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OTTAWA — Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister in a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Friday morning, along with a leaner Liberal cabinet that he said is focused on “meeting the moment” and facing down the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump. In his first press conference as prime minister, […]

TORONTO — Ontario is seeing a massive surge in measles cases as an ongoing outbreak spreads in the province among unvaccinated people. Public Health Ontario is reporting 372 total cases since an outbreak began on Oct. 28, 2024. That’s a jump of 195 cases since the agency’s last report on Feb. 27. The spread has […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — The chief executive of one of Canada’s largest steel producers says it is in discussions with federal and provincial leaders to determine what forms of government support might be available to help offset the Trump administration’s tariffs. Algoma Steel Group Inc. CEO Michael Garcia says his company is also in […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index fell almost 150 points while U.S. markets were also down in late-morning trading Thursday. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 146.50 points at 24,276.84. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 461.13 points at 40,889.80. The S&P 500 index was down 64.37 points at 5,534.93, while […]

Ontario is seeing a massive surge in measles cases as an ongoing outbreak spreads across the province among unvaccinated people. Public Health Ontario is reporting 372 total cases since an outbreak began on Oct. 28, 2024. That’s a jump of 195 cases since the agency’s last report on Feb. 27. More coming. The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s choice for United States ambassador to Canada is facing tough questions in his Senate nomination hearing today, as the relationship between the two countries is strained by tariffs and threats of annexation. Pete Hoekstra, a former Michigan congressman, told the hearing Trump has a series of priorities for Canada, […]

TORONTO — Cohere Inc. says it has released a new enterprise generative artificial intelligence model that is “on par or better than” GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3. The Toronto-based tech firm says its new product Command A offers maximum performance with minimal hardware costs. Command A is well suited for agentic tasks, which tend to involve sophisticated […]

The Canadian team headed for the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers has been set. Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino, Marina Stakusic of Mississauga, Ont., Toronto’s Victoria Mboko, Kayla Cross of London, Ont., and Ariana Arseneault of Richmond Hill, Ont., will compete for Canada from April 11-13 in Tokyo. Mboko, Cross, and Arseneault are all first-time selections, while […]

WASHINGTON — Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington Thursday — days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman and […]

TORONTO — CIBC says its president and chief executive Victor Dodig is set to retire this fall and will be succeeded by Harry Culham, who has also been appointed chief operating officer effective April 1. The bank says Dodig, who has led CIBC since September 2014, will continue on as a special adviser to Culham […]