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More tariffs from the U.S. president take effect Wednesday. Donald Trump has doubled the tax on steel and aluminum exports entering the U.S. to 50 per cent. In March, 25 per cent tariffs on steel and ...

Monday is a grim milestone for a rural community in Nova Scotia - it is exactly one month since two young children went missing. Lilly and Jack Sullivan, six and four years old, were reported to have ...

A potential national rail dispute threatens to disrupt passenger travel across the country heading into the summer. Contract talks have broken off between VIA Rail and the union representing around 2,...

Interprovincial trade will be a big topic at Canada's First Ministers meeting. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Saskatchewan for the discussion with the country's premiers. To lead off the session, Ca...

Canada Post is refusing to go into binding arbitration. The postal service says they sent their final offer to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) last week. But the union wants a third party ...

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a major increase in tariffs on steel imports, raising them to 50% to protect American steelworkers. Speaking at a US Steel facility in Pennsylvania, Trump emphasi...

Loretta Swit, who starred in MASH, has died. Multiple media outlets report she passed away Friday of suspected natural causes at her home in New York City She was 87. Swit won two Emmy Awards for her ...

Canada's economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.2 per cent during the first quarter. Statistics Canada said the growth was primarily driven by exports, coinciding with the U.S. tariffs. Higher import...

It has now been four weeks since two young children went missing from rural Nova Scotia. Lilly and Jack Sullivan, six and four years old, are reported to have wandered away from home on Gairloch Road ...

More confusion and uncertainty surrounding some of the tariffs by the Trump administration. A United States appeals court has paused a ruling from earlier this week that struck down some of them. The ...