NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE…

Prime Minister Mark Carney hopes to attract billions of dollars from large global institutional investors at the Canada Investment Summit next week, but his government will have to remedy a situation in which some fund managers find their most sought-after assets — including energy and transportation — hardest to invest in at scale, according to…

Maureen Basnicki, her car stuffed with frames swaddled in blankets and bubble wrap, finally found a good spot to park in midtown Toronto just as artist John Coburn emerged from his studio to help unload. “This one is special,” she cautioned, touching the thickest frame. Inside the deep shadow box sat a U.S. flag folded…