4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (443+ words) OTTAWA — The federal government is abandoning plans to exempt certain projects from laws designed to protect species at risk after an overwhelmingly negative response to the proposal during a summer of consultations. However, environmental groups say Ottawa can still bypass…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (294+ words) WASHINGTON — Restoration work on the White House North Portico is nearing completion before Chinese President Xi Jinping ’s state visit to the United States in late September. Scaffolding was taken down Tuesday and followed the weekend removal of shrouds that…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (145+ words) WASHINGTON — U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Canada is to blame for Washington’s decision to escalate the trade war with its northern neighbour. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed new executive orders, ramping up retaliation after Canada imposed its latest…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (613+ words) OTTAWA — Boosting trade with a more diverse array of international partners would only plug part of the hole in Canada’s economy if the U.S. were to withdraw from the North American trade pact, says a new Deloitte Canada report....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (566+ words) OTTAWA — U.S. negotiators were pushing in trade talks last month for concessions from Canada that would have made key sectors like the automotive industry subsidiaries of their American counterparts or be “wiped out,” entirely, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (629+ words) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Donald Trump administration has announced it is moving ahead with plans to rescind a quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging, road building and other development on national forest lands, drawing the ire of environmentalists nationwide. The U.S. Forest Service…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1031+ words) OTTAWA – The federal government is set to unveil details of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu and Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon are also expected…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (190+ words) OTTAWA — Economists are warning that a re-escalation in the trade war with the United States puts Canada’s burgeoning economic recovery at risk. The U.S. imposed 50 per cent tariffs on roughly $28 billion worth of Canadian goods over the weekend after…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (343+ words) VICTORIA — More than 500 homes or other structures have been destroyed or damaged by wildfires in British Columbia this year, in a level of devastation comparable to some of the worst recent fire seasons. While the area of 4,300 square kilometres burned…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (891+ words) WASHINGTON — Canada-U.S. Minister Dominic LeBlanc smiled widely beside U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade czar in Washington on Wednesday as they touted a draft deal which appears to have averted a new round of punishing tariffs on Canada. United States…...