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Trudeau tells NBC that he still believes Trump’s promise to only tweak NAFTA

Trudeau tells NBC that he still believes Trump’s promise to only tweak NAFTA

Canada March 16, 2017 at 6:54 pm 0 comments

NEW YORK – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tells an American network interview he still believes President Donald Trump’s promise on NAFTA — that adjustments in the Canada-U.S. trading relationship will be minor. The prime minister made the remarks in an interview with NBC’s Tom Brokaw. The interview comes after signalsRead More

Garneau unveils new rules against flying drones close to airports

Garneau unveils new rules against flying drones close to airports

Canada March 16, 2017 at 6:53 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — The federal government is enacting stricter measures and fines for anyone who flies a drone too close to an airport or plane. Transport Minister Marc Garneau is set to unveil the measures this morning and curb the number of incidents in which recreational drones have come too closeRead More

Advocates concerned about unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Canada

Advocates concerned about unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Canada

Canada March 16, 2017 at 6:52 pm 0 comments

Canada: Immigration lawyer Alastair Clarke calls it a “travesty of justice.” In Buffalo, N.Y., a client is currently living in a shelter, desperately awaiting news about how she might be reunited with her three young children, all under the age of 10. The woman fled the small East-African country ofRead More

Canada Goose to take flight on stock markets in Toronto, New York

Canada Goose to take flight on stock markets in Toronto, New York

Canada March 16, 2017 at 6:51 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Canada Goose, whose winter jackets have been made famous by the likes of celebrities Daniel Craig and Kate Upton, went public today on stock markets in Toronto and New York. The Toronto-based company, ubiquitous for its $900 parkas with fur-lined hoods, debuted with an initial public offering ofRead More

Trudeau, Ivanka Trump, dignitaries attend Broadway play about Canada on 9/11

Canada March 16, 2017 at 6:51 pm 0 comments

NEW YORK – They laughed, they cried, they hugged. It was a night to remember on Broadway for hundreds of theatre-goers including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A bevy of political power-players attended a play about Canadians helping stranded American travellers in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The attendeesRead More

NDP calls on Ontario government to table hydro legislation on Monday

NDP calls on Ontario government to table hydro legislation on Monday

Canada March 15, 2017 at 9:21 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on the Liberal government to table legislation for its hydro bill reduction plan on Monday. The legislature is not sitting this week for March Break, but Horwath says Ontarians need to see the details as soon as possible, so the plan shouldRead More

PM to watch Canadian 9/11-inspired musical ‘Come From Away’ on Broadway

PM to watch Canadian 9/11-inspired musical ‘Come From Away’ on Broadway

Canada March 15, 2017 at 9:20 pm 0 comments

NEW YORK – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be heading to Broadway tonight for a performance of Canadian 9/11-inspired musical “Come From Away.” Trudeau previously announced on Twitter that he planned to attend the show with his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, and that he was “looking forward to showing NewRead More

Protesters speak out about exclusion of police from pride parade

Canada March 15, 2017 at 9:19 pm 0 comments

Toronto: A small group of protesters, including one man who was involved in Toronto’s first pride parade, have gathered outside the offices of Pride Toronto to speak out about the exclusion of police from this summer’s event. The majority of those in attendance at Pride Toronto’s Annual General Meeting inRead More

Anti-black and anti-Chinese posters ‘disgust’ Scarborough residents

Canada March 15, 2017 at 9:19 pm 0 comments

New anti-black and anti-Chinese posters found plastered onto several newspaper boxes in Birch Cliff Village on Tuesday morning, “disgust” residents. Daphne Hunt discovered the “racist” stickers written with a black sharpie pen at the corner of Kingston Road and Warden Avenue. “This is so very sad and disgusting to seeRead More

Canadian defence spending among lowest in NATO

Canadian defence spending among lowest in NATO

Canada March 13, 2017 at 7:41 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA – A new NATO report says Canada saw a small bump in defence spending last year, but also notes that the country remains in the bottom half when compared to the rest of the military alliance. The report says Canada spent just over one per cent of its GDPRead More