Skygazers across a broad swathe of the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see the Moon take a bite out of the Sun on Saturday when a partial solar eclipse sweeps from eastern Canada to Siberia.The partial eclipse, which is the first of the year and the 17th this century, will last around four …
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Jeff Gray, a union leader for Canadians working for GM, has a message for companies considering moving auto jobs to the United States in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “It’s not happening,” Gray told AFP in Oshawa, an industrial city roughly 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Toronto.Oshawa’s development over the past century has been …
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US President Donald Trump said he had an “extremely productive” first call Friday with Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney, after soaring tensions over tariffs and Trump’s wish to annex his northern neighbor.Trump added that the two planned to meet soon after Canada’s April 28 general election in which Carney — who took office two …
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US President Donald Trump said he had an “extremely productive” first call Friday with Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney, after soaring tensions over tariffs and Trump’s repeated calls to annex his northern neighbor.Trump added that the two had agreed to meet soon after Canada’s April 28 general election in which Carney — who took …
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The era of deep economic, security and military ties between Canada and the United States “is over,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday, after President Donald Trump announced steep auto tariffs. Trump’s planned 25 percent levy on vehicle imports to the United States is to come into force next week and could be devastating for a …
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The 25 percent tariffs on automobiles announced by President Donald Trump are meant to revitalize American industry, but Detroit’s giants were stunned Thursday by their scale and faced a beating on Wall Street.While the implementation of the tariffs had been anticipated for weeks, their details surprised manufacturers and experts as the levies will not only …
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Canadian police on Wednesday identified the fourth victim of a serial killer who preyed on Indigenous women, a breakthrough authorities hoped could offer comfort to her family after a three-year investigation. Jeremy Skibicki, who targeted Indigenous women he met in homeless shelters in the province of Manitoba, is serving multiple life sentences after being convicted of …
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Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday announced support for “all-in-Canada” auto manufacturing, escalating trade protection in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat to “shut down” the northern country’s auto industry.Carney detailed a CAN$2 billion ($1.4 billion) fund while campaigning ahead of Canada’s April 28 election in Windsor, with the US city of Detroit visible across …
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Rosalie Cote and her parents vacationed in the US state of Maine every summer for 25 years — but this year they are staying home, incensed like many Canadians by Donald Trump’s threats of annexation and tariffs.The United States was the top destination for Canadian tourists, with 20.4 million visits reported last year by the …
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Canada’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre argued Monday that he is the strongest candidate to take on US President Donald Trump, whose annexation and tariff threats have shaken the once promising chances of a Tory-led government. The leading candidates ahead of Canada’s April 28 election fanned out on the first full day of campaigning in a vote …
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