Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give the United States access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals because the document was too focused on U.S. interests. The proposal, which was a key part of Zelenskyy’s talks with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on the
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 16, 2025 3:28 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Coast Guard says the cargo ship MSC Baltic III reported a loss of power then ran aground on the western coast of Newfoundland. All 20 people on board the ship were safely
A former Canadian intelligence official is warning recent cuts by the new U.S. administration to its intelligence agencies could position the country for “another 9/11.” Dan Stanton, a former executive manager for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), said in an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson that cuts are “degrading the efficiency” of the U.S.
Schitts’ Creek star and Canadian Dan Levy spoke about the good and bad moments of the past 12 months, from people being forced to watch his show because of the pandemic, to winning multiple Emmys. He then gave a backstage tour to show the COVID-19 precautions, including an assistant to keep people distanced using a
Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings for most of western Canada overnight Saturday, with temperatures forecast to dip to between -30 C and -50 C in many areas. “The extreme cold warnings are in place tonight and into tomorrow as cold air from the north drops down over the Prairies,” said Global Calgary weather
A movement by Canadians pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats has more consumers seeking filling their grocery carts with Canadian foods. That can be a simple task when shopping on the outer edges of the store, selecting items like locally-grown apples or domestically-raised and slaughtered beef.But head to the middle aisles, where
Canada’s newly-appointed Fentanyl Czar logged his first full day on the job on Wednesday, meeting agents from Canada’s border services. Kevin Brosseau says he’s focused on ensuring the fentanyl seizures along the Canada-U.S. border amount to zero. Jordan Prentice has more from Alberta’s border communities, where residents say beefed up security is a welcome change.
Descrease article font size Increase article font size You’ve got mail — snail mail, that is. A man in north Edmonton just received a letter mailed to him in August of 1999.“The universe and Canada Post work in mysterious ways,” Warren Wuschenny said on Friday at his home in north Edmonton, where the long-delayed mail
A tourist visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands was seriously injured when she was bitten while trying to “engage” with a shark, according to authorities. The 55-year-old tourist attempted to “engage with the animal from the shallows in an attempt to take photographs,” according to a press release from the Turks and Caicos Department of
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is accusing the U.S. of harbouring drug cartels, and claims American citizens are working with organized crime groups in Mexico, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “slanderous” claims earlier this month that Mexico had joined forces with drug traffickers. “There is also organized crime in the United States and there are American