‘All bets are off’: B.C. pulls liquor, changes procurement after U.S. tariffs
By Ashley Joannou -CP-British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province and the country is strong enough to weather the storm in the threat to Canada’s sovereignty coming from a former friend. Eby took the unusual step of interrupting B.C.’s budget lockup to address how the province will respond after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods. He says B.C. will again be pulling liquor off store shelves from “red” Republican states and that the government will prioritize purchasing Canadian products first, with a focus on provincial products. Eby says that change to procurement policy would normally be considered a trade violation, but after Trump’s move “all bets are off.” He says they’ll be working closely with Indigenous, business and labour leaders to accelerate major projects in the...
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Ontario rips up Starlink deal, plans to add energy surcharge in response to tariffs
By Allison Jones and Liam Casey Ontario Premier Doug Ford confirmed Tuesday the province will ban American companies from procurement contracts and rip up a $100-million Starlink deal after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods. That comes after the Liquor Control Board of Ontario said it will stop buying and selling U.S. alcohol. Ford said he will soon impose a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity that the province sends to 1.5 million Americans in several different states, and has threatened to cut off power altogether if U.S. tariffs remain place into April. He also threatened to surcharge or cut off critical mineral exports to the U.S. should the trade war linger. “We also need to be ready to dig in for a long fight,” Ford said....
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Buffy Sainte-Marie says she never denied having American citizenship, has returned her Order of Canada
By David Friend Buffy Sainte-Marie says she has returned her Order of Canada “with a good heart” and reasserts that she never lied about her identity. In her first statement since she was stripped of the award, the singer-songwriter says that she’s an American citizen and holds a U.S. passport but was adopted as a young adult by a Cree family in Saskatchewan. She tells The Canadian Press that she “made it completely clear” she was not Canadian to Rideau Hall, as well as to former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau when he invited her to perform for Queen Elizabeth in 1977. Rideau Hall has not given a reason for terminating her Order of Canada earlier this year. The Governor General’s website says non-Canadians are eligible “if their contributions have...
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Tariffs on Canadian crude to drive up pump prices in U.S., analyst says
By Lauren Krugel Motorists in some U.S. regions can expect to take a hit at the pump thanks to tariffs on Canadian oil imports, a gas price analyst says, as President Donald Trump has pressed ahead with a 10 per cent levy on energy. The northeastern United States can expect to see the quickest and biggest pump price increases, as much of that region’s fuel comes directly from the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, N.B., GasBuddy’s Patrick De Haan wrote in a blog post Tuesday. “By mid-March 2025, the Northeast could expect fuel prices — including gasoline, diesel, and other petroleum products — to be 20-40 cents (US) per gallon higher,” he wrote. “For a typical 15-gallon fill-up, that’s an additional US$3-US$6 every time you visit the pump.” De...
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Zelenskyy calls his Oval Office spat with Trump ‘regrettable’ and says he’s ready to work for peace
By Samya Kullab And Hanna Arhirova KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday the Oval Office blowup with U.S. President Donald Trump last week was “regrettable,” adding that he stands ready to work under Trump’s “strong leadership” to get a lasting peace. Zelenskyy’s remarks — an apparent attempt to placate Trump — came in a social media post on X, hours after the White House announced a pause military aid to Ukraine that is critical to fighting Russia’s invasion, He also said Ukraine is ready to sign a lucrative deal on rare-earth minerals and security with Washington. In an apparent reference to Trump’s criticism following the contentious White House meeting on Friday that Zelensky does not want a peace deal, the Ukrainian leader said: “None of us...
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Shelter expansion project late but still on track
By Sam Leishman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lethbridge Herald It will still be another few weeks until the expansion at the Lethbridge Shelter and Resource Centre is ready to welcome guests. Kash Shade, the Blood Tribe Department of Health’s (BTDH) chief operating officer, says construction was supposed to be complete by the end of February, but that has now been delayed to at least mid-March. He says the project team is currently waiting on bathroom equipment and some other supplies that are arriving from the United States. “Unfortunately, that’s I think the third pushback date we’ve heard from them,” Shade told the Herald. “The good thing is the shelter is still operational with our original capacity.” The BTDH signed a memorandum of understanding with the province last year to continue...
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AP again seeks end of its White House ban, saying the Trump administration is retaliating further
By David Bauder The Associated Press is asking a federal judge for a second time to immediately restore its access to presidential events, arguing that the Trump White House has doubled down on retaliating against the news outlet for its refusal to follow the president’s executive order that renamed the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden last week refused AP’s request for an injunction to lift the ban against many of its reporters and photographers. But McFadden noted that case law weighed against the White House, and urged the administration to reconsider before a scheduled second hearing on March 20. In an amended lawsuit filed late Monday, AP cited continued instances of journalists turned away — including a photographer not allowed on the West Palm Beach...
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Turtle defenders win environmental award for battle against massive quarry
By Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer When Jenifer Brousseau’s father closed the shaft of the uranium mine in Elliot Lake, Ontario, he asked himself a hard question. “I turned around and I looked back after, and I asked myself, ‘What did I do? What was I a part of?’” he told Brousseau. As an Indigenous man, he questioned whether or not the economic gain was worth the environmental risk and health impacts to his fellow workers, of whom “so many died of cancers,” Brousseau said. There was a sinking feeling in his gut during that moment, she recalls him telling her. The job at the uranium mine was supposed to sustain his family into retirement, but it closed early despite the promises. Brousseau, a land defender...
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Minister says he hopes Metis boarding school settlement will help the community heal
By Alessia Passafiume -CP-Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he hopes a federal settlement with Métis who attended a boarding school in Saskatchewan will help them heal. The Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school operated for more than 100 years and was attended by Métis and First Nations people who reported being banned from speaking their language and being abused by staff. The Métis Nation of Saskatchewan announced Monday it had reached an agreement in principle with the federal government to pay up to $27 million to former Île-à-la-Crosse students and $10 million to projects that address healing, education, language and culture. The Île-à-la-Crosse Boarding School Steering Committee filed a lawsuit against Canada three years ago over its role in the school. Anandasangaree says the settlement is about correcting the record and ensuring...
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Prairie Sons Return Home
By Wendy Thienes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Two prairie boys are returning to their home provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to share their passion for classical music with audiences. The piano/cello duo known as Prairie Sons includes Godwin Friesen, Pianist, who grew up in Saskatoon and David Liam Roberts, Cellist, originally from Winnipeg. Prairie Sons is touring with Prairie Debut, a charitable organization based in Western Canada that links the best Canadian classical and global music artists to over 80 communities, mostly in rural centres in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Yukon. Prairie Sons will be performing in Shaunavon on Monday, March 10 as part of a 20-stop tour that Prairie Debut has organized in collaboration with the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Council’s (OSAC) 2024/2025 Stars for Saskatchewan Concert Series....
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Canada Council for Indigenous Business opposes tariffs, warns will “undermine” Indigenous economic growth
Toronto, ON, March 04, 2025 — Canadian Council for Indigenous Business firmly opposes the unjustified tariffs imposed by the United States, which threaten to undermine Canadian and Indigenous economic growth and the principles of fair and equitable trade. As Indigenous people, we have a long and proud history of trade that predates any border on Turtle Island. We understand very well how to adapt, advocate, and support one another through challenges. This moment is no different. Advertisement 2 Over the past 30 days, CCIB has been swiftly mobilizing to support all of our members. We have: Engaged with Global Affairs Canada and our friends in potential export markets to advocate for Indigenous business interests and to enable new export opportunities. Met with Indigenous leaders across the country to both share...
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NEWS ALERT:PM Trudeau tells Trump “this is a very dumb thing to do”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada and the U.S. have doen “big” things together he said in warning Canadians the U.S. tarriffs will hurt. He told U.S. President Donald Trump You are a very smart guy, but this is a very dumb thing to do.” He said the trade war will hurt both economies. ...
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Indigenous model showcases traditional hides in photoshoot to showcase her cultural pride
By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A northeast First Nations woman is encouraging her community to celebrate Indigenous heritage with a winter photoshoot. Leanna Cardinal, a the 28-year-old a member of Fort Nelson First Nation, said it was only her second photo shoot. Still relatively new in the world of modelling, Cardinal said she just “wanted to give it a shot” and was heavily influenced by her upbringing to put together the photo collection. “My aunties, and of course my grandma,” said Cardinal. “They spoke to me of elders’ stories. This is what I came up with.” With help from her mother-in-law, Cardinal was able to put together traditional moose hide and wolf fur for the photos. Preparing for the shoot took about...
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Sask Rivers Ribbon Skirt/Shirt Day celebrates cultural pride
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Albert Daily Herald The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division is celebrating their fifth annual Ribbon Skirt/Ribbon Shirt Day on Friday. In December of 2020, 10-year-old Isabella Kulak, who is a member of Cote First Nation, wore a ribbon skirt to a formal day at school in Kamsack. During the formal day Kulak was told that her skirt and other dress was not considered formal. The Good Spirit School Division eventually apologized for what her father called a ‘racially motivated comment.’ Theresa Thorsen, an Indigenous Perspectives Consultant for Sask Rivers, said the the fifth annual Ribbon Skirt/Ribbon Shirt Day is traditionally held on March 8 but is being celebrated on Friday because March 8 is a Saturday. “It began around the same year and...
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Not guilty: Men charged in Prince George motel machete attack acquitted
By Bob Mackin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince George Citizen Two men charged with aggravated assault and break-and-enter after a grisly 2022 machete attack at a Prince George motel were acquitted Monday, March 3 in BC Supreme Court. In his oral verdict, Justice John Gibb-Carsley ruled the Crown did not prove its case against Dakota Rayn Keewatin, 31, and Kerridge Andrew Lowley, 49, beyond reasonable doubt. They had been accused of committing the crimes at unit 255 of the Econo Lodge City Centre Inn on Aug. 11, 2022. The Crown alleged the incident began with an exchange about a drug debt outside a Tim Hortons between Arlen Chalifoux and Keewatin. Keewatin, in the passenger seat of a pickup truck driven by Lowley, asked when his money would be repaid. Chalifoux...
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On a cold northern island, a mantra rises: ‘Greenland is not for sale’
By Luis Andres Henao NUUK, Greenland (AP) — On a boat, surrounded by snow-covered mountains and icebergs in shades of blue, Qooqu Berthelsen points to the breaking sea ice as a worrisome sign. Now, though, something is worrying him and many Greenlanders as much as the retreating ice that endangers their livelihood. “My concern,” says the 23-year-old hunter, fisher and tour company owner, “is that Trump will come and take Greenland.” He then repeats what has become a mantra for Greenlanders in the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump pushed their Arctic homeland into the spotlight by threatening to take it over. That has ignited unprecedented interest in full independence from Denmark — a key issue in a parliamentary election on March 11. “Greenlanders don’t want to be Danish. Greenlanders...
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Trump’s pause on military aid alarms Ukrainians but Kyiv digs in on peace terms
By Samya Kullab And Hanna Arhirova KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians expressed alarm and apprehension Tuesday at a U.S. decision to pause military aid that is critical to their fighting Russia’s invasion, as a rift deepens between Kyiv and Washington. Days after an explosive meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the assistance halted in a bid to pressure Kyiv to engage in peace talks with Russia. Officials in Kyiv said they were grateful for vital U.S. help in the war and want to keep working with Washington. The country’s prime minister, though, said Ukraine still wants security guarantees to be part of any peace deal and won’t recognize Russian occupation of any Ukrainian land. Ukraine and its allies are concerned Trump is pushing for a...
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Republicans target 4 ‘sanctuary’ cities as Trump pushes mass deportations
By Rebecca Santana WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are taking aim at four cities — often called “sanctuary cities” — over their policies limiting cooperation with immigration enforcement with a hearing this week that comes as President Donald Trump presses ahead with his campaign of mass deportations. Mayors Michelle Wu of Boston, Brandon Johnson of Chicago, Mike Johnston of Denver and Eric Adams of New York are set to appear Wednesday in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. There’s no strict definition for sanctuary policies or sanctuary cities, but the terms generally describe limited cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE enforces U.S. immigration laws nationwide but seeks state and local help, particularly for large-scale deportations, requesting that police and sheriffs alert them to people...
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Nova Scotia premier calls Trump’s tariffs ‘short-sighted,’ says province responding
-CP-Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is calling U.S. President Donald Trump a “short-sighted man” for imposing a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods. Houston issued a statement today saying Trump is wielding power for the sake of it, and the premier said his Progressive Conservative government will respond by immediately barring American businesses from bidding on provincial contracts. The premier said he is also looking into cancelling existing contracts with U.S. firms. “It is impossible to properly describe the uncertainty and chaos that President Trump’s threat of tariffs and now actually imposing tariffs has caused for Canadians,” Houston said. “We know tariffs are bad for people and businesses on both sides of the border. Unfortunately, some people need to touch the hot stove to learn, and while we cannot...
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Dow drops nearly 650 points on worries that Trump’s latest tariffs will slow the economy more
By Stan Choe NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks tumbled Monday and wiped out even more of their gains since President Donald Trump ’s election in November, after he said that tariffs announced earlier on Canada and Mexico would take effect within hours. The S&P 500 dropped 1.8% after Trump said there was “no room left” for negotiations that could lower the tariffs set to begin Tuesday for imports from Canada and Mexico. Trump had already delayed the tariffs once before to allow more time for talks. Trump’s announcement dashed hopes on Wall Street that he would choose a less painful path for global trade, and it followed the latest warning signal on the U.S. economy’s strength. Monday’s loss shaved the S&P 500’s gain since Election Day down to just...
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