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Nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island, as well as a provincial park, have been ordered evacuated due to a wildfire burning out of control.The Regional District of Nanaimo expanded its evacuation order related to the fire burning on the north banks of Cameron Lake, about 60 kilometres from the City of Nanaimo.
August 3, 2025 - 10:02 | Ashley Joannou | The Globe and Mail
Guyana, a country of roughly one million people perched on the northeastern corner of South America, is one of the world’s fastest growing economies thanks to a super-charged nation-building project: the accelerated development of gigantic offshore oil fields.
In just six years, one of the continent’s poorest nations has emerged as the world’s newest petrostate. The discovery, though, has enraged Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and revived his government’s claims to Guyanese territory in a century-old boundary dispute.
These issues of nation-building and sovereignty are familiar...
August 3, 2025 - 09:00 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
Canada’s new trade minister aims to boost deals in South America, Asia, and Africa, and urges firms to use existing trade pacts more effectively.
August 3, 2025 - 08:46 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Canada’s new trade minister aims to boost deals in South America, Asia, and Africa, and urges firms to use existing trade pacts more effectively.
August 3, 2025 - 08:46 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Time’s up. On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump raised the tariff rate on Canadian goods not covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) from 25 to 35 per cent, saying they “have to pay a fair rate.” The White House claims it’s because of Canada’s failure to curb the “ongoing flood of fentanyl and other illicit drugs.” U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, however, show that fentanyl seizures from Canada make up less than 0.1 per cent of total U.S. seizures of the drug; most smuggling comes across the Mexican border.
But the future of...
August 3, 2025 - 06:00 | Tracy Moran | National Post
Re: Controversial musician Sean Feucht changes venues after NCC says no to Gatineau concert, online, July 26 Read More
August 3, 2025 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
