US consumer confidence falls to lowest level in 7 months with gas stuck above $4
By Matt Ott WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy declined again this month as the ongoing conflict in Iran has steadily pushed gasoline prices above $4 per gallon in the U.S. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dipped to 89.4 in August from 90.2 in July. That’s the lowest level in seven months but essentially in the same lukewarm range its been in since the beginning of the year. In late 2024 and early 2025 the readings were consistently above 100. Respondents’ views of their present situation improved, but their outlook for the near-term future soured. Americans remain frustrated with the economy after five years of elevated inflation, potentially posing a risk to President Donald Trump and Republicans in the midterm elections, which are...
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FBI sets $25,000 minimum reward for dozens of unsolved Indian Country cases
By Sarah Raza SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has established a minimum reward of $25,000 in cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country, part of a broader effort to address high rates of violence affecting Native American communities. The new minimum applies to more than 50 unsolved homicides and missing-person cases in tribal communities. Most of the cases are less than 10 years old, though a dozen have been unsolved for more than two decades, an AP analysis found. Victims’ families and experts are unsure the higher amounts will be enough to get tipsters to come forward, citing people’s fears and distrust of the federal government. “Everybody’s scared in Oglala,” said Lisa Carlow, whose father Patrick Carlow Sr. was found dead...
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Shippers forced to delay loads as 50% tariffs jack up export costs
By Christopher Reynolds Canadian shippers have started to hold back merchandise and postpone delivery schedules as they scramble to find the tariff money to get their goods across the border. Some manufacturers and exporters that had banked on hauling cargo into the United States free of charge are now struggling to find the necessary cash, prompting transport delays, customs brokers say. U.S. President Donald Trump imposed 50 per cent tariffs on about US$20 billion worth of Canadian products over the weekend after trade talks collapsed, affecting sectors ranging from textiles to toiletries, tulips and toys. Lisa McEwan, co-owner of Toronto-based customs brokerage Hemisphere Freight, says clients who make sweatshirts, metal coils, agricultural machinery and other items have all pushed back shipments as they look to float thousands more dollars in...
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Two former B.C. Conservatives plan to form new party, steer clear of Centre BC
By Marissa Birnie There are plans for a new party in the British Columbia legislature as politicians return this fall, with two MLAs who recently defected from the provincial Conservatives saying they want to provide an option for frustrated voters. Ian Paton, who has served as the MLA for Delta South since 2017, announced Monday that he was leaving the Conservative caucus to sit as an Independent. He’s the second MLA to make the move this month after Peter Milobar, who had been one of the Conservatives’ leading moderate voices, left citing a lack of “ideological alignment” with the party’s new leader, Kerry-Lynne Findlay. At the time, Milobar said he had concerns about the party’s direction under Findlay, who has pushed the party right and said it will focus on...
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Ottawa to announce details of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. Tuesday
By Nick Murray and Catherine Morrison The federal government is set to unveil details of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu and Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon are also expected to share details of supports for workers affected by tariffs. Solomon is also the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. Communities on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border have been affected by the ongoing trade war. Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday that retaliation in the form of dollar-for-dollar tariffs would kick in on Sept. 8. He said Monday that discussions were ongoing about exactly how Canada will hit back. The prime minister is not expected at the announcement,...
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City unveils Passage Home and Healing Park to celebrate signing of Treaty 6
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Albert Daily Herald To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6, the City of Prince Albert officially dedicated the new public artwork Passage Home and Healing Park, located at Scarrow Plaza near the Prince Albert Provincial Courthouse. This City of Prince Albert public art acquisition project was undertaken in collaboration with artist Mary Longman, a renowned Saulteaux artist from Gordon’s First Nation. The bronze sculpture is based on the form of a traditional akotâpân (travois), symbolically offering safe passage for children to return to their families and territories of origin and to rest in peace. Longman said that the apprehensions of Indigenous children impact everybody across Canada. “Saskatchewan, as you know, has the highest rate of child apprehensions of...
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FBI sets $25,000 minimum reward for dozens of unsolved Indian Country cases
By Sarah Raza SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has established a minimum reward of $25,000 in cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country, part of a broader effort to address high rates of violence affecting Native American communities. The new minimum applies to more than 50 unsolved homicides and missing-person cases in tribal communities. Most of the cases are less than 10 years old, though a dozen have been unsolved for more than two decades, an AP analysis found. Victims’ families and experts are unsure the higher amounts will be enough to get tipsters to come forward, citing people’s fears and distrust of the federal government. “Everybody’s scared in Oglala,” said Lisa Carlow, whose father Patrick Carlow Sr. was found dead...
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Canadian culture, French are fundamental rights — not trade irritants, Carney says
By Anja Karadeglija The French language and Quebec and Canadian culture might be trade irritants for the Americans but in Canada they are fundamental rights, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday. Trade talks with the United States broke down Friday, which meant new 50 per cent tariffs on a host of Canadian products took effect Saturday just after midnight. Carney said among the reasons for the suspension of trade negotiations were demands from the U.S. that would have affected Canada’s ability to protect its culture, including the French language. He said the U.S. put pressure on Canada to adjust its position on discoverability rules, which if implemented would affect what options Canadians see when they use streaming services. He said French-language labels were also on the list of American irritants....
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Canada will return to negotiating table when America has ‘the right attitude’: Carney
By Nick Murray Canada will go back to the negotiating table on a trade deal once the United States changes its attitude and stops treating Canada as a subsidiary, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday. Carney held a news conference in Lévis, Que., where he announced an $11-billion contract to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, emphasizing they would be built with Canadian steel. The event comes three days after Carney suspended trade talks with the United States, after accusing the U.S. of trying to introduce last-minute measures which could have restricted Canada’s ability to do deals with other countries and protect its culture. “When the Americans go to the negotiation table first, with the right attitude toward our industries and a true partnership, of course...
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Attawapiskat group taking feds to court over Ring of Fire road that will cause irreversible harm to environment and Indigenous way of life
By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer “We’re not protesters. We’re protectors.” That’s what Michel Koostachin, founder of grassroots group, the Friends of the Attawapiskat River, declared as he launched the first legal challenge against a Ring of Fire access road, days after the federal government approved the project in the “public interest” despite its own impact assessment warning it would cause “irreversible” harm to the environment and Indigenous ways of life. On June 25, the Province broke ground on one of three road projects that would together create a major access corridor into the mineral-rich Ring of Fire: the 107-kilometre all-season Webequie Supply Road aims to connect Webequie Airport to the McFaulds Lake area, linking the community to mineral exploration and potential future mining development in the...
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Small businesses at front lines of tariff war, as many lose sales
By Fakiha Baig and Ritika Dubey Since the latest U.S. tariffs rolled in this past weekend, Bernard Hellen has been fielding order cancellations for 3D miniature models — all previously bound for his American clients. “I’ve probably had about 50 order cancellations this morning alone,” said Hellen, owner of Toronto-based Miniprints, which makes railroading hobby miniatures of animals and figurines. For Hellen, Americans make up 85 per cent of his sales. “A 50 per cent tax is more than the average American consumer can pay or is willing to pay,” he said in a phone interview on Monday. Hellen’s company is one of the many small businesses grappling with new 50 per cent tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump imposed on billions of dollars’ worth of Canadian products over the weekend....
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The Key First Nation’s bison herd happy and healthy
By Bastien MacLean, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Kamsack Times For The Key First Nation, their bison herd is about food security, culture and economic development. The herd numbers close to 180, with an average of 30 new calves each year. The herd has grown from its original 60 in the winter of 2022. Twenty of the herd were acquired from the Old Man On His Back conservation area in southern Saskatchewan. Another 20 were acquired from near Swift Current and the rest from Elk Island. Former Chief Clinton Key, who was instrumental in bringing the buffalo to The Key, estimates that roughly 15 buffalo could be harvested each year without hurting the herd as a whole. In May the Nation harvested four buffalo and gave out more than 1,500 pounds...
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Canadian culture, French are fundamental rights — not trade irritants, Carney says
By Anja Karadeglija The French language and Quebec and Canadian culture might be trade irritants for the Americans but in Canada they are fundamental rights, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday. Trade talks with the United States broke down Friday, which meant new 50 per cent tariffs on a host of Canadian products took effect Saturday just after midnight. Carney said among the reasons for the suspension of trade negotiations were demands from the U.S. that would have affected Canada’s ability to protect its culture, including the French language. Carney said the U.S. put pressure on Canada to adjust its position on discoverability rules, which if implemented would affect what options Canadians see when they use streaming services. He said French-language labels were also on the list of American irritants....
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Kanesatake starts post-majority support services
By Hadassah Alencar, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door Kanesatake joined many other First Nations last week after launching post-majority support services, which are designed to help support youth who have aged out of foster care services. Since August 14, Indigenous youth in foster care aged 16-25 are eligible for these services at the Kanesatake Health Center (KHC), said Anik Girouard, coordinator of the program. This service helps youth become independent adults by providing mentorship, referrals, and funds to cover a variety of needs. “The goal is to help them less and less and make sure that they need us less and less throughout all those years, so that at 26 they can fly away and be able to pay for everything, to be an adult,” said Girouard, who...
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Meet Eric Van Stone, the archaeologist who stopped digging and started carving
By Breanne Massey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Wren Each spring, as white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose and elk leave behind the antlers they’ve outgrown, artisan Eric Van Stone follows. Reading game trails the way others read maps, he follows the migration routes and searches the forest floor for naturally shed antlers — raw materials that will later be transformed into handcrafted knives, jewelry and other pieces that carry a story from wilderness to workshop. Syilx and Secwépemc artisan Van Stone focuses on tracking local migration routes of wildlife to pick up any antlers being shed and follow in their footsteps for inspiration. “Sometimes I walk all day, and don’t find anything,” Van Stone says with a chuckle. “Certain spots are better. Sometimes in the winter, you’re in deep snow,...
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Gov. Gen. Arbour set to mark 9/11 anniversary in Gander, NL
By The Canadian Press staff Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour is set to be in Gander, N.L., on Sept. 11 to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Rideau Hall says the Governor General will also meet with a variety of provincial officials and Indigenous leaders during a five-day visit which will begin Sept. 8. As the 9/11 terror attacks were unfolding across the U.S., dozens of flights were diverted to the Gander airport. Some 7,000 stranded passengers were welcomed by the local residents, who helped provide food, shelter and essentials. The heartwarming story inspired the hit Broadway musical “Come From Away.” This year’s anniversary is being marked as Canada-U.S. relations are deteriorating and both countries are threatening to up the ante in a trade war that dates back to...
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Canada will return to negotiating table when America has ‘the right attitude’: Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada’s response to new U.S. tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle By Nick Murray Canada will go back to the negotiating table on a trade deal once the United States changes its attitude, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday. Carney held a news conference in Lévis, Que., where he announced an $11 billion contract to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, emphasizing they would be built with Canadian steel. The event comes three days after Carney suspended trade talks with the United States, after accusing the U.S. of trying to introduce last-minute measures which could have restricted Canada’s ability to do deals with other countries and protect...
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Kahnawake opposes Canada-Quebec deal
By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has sent a letter objecting to a draft agreement between Canada and Quebec that would ease impact assessments and introduce a “one project, one review” approach. That means if Quebec were to review a project, Canada would no longer do its own review, and vice versa. At a time when the Building Canada Act is seen by First Nations as weakening an already dubious consultation process, the agreement is cause for concern, according to MCK grand chief Cody Diabo. “Our view is that currently in Quebec the consultation practices are abysmal, even worse than in other places,” said Diabo. “To try and expedite things is just not the right way to go.” The MCK...
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Agreement with Treaty 6 Nations sought by Kahnawake
By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo travelled to the Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta this week, part of an effort to forge closer relations with Treaty 6 First Nations. The MCK has made it a priority to build formal partnerships with First Nations around the country, in part because of a changing political climate internationally and domestically. “As I’ve stated before, it’s time we start working together,” Diabo said. Separatism movements in both Alberta and Quebec have gained momentum of late, while Canada has responded to the economic uncertainty unleashed by US president Donald Trump by looking to expedite major projects, which has raised concerns about steamrolling consultations. The voyage to Treaty 6 territory builds on meetings...
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Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council says “secret” agreement belittles Haudenosaunee lands and treaty value
By Lynda Powless Editor SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER-The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) says a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Brantford and Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) over the “Brantford Boundary Lands” attempts to reduce the HCCC’s relationship to its unsurrendered lands. The HCCC statement, issued late Friday, says it did not authorize the agreement, is not a party to it and has not seen it. Instead, the HCCC said the agreement attempts to reduce the Haudenosaunee lands at Brantford to little more than an “interest, economic benefit, or a seat at a table, but forgets the acres are unsurrendered Haudenosaunee lands. The HCCC was responding to SNEC’s signing an MOU with Brantford over lands known as the boundary lands. The HCCC said “ Our relationship to these...
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