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Beijing bans drone possession in the city after earlier moves to tighten rules
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (249+ words) Beijing has barred unauthorized drone flights, citing security reasons, and has designated the city’s administrative area as restricted airspace. The latest revised rules come after a fatal accident in late June when a small aircraft crashed into a Beijing skyscraper,…...
N.B. premier directing public institutions to stop buying American amid trade war
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (514+ words) New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt addresses reporters in Fredericton on Wednesday Aug. 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Eli Ridder FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has ordered the province’s public sector to stop buying American products when Canadian substitutes are available, saying…...
Graeme MacKay: Trump has his own ‘big stick’ technique
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (65+ words) Opinion | Graeme MacKay: Trump has his own ‘big stick’ technique The Spec Editorial cartoon for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026 Graeme MacKay is an editorial cartoonist at The Hamilton Spectator. [email protected] Donald Trumpâs chaotic trade war with Canada defies traditional diplomacy, threatening…...
The Latest on the escalating trade war between Canada and the United States
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (418+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, and Canada’s premiers hold a closing press conference at the First Ministers Meetings in Charlottetown on Thursday, July 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese OTTAWA - Canadian politicians are pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive…...
California officials allow plans for the country’s biggest kelp farm to move forward
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (606+ words) California has long been farm country, and its oceans soon could be, too. State coastal officials voted Wednesday to allow a plan to build the United States’ largest kelp farm 6 miles (10 kilometers) off the Southern California coast to move forward…...
Public silence raises hopes among 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants for extended legal protections
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (514+ words) The Department of Homeland Security has been quiet about its plans, saying in a statement Wednesday it would make an announcement “at an appropriate time” and that Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador would stay in effect until then. Its…...
Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing Pennsylvania measles outbreak
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (603+ words) FILE - This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015, shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle. (Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, via AP, File) Lancaster County’s coroner,…...
As the trade war dominates Canadian politics, Conservatives fight among themselves
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (1435+ words) Conservative MP Jamil Jivani speaks during a fireside chat at the annual Canada Strong and Free Network in Ottawa, on Friday, May 8, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby Chief of staff to former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper Jenni Byrne waits…...
The Latest: Trump signs executive orders ramping up trade war with Ottawa
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (306+ words) OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed new executive orders to retaliate after Canada imposed its latest set of counter tariffs on the United States. The five new orders, which will take effect later this month, will completely bar imports…...
2027 forecast to be the hottest year on record as climate changes accelerate
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (888+ words) Traditional policies may no longer be enough to head off the severe impacts of climate change. The remains of a post-Second World War bridge are exposed during a prolonged drought in Cologne, Germany. We need to stop global warming now…...