It’s a project costing an estimated $22 Billion . The railway would stretch 2,570 kilometres from Alberta’s oil sands region to an existing junction in Delta Alaska where it connects to ports near Anchorage. U.S President Donald Trump tweeted on… »
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Canada pushes former finance minister for top OECD position
Canada’s Bill Morneau, had been a confidant and advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau since the Liberals came to power in 2015. He had also held the very important portfolio of finance minister since that time. His involvement with the… »
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou back in court today to fight extradition case
Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou and her defence team were back in court today in Vancouver where she was arrested nearly two years ago by Canadian authorities at the request of the U.S. and charged with bank fraud… »
Trudeau warns of ‘climate reckoning’ in UN address, calls for new world order
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned world leaders on Friday of impending “climate reckoning” and called on countries to join forces in creating a more equitable international system to confront the 21st century challenges that the existing structures created 70 years… »
Canadian CF-18s intercept Russian fighter jet near Romanian airspace
NATO officials scrambled a pair of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CF-18 Hornet fighter jets to intercept a Russian Su-27 Flanker operating near Romanian airspace over the Black Sea on Sept. 23, the Canadian military announced Friday. The Canadian aircraft… »
Ontario government reacts to increase in COVID cases
The Premier of Ontario on several occasions has sharply criticised citizens who are not obeying the health restrictions imposed to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The province had been slowly moving towards fewer restriction and is in what was called… »
Canadian economy: Indications that a recovery from COVID has stalled
In spite of massive emergency federal funding for individuals and business and in spite of what appeared to be the start of a healthy recovery in mid-summer, it now appears that has stalled. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)… »
Canada signs deal to secure 20M additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Canada has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to procure up to 20 million doses of its COVID‑19 vaccine candidate being developed at Oxford University, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday. The deal with AstraZeneca adds to agreements the… »
Jobs in Canada’s natural resources industry suffer ‘deepest decline ever’
There’s more bad news for Canadians–and their politicians–as they try to find their way through the COVID-19 pandemic employment crisis: Canada’s natural resources industry–long battered by falling world oil prices–continued to spiral downward in this year’s second quarter, costing close… »
COVID claims another casuality: CP Rail’s Holiday Train
And the hits just keep on coming courtesy of COVID-19. As traditional events–from the ‘The Nutcracker’ in Toronto to the Grey Cup in Regina–get cancelled, Canadians can only lick their wounds and hope for the day when the pandemic nightmare… »
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