3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (869+ words) OTTAWA — Canadian politicians are pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders limiting Canadian businesses’ access to procurement contracts and deploying a new set of tariffs. The five new orders, which will take effect Sept. 29, will completely bar imports…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (280+ words) “The abuse was ritualized, meticulously planned, and sadistic. … Enduring sexual abuse was required to be a member of the Michigan Men’s Ice Hockey team,” attorney Michael Pitt said in a sex discrimination lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Detroit....

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1430+ words) OTTAWA — Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Steven Backman could usually cross the Canada-U.S. border with a simple wave. Backman, like many residents of St. Stephen, N.B., would travel frequently to neighbouring Calais, Maine. “When locals would go through the border,…...

5+ day, 13+ min ago   (782+ words) OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed new executive orders to retaliate after Canada imposed its latest set of counter tariffs on the United States. The five new orders, which will take effect later this month, will completely bar…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (400+ words) Warning: This story contains references to graphic images of anti-abortion signage that may be upsetting to some readers. Complaints over anti-abortion flyers delivered to Saskatoon homes will be discussed at Saskatoon’s Governance and Priorities Committee today. Ward 9 Councillor Bev Dubois…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (499+ words) Neeral Patel sent well-wishes to her cousin on his birthday last Wednesday, but she never heard back. Her cousin Ishan Patel was in Nepal at the time, not far from the border with China, where a devastating flash flood ripped…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (414+ words) OTTAWA — U.S. negotiators took the position in trade talks that core Canadian industries — including the automotive sector — must either become subsidiaries of their American counterparts or be “wiped out,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. “The attitude of the United…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (410+ words) Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, urged rulers of Muslim nations to “know your real enemy, understand its plans and confront it,” and called the U.S. and Israel enemies of all Islamic nations, the official IRNA news agency reported…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (962+ words) Flood warning notices were sent to people’s phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods, which killed at least 800 people and left more…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) OTTAWA — The federal government is providing more than $2 million in aid to Colombia as the country recovers from a 7.4 magnitude earthquake which hit on Aug. 10. Spanish news agency EFE reports the death toll climbed to 331 people this week, with more than…...