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Germany's likely next governing parties seek looser debt rules for more defense spending
BERLIN (AP) - The prospective partners in Germany's next government said Tuesday that they will seek to loosen the nation's rules on running up debt to allow for higher defense spending. They said the...
Mar 04, 2025

North East SPCA receives $10,000 from 100 Women Who Care Melfort
A local non-profit is $10,000 richer, thanks to the 100 Women Who Care in Melfort. The Melfort chapter held their quarterly meeting at the Melfort Golf and Country Club Monday night. Three organizatio...
Mar 04, 2025

The trade war is on between Canada and the U.S. Here's what you need to know
TORONTO - A trade war between Canada and its largest trading partner has begun, with tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump now in effect and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responding with a pa...
Mar 04, 2025

Trudeau says U.S. launched a ‘very dumb’ trade war, Canada fighting back
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S. has launched a "dumb" continental trade war and Canada is fighting back.Addressing U.S. President Donald Trump directly at an Ottawa press conference on Tue...
Mar 04, 2025

Key dates in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute as Trump launches trade war
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, took effect at 12:01 a.m. ...
Mar 04, 2025

How Canadians are reacting to Donald Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico kicked in at midnight, triggering a North American trade war. The president's executive order to impose 25 per cent across-the-board...
Mar 04, 2025
$20M for class complexity added to Sask. teachers’ collective agreement
Twenty million dollars to address class complexity - the number of students in each class who require additional help beyond what teachers normally provide - has been added to the provincial collectiv...
Mar 04, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Ottawa pauses preventive health care task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations
TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland has paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending breast cancer screening for wome...
Mar 04, 2025

Canadians say they will stop buying U.S. products as Trump’s tariffs take effect
HALIFAX - Canadians say they are ready to use their wallets to fight the trade war with the United States, which began today as President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods. Ha...
Mar 04, 2025

Minister says he hopes Metis boarding school settlement will help the community heal
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he hopes a federal settlement with Mtis who attended a boarding school in Saskatchewan will help them heal. The le--la-Crosse boar...
Mar 04, 2025