Author: Rob Gillies
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Biden, Trudeau to discuss electric vehicle dispute at summit
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WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden launched into three-way diplomacy with the leaders of Canada and Mexico on Thursday, celebrating the return of near-annual summits that went dormant during the Trump years. But there were still plenty of differences to sort through over trade, immigration and other matters. Biden met first with Canadian Prime Minister Justin…
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Canada designates the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity
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TORONTO • The Canadian government designated the Proud Boys group as a terrorist entity Wednesday, noting they played a pivotal role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The Proud Boys have faced increased scrutiny after seizing on the former Trump administration’s policies and was a major agitator during earlier protests and…
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Canada’s TSB says Iran has invited it to examine black boxes
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TORONTO • Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it has been invited by Iran to participate in the download and analysis of the flight recorders from the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines jet “whenever and wherever” that takes place. Iran has acknowledged that its armed forces fired two Russian anti-aircraft missiles at the jetliner…
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Ethics commissioner finds Canada PM Trudeau violated ethics
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TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s ethics commissioner said Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau improperly pressured a former attorney general to halt the criminal prosecution of a company, a development that could imperil his re-election chances. The report comes just before the official start of campaigning for the Oct. 21 general election and it threatens to…
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Raptors’ president encounter with deputy being investigated
SAN FRANCISCO — Prosecutors will decide whether to charge Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri with misdemeanor battery after he was accused of shoving and hitting a sheriff’s deputy in the face while trying to join his team on the court to celebrate their first NBA championship. Alameda County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said Friday…
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Trump lifts tariffs on Mexico, Canada, delays auto tariffs
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WASHINGTON • Bogged down in a trade dispute with U.S. rival China, President Donald Trump took steps Friday to ease tensions with America’s allies — lifting import taxes on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum and delaying auto tariffs that would have hurt Japan and Europe. By removing the metals tariffs on Canada and Mexico,…
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Canada’s no-sex, no-money scandal could topple Trudeau
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TORONTO • There’s no money, no sex and nothing illegal happened. This is what passes for a scandal in Canada. U.S. President Donald Trump has been engulfed in allegations involving possible collusion with Russia and secret payments to buy the silence of a porn star. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a controversy that…
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Trump comments upend approach to Huawei, trade talks
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WASHINGTON • The United States and China have taken pains this week to emphasize that their trade talks are entirely separate from the U.S. case against a top Chinese technology executive. But with a few words, President Donald Trump obliterated the distinction. Trump said Tuesday he’d wade into the case against Meng Wanzhou, the chief…
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China demands Canada release Huawei executive
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BEIJING • China on Thursday demanded Canada release an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei who was arrested in a case that compounds tensions with the U.S. and threatens to complicate trade talks. Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, faces possible extradition to the United States, according to Canadian authorities. The Globe and…
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Canada becomes world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace, pot pardons introduced
TORONTO — Ian Power was among the first to buy legal recreational marijuana in Canada but he has no plans to smoke it. He plans to frame it. Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. Power was first in line at a store in…