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Canada remains anti-nuke, but its potential path to bomb is getting shorter
CBC: For decades, Canada’s official policy on nuclear weapons has been that they shouldn’t exist, and there is…
July 26, 2026
Feds’ rejection of island airport plan prevents waterfront ‘destruction’: Advocates
The Canadian Press: The project would involve increased pollution and “massive destruction” of the Toronto Islands after billions…
July 26, 2026
New permanent residents down 20% in Canada. Nearly half drop came from India
National Post: Jedwab said greater scrutiny of applicants, institutions and programs is landing hardest on India because that…
July 25, 2026
Trump’s ‘slave labour’ tariff is revamped ‘Liberation Day’ that Canada largely avoids, experts say
Toronto Star: But notably for Canada, the new tariff maintains an exemption for goods which qualify under the…
July 25, 2026
Feds received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to major project reviews
The Canadian Press: A spokesperson for the Privy Council Office — which oversees the major projects office —…
July 25, 2026
Interprovincial booze rules may be easing, but other trade barriers still remain
CBC: “Over the years, we’ve seen a little bit of progress here and there, but last year really…
July 25, 2026
Canadian intern at NATO military headquarters in Belgium faces spying charges
CBC: “She is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of…
July 25, 2026
Canada’s got grocery competition problem. Are local food hubs the answer?
CBC: Although a push for more food hubs across Canada will provide smaller grocers with extra avenues to…
July 25, 2026
Federal govt says it won’t support Ontario’s Billy Bishop Airport expansion plans
CBC: In a post on the social media platform X, Transport Minister Steven McKinnon says the government will…
July 24, 2026
Has rise of right primed B.C. politics for party that breaks binary?
The Canadian Press: “She cannot win an election,” Clark said of Conservative Party of B.C. Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay.…
July 24, 2026
‘Game-changer’: Canada marks Gordie Howe bridge opening amid trade tensions
Global: Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is visiting a national park in Newfoundland and Labrador to highlight the…
July 24, 2026
Public funding for fossil fuel industry breaks another Liberal climate promise, advocates say
CBC: They say the measures represent further federal backsliding on climate policy at a time when oil industry…
July 24, 2026
Carney aims to reverse $1 trillion in foreign capital flight over 2 days in September
Global: Carney is presiding over what he’s calling the Canada Investment Summit — a gathering of international business…
July 24, 2026
Trump’s new tariffs against Canada would likely be shot down in any court challenge, law experts say
Toronto Star: Unlike the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which Trump used to issue his Liberation Day tariffs against…
July 24, 2026
Alberta’s got new plan for southern pipeline to B.C.’s coast — it still won’t be easy
CBC: “It’s terrifying,” said Lucero González, a campaigner with environmental group the Wilderness Committee, which challenged the container terminal expansion…
July 24, 2026
Canada, Ecuador signing free trade deal in Ottawa
The Canadian Press: Several Canadian organizations and civil society leaders have pushed back against Canada-Ecuador free trade talks…
July 24, 2026
B.C. premier calls for blocking critical mineral exports to U.S. over lumber tariffs
National Post: B.C. Premier David Eby said at the first ministers meeting in Charlottetown that it was “inexplicable”…
July 23, 2026
Canada’s tariff rate would inch closer to Vietnam’s under threatened U.S. levies
The Globe and Mail: Throughout U.S. President Donald Trump’s volatile second term, Canada has enjoyed a relatively advantaged…
July 23, 2026
Retaliation being considered if no deal reached by Trump’s tariff deadline, Carney says
CBC: “Everything is on the table depending on the outcome of the negotiations,” Carney told reporters following a…
July 23, 2026
PM Carney says Canada is united, stronger now than when U.S. trade war began
Global: “We’re in a stronger position because of the determination of Canadians themselves and I will say this…
July 23, 2026