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Amid calls for separation, Alberta's new referendum rules set to formally take effect
EDMONTON - As Canada prepares Tuesday to blow out 158 birthday candles, Alberta plans three days later to formalize rules making it easier to have an independence celebration of its own. Beginning Fri...
Jun 30, 2025
Montreal Jewish museum reopens century-old sewing shop as a pop-up exhibit
MONTREAL - For 100 years, H. Fisher & Fils was a fixture of Montreal's garment industry, serving up orders of buttons, bolts of cloth and sewing supplies from its storefront on St-Laurent Boulevar...
Jun 30, 2025
Canada cancelled its digital services tax. What was it and why did the U.S. hate it?
OTTAWA - Tech giants such as Amazon and Google will not have to shell out close to $2 billion as expected today, as Canada moved to cancel the controversial digital services tax on Sunday, just one da...
Jun 30, 2025
Here's how provinces are trying to remove Canada's internal trade barriers
Efforts to boost interprovincial trade have kicked into high gear amid the U.S.-Canada tariff war. Here's a look at some trade agreements, legislation and proposals among provinces and territories tha...
Jun 30, 2025
LAFC loses Giroud's farewell match, falling 1-0 to visiting Vancouver Whitecaps
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Emmanuel Sabbi scored on Vancouver's only shot on goal, Yohei Takaoka made four saves, and the Whitecaps spoiled Olivier Giroud's farewell match with a 1-0 victory over Los Angeles ...
Jun 29, 2025
A jury is deciding the fate of an Australian woman accused of 3 murders by mushroom poisoning
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A jury in Australia began deliberations Monday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged husband's relatives by deliberately serving...
Jun 29, 2025
CP News Alert: Canada rescinds Digital Services Tax to resume negotiations with U.S.
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is rescinding the digital services tax and will resume trade negotiations with the United States. More coming. The Canadian Press
Jun 29, 2025
Opportunistic Slywka lifts Argos to first win with 29-16 decision against Redblacks
OTTAWA - The Toronto Argonauts picked up their first win of the CFL season with an impressive 29-16 performance over the Ottawa Redblacks on Sunday. Turnovers were the key to Toronto's success with De...
Jun 29, 2025
2 killed in sniper ambush as Idaho firefighters come under siege from rifle fire
Firefighters were ambushed by sniper fire while responding to a blaze in a northern Idaho mountain community Sunday, killing at least two people and unleashing barrages of gunfire over several hours i...
Jun 29, 2025
Baptiste Chuckwagon Racing Team getting set for Calgary Stampede
For the Baptiste family out of Cando and Red Pheasant First Nation, chuckwagon racing has been a part of their lives from the moment they stepped foot on to the earth. Now, the Baptiste Chuckwagon Rac...
Jun 29, 2025
