Washington (EFE).- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed confidence that his meeting with United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday marked the beginning of a new phase that will redefine bilateral relations after months of antagonism between both countries. The White House meeting began with the two leaders appearing before the media. The meeting between … Read more
Toronto, Canada, (EFE).- Canadian police raised the death toll to 11 after a car drove into dozens of people at a street festival in the city of Vancouver on Canada’s Pacific coast on Saturday night, saying the suspected perpetrator was a man with mental problems. Vancouver’s interim police chief, Steve Rai, added at a news … Read more
By Julio César Rivas Toronto, Canada, (EFE).- While separatist sentiment is declining in Quebec, it is gaining traction in Canada’s western provinces, particularly Alberta, just days ahead of the Apr. 28 federal elections. Polls predict a comfortable victory for Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite the Conservative Party’s significant lead earlier this year. In Quebec, … Read more
Washington (EFE).- The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday that he would double the planned tariffs of 50% on Canadian steel and aluminum, expected to go into effect on Wednesday. Through his social network Truth Social, the president said that the measure was in response to the decision by the Canadian … Read more
Washington (EFE).- United States President Donald Trump announced Thursday a one-month pause, until Apr. 2, on the 25% tariffs against Canada on goods covered by the Mexico-US-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The announcement was made in the Oval Office of the White House, a few hours after Trump made the same decision regarding Mexican products included in … Read more
Toronto, Canada (EFE).- Canada announced the designation of seven Latin American criminal organizations as terrorist groups, five Mexican drug cartels, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, and El Salvador’s MS-13. On Thursday, Canada’s Public Safety Minister David McGuinty made the announcement in Ottawa, a day after United States President Donald Trump’s istration added Tren de Aragua, MS-13, … Read more
Toronto, Canada, Feb 9 (EFE).- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Friday that the decision by Bell Canada, the country’s largest telecommunications company, to eliminate thousands of jobs, including hundreds of journalists, harms Canadian democracy. “This is an erosion of not just journalism, of quality local journalism, at a time when people need it more … Read more
Toronto, Canada, Feb 5 (EFE). – The trial of five professional hockey players accused of gang-raping a woman in 2018 while participating in the World Junior Hockey Championship as of the Canadian national team, began Monday in a Canadian court. Four of the players (Michael McLeod, Cal Foote, Dillon Dubé, and Carter Hart) currently … Read more
Toronto, Canada, Jan 20 (EFE).- A Canadian court on Friday ordered the repatriation of four of its nationals detained in camps in northeastern Syria. The men are among a number of foreign nationals suspected of being of the Islamic State terror group and held in the camps in Rojava, also called the Autonomous istration … Read more
Washington, Dec 22 (EFE).- A “once-in-a-generation” winter storm is expected to sweep across large parts of the United States, the National Weather Service warned Thursday. At a press conference on Thursday, US president Joe Biden urged the country to take the storm “seriously” and “heed the local warnings.” “This is not like a snow day … Read more
