The looming closure of an Ontario plant that bottles Crown Royal sparked political blowback this week, but a supply chain expert says the company behind the move faced pressing decisions on how to cut costs amid ongoing financial challenges.Spirits maker Diageo DEO-N found itself in Doug Ford’s crosshairs on Tuesday when the Ontario Premier capped an unrelated press conference by producing a Crown Royal bottle and proceeding to slowly dump it out on the ground.
The looming closure of an Ontario plant that bottles Crown Royal sparked political blowback this week, but a supply chain expert says the company behind the move faced pressing decisions on how to cut costs amid ongoing financial challenges.
Spirits maker Diageo DEO-N found itself in Doug Ford’s crosshairs on Tuesday when the Ontario Premier capped an unrelated press conference by producing a Crown Royal bottle and proceeding to slowly dump it out on the ground.
Two people are dead and six others are suffering from various injuries after a stabbing incident in Hollow Water First Nation, a small Manitoba community on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg. Manitoba RCMP said the suspect was also killed in the mass casualty event early Thursday, but did not provide any identifying details. Police are now investigating what happened and say there is no continuing risk to public safety.
Two people are dead and six others are suffering from various injuries after a stabbing incident in Hollow Water First Nation, a small Manitoba community on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg.
Manitoba RCMP said the suspect was also killed in the mass casualty event early Thursday, but did not provide any identifying details. Police are now investigating what happened and say there is no continuing risk to public safety.
A town in eastern Newfoundland that was running out of water because of a leaking pipe has lifted a state of emergency.The emergency was declared Tuesday when officials in Conception Bay South discovered the leak had drained most of its water reserves.
The union representing thousands of British Columbia public service workers says it is escalating job action in the dispute.The BC General Employees’ Union says pickets are being expanded today to include the Ministry of Finance office in downtown Vancouver.
Canada’s top bureaucrat met with senior American officials this week to try to find common ground with the Trump administration for potential deals on sectors that are hardest hit by U.S. tariffs, says the federal minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade.Dominic LeBlanc – the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy – told reporters outside of a cabinet meeting Thursday that Canada is pursuing “technical discussions” with the Americans to try
Canada’s top bureaucrat met with senior American officials this week to try to find common ground with the Trump administration for potential deals on sectors that are hardest hit by U.S. tariffs, says the federal minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade.
Dominic LeBlanc – the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy – told reporters outside of a cabinet meeting Thursday that Canada is pursuing “technical discussions” with the Americans to try to strike deals that would be beneficial to both countries.
A new report says Vancouver and Toronto topped the unaffordability list for renters in Canada last year.The report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the cities topped the list based on the rental wage, the hourly wage needed to afford rent while working a 40-hour week and spending 30 per cent of income on housing.
A new report says Vancouver and Toronto topped the unaffordability list for renters in Canada last year.
The report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the cities topped the list based on the rental wage, the hourly wage needed to afford rent while working a 40-hour week and spending 30 per cent of income on housing.
An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn’t appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores.Kelly Dyer with Audreys Books in Edmonton said the store has noticed a jump in sales since July, when the province announced the ban on books with explicit sexual content.
An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn’t appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores.
Kelly Dyer with Audreys Books in Edmonton said the store has noticed a jump in sales since July, when the province announced the ban on books with explicit sexual content.
NDP MP Jenny Kwan will be asking Parliament to close a loophole that could allow the U.S. to purchase Canadian weapons for Israel, despite a ban on arms exports to that country.Kwan will be speaking this morning on Parliament Hill about a private members’ bill she plans to table later this month “to ensure Canadian weapons and military components are not used to fuel human rights abuses abroad,” according to a statement from her office.
NDP MP Jenny Kwan will be asking Parliament to close a loophole that could allow the U.S. to purchase Canadian weapons for Israel, despite a ban on arms exports to that country.
Kwan will be speaking this morning on Parliament Hill about a private members’ bill she plans to table later this month “to ensure Canadian weapons and military components are not used to fuel human rights abuses abroad,” according to a statement from her office.
Good morning. China paraded its military – and its friends – through Tiananmen Square yesterday in a blunt message to Washington. More on that below, along with the end of Florida’s vaccine mandates for school children and Félix Auger-Aliassime’s comeback win. But first:Today’s headlinesCarney says he spoke with Trump and expects ‘small agreements’ on tariff relief for some sectorsPortugal observes a national day of mourning after the death toll in a funicular railway crash in Lisbon rose to 17T
Good morning. China paraded its military – and its friends – through Tiananmen Square yesterday in a blunt message to Washington. More on that below, along with the end of Florida’s vaccine mandates for school children andFélix Auger-Aliassime’s comeback win. But first:
The self-styled Queen of Canada and 15 of her followers were arrested Wednesday after a firearms complaint prompted a predawn raid on their rural Saskatchewan compound. Dozens of RCMP officers, some wearing SWAT gear, executed a warrant at 4:30 a.m. on a decommissioned schoolhouse in Richmound, a hamlet of just over a hundred people near Alberta, RCMP Inspector Ashley St. Germaine told a press conference later in the day.
The self-styled Queen of Canada and 15 of her followers were arrested Wednesday after a firearms complaint prompted a predawn raid on their rural Saskatchewan compound.
Dozens of RCMP officers, some wearing SWAT gear, executed a warrant at 4:30 a.m. on a decommissioned schoolhouse in Richmound, a hamlet of just over a hundred people near Alberta, RCMP Inspector Ashley St. Germaine told a press conference later in the day.
Residents across Western Canada were urged to limit outdoor exposure on Wednesday as hot, dry weather stoked new and growing wildfires, blanketing dozens of communities with smoke from the West Coast to Saskatchewan.About 3.5 million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley are advised to seek time in spaces with air filtration or air conditioning to avoid breathing fine particulate matter.
Residents across Western Canada were urged to limit outdoor exposure on Wednesday as hot, dry weather stoked new and growing wildfires, blanketing dozens of communities with smoke from the West Coast to Saskatchewan.
About 3.5 million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley are advised to seek time in spaces with air filtration or air conditioning to avoid breathing fine particulate matter.
Vlad Charvat and spouse Helena Charvat enjoy the last days of summer while smoke from wildfires drift over the city in Vancouver, B.C., on September 03, 2025. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
RCMP say 16 people, including self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' Romana Didulo, were arrested Sept. 3 in Richmound, Sask., at a former school occupied by followers of the 'Kingdom of Canada' group. Insp. Ashley St. Germaine says Mounties had learned that a person was in possession of a firearm at the property and an operations team was organized to execute a search warrant.
RCMP say 16 people, including self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' Romana Didulo, were arrested Sept. 3 in Richmound, Sask., at a former school occupied by followers of the 'Kingdom of Canada' group. Insp. Ashley St. Germaine says Mounties had learned that a person was in possession of a firearm at the property and an operations team was organized to execute a search warrant.
Several Indigenous leaders from Alberta are warning the Assembly of First Nations not to step on individual First Nations’ authority, treaty rights and jurisdiction to determine the outcome of national infrastructure projects.In a letter dated Tuesday and addressed to chiefs attending the AFN’s national assembly, the Alberta chiefs say resolutions proposed by some of their colleagues present “significant risks” to their jurisdiction.
Several Indigenous leaders from Alberta are warning the Assembly of First Nations not to step on individual First Nations’ authority, treaty rights and jurisdiction to determine the outcome of national infrastructure projects.
In a letter dated Tuesday and addressed to chiefs attending the AFN’s national assembly, the Alberta chiefs say resolutions proposed by some of their colleagues present “significant risks” to their jurisdiction.
The Law Society of Alberta has disbarred lawyer John Carpay, a conservative legal activist and president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms who in 2021 helped arrange the undercover surveillance of a top Manitoba judge. The Calgary-based Justice Centre helps fund an array of legal challenges across Canada, including this year’s Federal Court case against then-prime-minister Justin Trudeau’s prorogation of Parliament. The Justice Centre lost and an appeal is underway at the Federal
The Law Society of Alberta has disbarred lawyer John Carpay, a conservative legal activist and president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms who in 2021 helped arrange the undercover surveillance of a top Manitoba judge.
The Calgary-based Justice Centre helps fund an array of legal challenges across Canada, including this year’s Federal Court case against then-prime-minister Justin Trudeau’s prorogation of Parliament. The Justice Centre lost and an appeal is underway at the Federal Court of Appeal.
Terry Holowach knew the fire was coming when dense smoke eclipsed the sunlight. It was an ominous sign of what was to come: Residents would soon battle the Pisew wildfire to save their homes, defying an order to evacuate. Earlier that day in June, the regional government agency directed residents of Wadin Bay – a small cottage community on Lac La Ronge, around 400 kilometres north of Saskatoon – to leave the area because of the out-of-control wildfire. It was one among dozens of fires burning in
Terry Holowach knew the fire was coming when dense smoke eclipsed the sunlight. It was an ominous sign of what was to come: Residents would soon battle the Pisew wildfire to save their homes, defying an order to evacuate.
Earlier that day in June, the regional government agency directed residents of Wadin Bay – a small cottage community on Lac La Ronge, around 400 kilometres north of Saskatoon – to leave the area because of the out-of-control wildfire. It was one among dozens of fires burning in the province, forcing evacuations and prompting officials to declare a state of emergency the week before.
Jean Charest says Canada will eventually thank U.S. President Donald Trump for providing the country with a much-needed economic shakeup.The Quebec premier between 2003 and 2012 told business leaders in Quebec City on Tuesday that Trump is pulling Canada out of its “lethargy” and forcing its leaders to rethink the economy.
Jean Charest says Canada will eventually thank U.S. President Donald Trump for providing the country with a much-needed economic shakeup.
The Quebec premier between 2003 and 2012 told business leaders in Quebec City on Tuesday that Trump is pulling Canada out of its “lethargy” and forcing its leaders to rethink the economy.
André Thibault thought he had left his past behind him. After he was caught carrying cocaine back in 1999, Mr. Thibault pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and spent 16 months in jail. After his release, he stayed out of trouble. He drove tow trucks for the next two decades, finding refuge in an industry that gave him a stable life, allowing him to support his son and aging mother, who live with him in his Ottawa home.
André Thibault thought he had left his past behind him. After he was caught carrying cocaine back in 1999, Mr. Thibault pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and spent 16 months in jail.
After his release, he stayed out of trouble. He drove tow trucks for the next two decades, finding refuge in an industry that gave him a stable life, allowing him to support his son and aging mother, who live with him in his Ottawa home.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is making progress on 'small' tariff deals with the U.S. for key sectors after revealing he spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump earlier in the week. He said he spoke with Trump 'at length' on a wide range of issues, including trade, geopolitics and employment.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is making progress on 'small' tariff deals with the U.S. for key sectors after revealing he spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump earlier in the week. He said he spoke with Trump 'at length' on a wide range of issues, including trade, geopolitics and employment.
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