Fresh out of the gate from launching her Liberal leadership bid, Karina Gould suggested her two main opponents’ backgrounds would do little to gain the favour of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. “I’m not sure that journalists and central bankers are the kind of people that Donald Trump listens to,” the Ontario MP said in an … Read more
TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect Sunday requiring the shutdown of the app used by 170 million Americans. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump said earlier in the day he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve … Read more
Reigning world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps won their third consecutive national pairs title despite a shaky free skate, by their standards. Stellato-Dudek scored 207.06, edging silver medallists Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud (204.96). Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps’s 130.75 was the second-best score in the free program behind Pereira and Michaud’s 134.53. Kelly Ann Laurin … Read more
When Kate Gammon and her family fled their Santa Monica, Calif., home during the recent wildfires, she wasn’t sure what they would find when they returned. Though they weren’t under an evacuation order, Gammon, who has asthma, told CBC News that the air quality was quickly worsening and the fires were volatile, so they left on Jan. 8, … Read more
This story is part of Welcome to Canada, a CBC News series about immigration told through the eyes of the people who have experienced it. For more than a year and a half, Ismail Adam, 61, of Mississauga, Ont., has been seized with dread every time he receives a phone call. “You just hope the phone … Read more
A deal on ending public financing for foreign fossil fuel projects — which Canada co-led on the world stage — has died in the face of key holdout countries and the incoming administration of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. Canada, along with the U.K and European Union, proposed in 2023 to end financing through export credit … Read more
In Canada’s arsenal of possible responses to a Trump tariff, the nuclear option is the threat to withhold, reduce or place export tariffs on Canadian energy. Already, the mere suggestion of such a tactic has caused a split between the government of Alberta, on one side, and the governments of Canada and all other provinces … Read more
Quinn Hughes scored twice and the struggling Vancouver Canucks edged the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday. “Two penalties, two power-play goals, that was a big part of it,” Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said. “And then giving up those two was the difference in the game. We were able to get one power-play goal, and they get … Read more
MONTREAL – As the clock ticked down to zero, a half-empty Centre Bell erupted into cheers as the leftover Toronto Maple Leafs supporters who made the trip to Montreal celebrated a memorable comeback. After trailing 3-0 at the end of the first period, the visitors exploded for seven unanswered goals, including one into an empty-net, … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday evening just before as a federal law that bans the popular social media platform went into effect. By 10:50 pm Eastern Standard Time, the app was not found on Apple and Google’s app stores, which are prohibited from offering the platform … Read more