Canada

N.S. First Nation tells government and RCMP to stay out of cannabis and tobacco sales

HALIFAX — An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a new resolution saying the provincial government and RCMP have no right to carry out enforcement on its lands as police and provincial officials...

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Weatheradio going off the air as Environment Canada moves emphasis to online and apps

A cross-Canada radio service that for decades has delivered the latest local forecasts as well as critical alerts about severe weather 24 hours a day is signing off, with listeners being advised to switch...

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'One elbow up, one down': The Carney government after its first year

OTTAWA — If one thing is clear a year into his tenure, it's that Mark Carney is running the federal government very differently from the way Justin Trudeau did it. Much of Ottawa's chattering class...

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Carney says Canada a reliable oil exporter with moves to increase production

OSLO — Prime Minister Mark Carney says that countries like Canada do not need to have oil reserves as a net exporter, after the energy minister announced Canada will contribute 23.6 million barrels to...

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Why Canada is helping Canadians flee the Middle East — and what it costs

OTTAWA — Ever since the U.S. launched its war against Iran on Feb. 28, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has said her top priority is helping Canadians who want to leave the Middle East. As of Friday,...

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Iran war adds new uncertainty to the Bank of Canada's already clouded lens

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada will be balancing a last-minute flood of economic data with uncertainty around trade and war in the Middle East as it prepares to make its second interest rate decision of...

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Canada supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil under IEA release plan

OTTAWA — Canada plans to contribute 23.6 million barrels of oil to an International Energy Agency plan to help stabilize energy markets as the war in the Middle East continues to choke off tanker shipments...

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Environment committee engaging in 'junior high behaviour': former climate advisers

OTTAWA — Two former advisers on Ottawa's climate policies say recent antics by parliamentarians at the House of Commons environment committee demonstrate why they resigned from Canada's independent net-zero...

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Lawyers for Calgary man in Ryan Wedding case to seek a review of denial of bail

Lawyers for a Calgary man arrested on extradition warrants connected to accused Canadian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding will be applying for a review of a decision denying him bail. Allistair Chapman, 33,...

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Conservative leader says his plan is 'the only hope' for Canada's auto industry

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre set off for a weekend of meetings in Michigan Friday promising to return to Windsor, Ont., in two days with details of a plan he said is "literally the only...

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