Politics

OTTAWA — Ottawa held its fire for a second day in a row Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump doubled his steel and aluminum tariffs to 50 per cent — despite numerous calls for Canada to swiftly retaliate with new tariffs of its own.

OTTAWA — An NDP critic says a provision in the federal government's border security bill that would give cabinet the power to cancel immigration documents looks like an attempt to "mimic" measures deployed by the Trump administration in the U.S.

MADISON, Wis.

The hot-button topic of whether NHL teams based in states without income tax have an advantage is well and alive again.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Canada Post over ongoing contract negotiations, as the union scrambles to overcome bargaining pushback from both management and its membership.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into pardons and other executive actions issued by his predecessor, Joe Biden — launching an extraordinary effort to show that the Democrat hid his cognitive decline and was otherw

CONCORD, N.H.

MIAMI (AP) — A shark-diving charter boat captain convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman’s longline off the coast of Florida says he's felt like he was living in an alternate universe for the past five years.

EDMONTON — Alberta's government has ditched a new fee schedule for breweries that would have seen the province's oldest beer maker pay significantly more in taxes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — There was a notable absence last week when U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.