CAIRO (AP) — Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, two regional offici…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced two more payouts Monday for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development.
MONTREAL - TFI International Inc. reported net income of US$43.3 million in the first quarter, down from US$56 million during the same period a year earlier. Â
Crude oil pumped from the depths of the Pacific Ocean is flowing for the first time in more than a decade through a pipeline that crosses California state park land after the Trump administration defied state officials to restart drilling off…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires' once-shared vision …
VICTORIA - Provincial gun regulations that have been nine years in the making will come into effect in British Columbia this fall, shutting down what ministers calls loopholes in federal laws that have helped allow extortion crimes to proliferate.
OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty confirms Canada is looking into getting involved in a program run by a coalition of countries to develop a sixth-generation fighter jet.
WASHINGTON - Quebec's premier met on Monday in Washington D.C. with Jamieson Greer, the top trade negotiator for President Donald Trump, as the U.S. becomes more aggressive in its demands toward Canada ahead of negotiations on the continental…
JASPER, ALBERTA - A highway in Jasper National Park, near Alberta's boundary with British Columbia, has partially reopened as crews continue to clean up debris from a rock slide.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed divided Monday over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer.
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Jackson once sang “Don't Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.†For fans of the King of Pop’s music, it's words to live by: Streams of his catalog jumped 95% in the U.S. over the weekend when compared with the same dates the previ…
TORONTO - Canada's main stock index finished in negative territory, while the U.S. stock market’s record-breaking rally slowed on Monday after uncertainty rose over the weekend about what will happen next in the Iran war.
Canada is entering a new era of nation-building. From clean-energy corridors and critical-minerals projects to modern rail and port infrastructure, the federal governm…
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TORONTO - The federal government has announced Canada's first sovereign wealth fund to help get major projects going, but business groups say it's not a singular fix.
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market’s record-breaking rally slowed after uncertainty rose over the weekend about what will happen next in the Iran war. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% Monday, beating its all-time high set on Friday. The Dow J…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Workers in Brazil on Monday resumed the construction of the stage for the concert by Shakira next weekend on Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana Beach, work that was halted the day before amid a police investigation into …
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's new advisory council on Canada—U.S. trade met for the first time today, ahead of trade negotiations with President Donald Trump's White House that are set to begin over the coming months.
ROME (AP) — Archaeologists and researchers at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that smothered the …
OTTAWA - Canadian wood manufacturers are welcoming a trade inquiry into wood imports but say the investigation needs to be followed by immediate provisional tariffs on foreign-made goods entering the country.
CALGARY - Shell plc has signed a $22-billion deal to acquire ARC Resources Ltd., bringing together the lead partner in Canada's first operating liquefied natural gas project with a major producer in one of the continent's most profitable shal…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes.
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HONG KONG (AP) — China on Monday blocked U.S. tech giant Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to reverse a deal that apparently aroused Beijing's concerns about the transfer of advanced technology.
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia are forecast to fall 2.1 per cent this year as economic challenges push volume and prices lower across the province.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone attack before dawn on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa wounded 14 people, including two children, authorities said Monday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas that have been a hallmark of Moscow’s full…
The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,†“Minions,†“Star Wars†and “Toy Story.†But the most eagerly anticipat…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Before sunset, a blue flame used to spring to life in Brenda Obare’s kitchen with a quick turn of the knob as she started dinner.
BERLIN (AP) — The German government suspects Russia is behind a series of phishing attacks on Signal targeting high-ranking politicians, including two government ministers, military personnel and journalists, a government spokesperson said.
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan (AP) — A court in Taiwan sentenced a former employee of Japanese computer chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron to 10 years in prison on Monday in a landmark case over trade secrets of the island’s leading chipmaker TSMC.
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will share how it's thinking about price pressures from the Iran war on Wednesday when it publishes a new monetary policy report and makes its next interest rate decision.
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will share how it's thinking about price pressures from the Iran war on Wednesday when it publishes a new monetary policy report and makes its next interest rate decision.
ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government has approved hikes in greenhouse gas emissions at a nickel mine in northern Labrador and the Cenovus-owned White Rose oilfield off the coast of St. John's.
The City of Pickering is set to vote next month on a secondary housing development plan that could transform the municipality's landscape east of Toronto over the next quarter-century.Â
OTTAWA - A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute suggests Canadians are giving Prime Minister Mark Carney's government a passing grade in its first year of international relations, but it has failed to meet expectations on affordability issues.Â
Journalists in the nation’s capital are accustomed to chasing stories. But on Saturday night, the story came to them — hundreds of them, gathered as President Donald Trump prepared to speak, thrust suddenly into chaos when a gunman tried to s…
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will be under pressure to show results from his economic agenda when his government tables an update to its fiscal outlook on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican senator who had effectively blocked confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve said Sunday he was dropping his opposition after the Department of Justice ended its investigation …
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran 's foreign minister arrived in Islamabad again on Sunday as Pakistan's political and military leadership scrambled to reignite ceasefire talks between Tehran and Washington.