Unpublished Newswire

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When fireworks light up the skies for Canada Day, it’s looking less likely that the country will also be celebrating the renewal of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). July 1 was meant to be the deadline for the countries to decide whether to extend the agreement after a review, launch annual reviews, or withdraw. The deal is valuable, so Ottawa is keen to secure as much duty-free trade with Washington as possible. Yet, while negotiation rounds have taken place between the U.S. and Mexico, and the first formal meetings for the two are set to begin, there has...

Jeanie McKay alleged gender discrimination by York Regional Police because she said they didn't investigate her allegations of historical sexual abuse from the 1980s. She took her case to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and it was settled with an non-disclosure agreement — a restriction that transparency advocates say shields public institutions from accountability.