New Brunswick forecasts $599-million deficit as Donald Trump’s tariff threat looms
March 18, 2025
A $50-million contingency fund to deal with U.S. tariff threats has caused New Brunswick’s projected deficit for the coming fiscal year to balloon to nearly $600-million.Finance Minister René Legacy says the “daily pivoting in direction on tariffs” from U.S. President Donald Trump makes the contingency fund necessary.
Unpublished Newswire
The Liberals are riding high in the polls, in which Canadians say U.S. President Donald Trump's economic threats are their top concern.
April 7, 2025 - 08:27 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
As four space tourists orbited the north and south poles earlier this month and marvelled at the views of Earth, a group of Canadians celebrated an X-ray image taken aboard the spacecraft using technology developed at the University of Waterloo.“This is the first X-ray ever done in space,” said Amol Karnick, CEO of KA Imaging, a Waterloo-based company that’s commercializing what it calls the world’s first multi-image X-ray detector.“It’s a first for Canadians in space.”
April 7, 2025 - 07:30 | Rob Drinkwater | The Globe and Mail
Rural and northern Ontario hospitals are anxiously awaiting word from the provincial government on a program that helps them keep emergency rooms open, after it ended last month.Health Minister Sylvia Jones’ office has said it is working on a permanent solution after the temporary program expired, but in the meantime the people who work to keep ERs open are concerned about filling those shifts.
April 7, 2025 - 07:24 | Allison Jones | The Globe and Mail
Comments
Be the first to comment