WorldJun 27, 2025
Big trade deal to be signed soon between Washington and New Delhi: Trump
US President Donald Trump says that a big trade deal is going to be signed soon between Washington and New Delhi. He said this at the White House.
Trump said that recently America has signed a trade deal with China and now a big trade deal is going to be signed with India as well. He said that everyone wants to deal with us.
Trump said that we will have a very big deal with India. The President also said that the White House will not make a deal with every country. Trump said that to some we are just going to send a letter saying thank you very much, you will have to pay 25 to 45 percent t
CanadaJun 27, 2025
Canadian tourist found dead in Dominican Republic, officials say
Dominican Republic officials say a Canadian tourist was found dead in a northern part of the country last week.
The country’s civil defence agency says 33-year-old Dorian Christian MacDonald was found dead in the water on a beach in the Puerto Plata resort town of Maimon Bay last Friday.
Agency spokesperson Jenssen Sanchez says first responders rushed to the scene after receiving a call at 3 a.m. local time, and the body was located more than an hour later.
He says MacDonald was last seen walking on the beach before he died.
Global Affairs Canada says it is “aware of the death of a Canadia
BCJun 27, 2025
B.C.'s Interior health authority confirms additional measles cases
British Columbia's Interior health authority says it has confirmed additional cases of measles in the region spanning the province's southern Interior.
A statement from Interior Health says communities in the region with confirmed cases now include Kamloops, Kelowna, Salmon Arm and the Nelson area.
The update comes after the health authority issued a statement on Tuesday saying it had confirmed a single measles case in Kamloops.
The cases this week follow an announcement on June 17 that a visitor to B.C. who had measles had travelled throughout the Interior while infectious.
At the time, there
BCJun 27, 2025
B.C. police watchdog calls hearing into officers' 'racist, sexist' WhatsApp group
British Columbia's Police Complaint Commissioner says he's called a public hearing to probe misconduct allegations against three current and three former Nelson police officers over alleged racist, sexist and inappropriate comments made in a private WhatsApp chat group.
Prabhu Rajan says the allegations "go to the heart of public trust in policing" and the public hearing will also delve into a constitutional challenge filed in court last year by five of the subject officers.
A notice of public hearing from Rajan's office says the court case hasn't moved forward since it was filed in August 202
BCJun 27, 2025
Two people, including nine-year-old girl, dead after Calgary house fire
Two people, including a nine-year-old girl, are dead following an early morning house fire east of the Calgary airport. The second victim, a man in his 50s, was found deceased inside the home, while the girl was sent to hospital but did not survive.
Fire spokeswoman Carole Henke says emergency crews called to the Taradale neighbourhood were met by roaring flames bursting from a two-storey home, threatening other nearby structures. Six people were inside the house: an adult and a teen who escaped through an upper floor window were sent to hospital while two people in the basement suit
CanadaJun 27, 2025
Statistics Canada says real GDP down 0.1 per cent in April as manufacturing slowed
Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product edged down 0.1 per cent in April as the manufacturing sector slowed.
The agency also says its advance estimate for May points to another 0.1 per cent decline for that month.
The pullback in April came as goods-producing industries fell 0.6 per cent, with manufacturing accounting for nearly all the decline.
The manufacturing sector was down 1.9 per cent in April, the largest drop since April 2021.
Durable goods manufacturing fell 2.2 per cent in April, while non-durable goods manufacturing dropped 1.6 per cent.
Meanwhile, services-producing ind
AlbertaJun 27, 2025
Alberta finance Minister to deliver year-end fiscal update, $5.8B surplus forecasted
Alberta's finance minister is set to deliver the final bottom line number today on last year's provincial budget. Nate Horner's new figure will close the books on the budget for the fiscal year that ended in March.
That budget was last forecast to come in with a nearly $6-billion surplus. Alberta's new budget year is now a few months old, but its expected bottom line number is deep in the red.
This budget, introduced by Horner in February, predicts Alberta will register a $5.2-billion deficit at the end of March 2026. It also predicts deficits will continue for years after that
CanadaJun 27, 2025
Senate passes controversial bill to fast-track major projects
Parliament has passed controversial major projects legislation that Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to shore up its economy in the face of a trade war with the United States.
Bill C-5 gives the federal government sweeping new powers to speed up permitting for what the Liberals call "nation-building projects." The legislation's opponents have attacked the legislation as a massive power grab.
Here's what's C-5 does and what people are saying about it.
FeaturedJun 27, 2025
Premier Smith says Albertans' desire for leaving Canada has never been higher
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the public desire in her province to quit Canada has never been higher.
Smith says a recent byelection that saw a separatist candidate garner almost 18 per cent of the vote shows Albertans are deeply frustrated and angry with Ottawa.
Smith says she takes that frustration seriously and hopes Prime Minister Mark Carney does as well.
The premier says quelling separatist desire is in Carney's hands and could be done if he scraps laws that she has said stifle energy production in Alberta.
Smith made the comments today at an unrelated news conference in Calgary al