Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Mike Chisholm had a pager with him when he came to watch the Toronto Blue Jays play against Philadelphia in the World Series in 1993. His wife was nine months pregnant, so he needed to check in every half-hour to make sure she was OK. He said he was called home during the […]

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is drawing a volatile mix of blowback and praise for arguing that a Canadian government advertisement playing in U.S. markets misrepresented the 40th president’s words to blast President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. It is not clear how the California-based Reagan Foundation decided to enter the fray over the […]

OTTAWA — Ontario will pause its anti-tariff television ad campaign in the United States on Monday so that Canada-U.S. trade talks can resume, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday. Ford said he decided to pull the plug on the campaign only after speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is travelling to Asia for back-to-back […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose Friday, helped by strength in the technology sector, while U.S. stock markets saw gains after an encouraging inflation report. U.S. stocks climbed as the slightly better-than-expected inflation read helped reinforce the chances of a rate cut from the Federal Reserve next week, said Philip Petursson, chief investment strategist […]

Police in Niagara Region say a 27-year-old man is wanted for second-degree murder after a woman was found dead in a park on Tuesday. Police say they were called to the scene at Charles Daley Park in Lincoln, Ont., around 11 a.m. where they found the body of a woman with traumatic injuries. Police have […]

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Ontario is making the right decision by ending its tariff ad campaign that led U.S. President Donald Trump to call off all trade talks with Canada. The ads feature footage of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan saying tariffs damage economies, which Trump has claimed to be a false […]

U.S. President Donald Trump ended trade talks with Canada on Thursday night over what he called a “fake” Ontario government advertisement featuring the words of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. The advertisement quotes a 1987 radio address from Reagan where he spoke about the negative impacts of tariffs. The ad isn’t fake and quotes from […]

U.S. President Donald Trump ended trade talks with Canada on Thursday night over what he called a “fake” Ontario government advertisement featuring the words of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. The advertisement quotes a 1987 radio address from Reagan where he spoke about the negative impacts of tariffs. The ad isn’t fake and quotes from […]

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says now is not the time for Ontario to pull an anti-tariff ad campaign that has sparked outrage from U.S. President Donald Trump. On Thursday, Trump lashed out at the ad campaign, featuring footage of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan saying tariffs damage economies, and claimed the late president […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced he’s ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad sponsored by one of its provinces that used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs — prompting the province’s leader to later pull the ad. The post on Trump’s social media site […]