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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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2025