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Provinces control booze bans, demand sectoral relief, but U.S. offers not enough: sources. Some Canadian negotiators fear there may be no way to avert new U.S. tariffs from taking effect Wednesday, as Ottawa struggles to win relief from Washington on existing sectoral tariffs while also trying to persuade provinces to lift restrictions on American alcohol, sources tell CBC News. Multiple...
China's top court has overturned the death sentence for accused Canadian drug smuggler Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian official told CBC News. The Supreme People's Court struck down the lower court's sentence on Friday. The source requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The New York Times first reported the news. Schellenberg had been found guilty...
If you want to have a sense of the federal parties' campaign strategies, it helps to follow the leader. An individual announcement in one riding might not indicate much, but taking a wider view reveals patterns in a party's plan of attack. CBC News analyzed the whereabouts of the main party leaders and every event they held over the course...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined other political leaders and diplomats in praising — and reflecting on — Joe Biden's legacy, as Ottawa prepares to work with whoever Americans vote for as their next president this fall. Biden announced Sunday he is abruptly ending his presidential re-election campaign.
Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement Joly is in China for a three-day visit beginning Thursday. Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is in China on an unannounced visit to thaw relations between the two countries, the Chinese foreign ministry announced Thursday. The Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement Joly is in China at Wang Yi's invitation. Wang...
Justin Trudeau says Monday he is "committed" to staying on as prime minister after the Liberals' shocking Toronto-St. Paul's byelection loss exactly one week ago. "There's always going to be lots of reflection after a tough loss, but there's also so much to do," Trudeau told CBC's Heather Hiscox, answering questions about his future for the first time since the...
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan has been named the next chief of the defence staff, CBC News and Radio-Canada have learned — making her the first woman to serve as the top commander of the Canadian military. Carignan will succeed Gen. Wayne Eyre as leader of the Canadian Armed Forces, a senior source said. CBC News is keeping the name of the...
The governments of India and Pakistan attempted to interfere in Canada's federal elections in 2019 and 2021, Canada's spy agency said in documents made public late Thursday night. In 2021, the government of India had "intent to interfere and likely conducted clandestine activities," including using an Indian government proxy agent in Canada, according to an unclassified summary written by the...
An apparent clerical error by the federal government caused a Palestinian-Canadian woman to be told mistakenly she couldn't list "Palestine" as her place of birth on her passport — and the error has been driving the spread of misleading online posts ever since. CBC News is identifying the woman's granddaughter only by her first name, Blair, because she said she...
Canadian authorities are investigating a prolonged data security breach following the "detection of malicious cyber activity" affecting the internal network used by Global Affairs Canada staff, according to internal department emails viewed by CBC News. The breach affects at least two internal drives, as well as emails, calendars and contacts of many staff members. CBC News spoke to multiple sources...