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Drop in Canadian tourists hurting U.S., say northeast governors

Drop in Canadian tourists hurting U.S., say northeast governors

FREDERICTON — New England governors say tariffs and anti-Canadian rhetoric by the United States government is taking a bite out of tourism, with some states seeing a drop of up to 60 per cent in visitors from north of the border. Massachusetts Gov.
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May calls Carney's decision to limit debate on major projects bill a 'new low'

May calls Carney's decision to limit debate on major projects bill a 'new low'

OTTAWA — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said Monday that Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to ram his government's major projects bill through the House of Commons this week represents a “new low” in contempt for Parliament.
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S&P/TSX composite closes up, U.S. stock markets also higher

S&P/TSX composite closes up, U.S. stock markets also higher

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index closed up Monday along with U.S. markets as investor fears eased around rising conflict in the Middle East.
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Trade with China booming amid U.S. tariff war, but total volumes slip: Montreal port

Trade with China booming amid U.S. tariff war, but total volumes slip: Montreal port

MONTREAL — The Port of Montreal says trade with China is surging amid the U.S. tariff war and despite tensions with Beijing, even as overall volumes slip.
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Ring of Fire road to bring prosperity to First Nation, problems for caribou: report

Ring of Fire road to bring prosperity to First Nation, problems for caribou: report

TORONTO — A proposed road to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire in northern Ontario will bring economic prosperity to Webequie First Nation, though it may endanger caribou in the region, a newly released assessment finds.
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Wall Street recovers from Friday's shock as US stocks rise and oil prices ease

Wall Street recovers from Friday's shock as US stocks rise and oil prices ease

NEW YORK (AP) — Calm returned to Wall Street, and U.S. stocks rallied, while oil prices gave back some of their initial spurts following Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets at the end of last week. The S&P 500 climbed 0.
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Karina Gould gets key committee chair as NDP is frozen out

Karina Gould gets key committee chair as NDP is frozen out

OTTAWA — House of Commons committees are taking shape for this session of Parliament with a top spot for Liberal Karina Gould and no representation at all for New Democrats.
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Rotting fish-sauce plant whose stench torments Newfoundland town will be cleaned up

Rotting fish-sauce plant whose stench torments Newfoundland town will be cleaned up

ST. MARY'S — A coastal Newfoundland town besieged for decades by the fetid stench wafting from an abandoned fish-sauce factory has finally received good news. Steve Ryan, the mayor of St. Mary's, N.L.
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Buy Canadian moment creates opportunity for Roots and its domestic leather business

Buy Canadian moment creates opportunity for Roots and its domestic leather business

TORONTO — Rifling through the Roots Corp. product archives on a recent Thursday morning, CEO Meghan Roach is surrounded by the kind of heritage “most consumer brands would die to have.
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Canadian gold miner placed under temporary provisional administration in Mali

Canadian gold miner placed under temporary provisional administration in Mali

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A judge in Mali on Monday ordered Barrick Gold to be placed under provisional administration for six months in an ongoing dispute between the Canadian mining company and the West African nation's military government over unpaid ta
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