Unpublished Newswire
Premiers Christine Frechette and Tony Wakeham will be joined by Prime Minister Mark Carney and other officials in St. John's on Monday.
August 17, 2026 - 12:13 | Sean Previl | Global News - Canada
Canada is just days away from 50 per cent tariffs taking effect on hundreds of exports, after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month invoking the never-before-used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. And Canadians are divided on what Ottawa’s response should be, with 36 per cent of respondents in an Abacus Data poll favouring counter-tariffs, even if they raise prices and risk escalation, compared to 30 per cent who want continued negotiations instead. Meanwhile, just 18 per cent favour offering concessions to the United States, such as easing dairy...
August 17, 2026 - 12:08 | Ellie Hutchings | National Post
August 17, 2026 - 12:06 | Eli Ridder | The Globe and Mail
Officials from the Peruvian Embassy made a request through Global Affairs Canada that the bowl be repatriated, RCMP said.
August 17, 2026 - 11:40 | Rachel Morgan | Global News - Canada
OTTAWA — The House of Commons public safety committee will meet Monday to decide whether to investigate potential security screening failures, after a Canadian woman was arrested in Belgium for allegedly spying on NATO. On July 25, Belgian authorities announced the arrest of a “Canadian national of Chinese origin” on suspicion of spying for a third country while working as an intern at NATO’s central military headquarters in southern Belgium. The suspect was subsequently identified as Biwei “Claire” Zhang, a computer science and systems engineering graduate in her early 30s who’d...
August 17, 2026 - 11:39 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe pledged a deeply discounted OC Transpo adult monthly pass as he unveiled his transit plan Monday that calls for a 30 per cent cut from $138.50 to $95 per month. Read More
August 17, 2026 - 11:30 | Aedan Helmer | Ottawa Citizen
