Canada’s plan to triple the oil flowing through a government pipeline could move forward after a court dismissed challenges from four indigenous groups who claimed the project will poison their water and imperil endangered Southern Resident killer whales.
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday officially signed the new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada, finalizing a deal that overhauls labor, environmental and intellectual property rules.
Read moreThe Yellow Cab Co. and eight others sued the Passenger Transportation Board, Uber Canada and Lyft Canada in British Columbia Supreme Court, claiming the Board lets Uber and Lyft operate on “much more favorable terms” than the plaintiffs, and failed to consider the ride-hailing companies’ “extremely harmful financial impact on the taxi industry.”
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The fate of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is now in the hands of a Canadian judge, who reserved judgment Thursday on whether the telecom executive can be extradited to the United States on a raft of charges related to possible Iran sanctions violations.
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Canadian prosecutors said Wednesday that fraud, not U.S. sanctions, is at the heart of the extradition case against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, urging a judge to only consider the potential “Canadian criminality” of the offense when determining if she should be handed over to the United States.
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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s defense lawyers told a judge in British Columbia on Tuesday that the Canadian government is wrongfully relying on U.S. sanctions law and misapplying domestic fraud laws in its effort to extradite the Chinese telecom executive to the United States.
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The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei begins Monday in a Vancouver courtroom, a case that has infuriated Beijing, caused a diplomatic uproar and increased tensions between China and the United States.
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The Senate voted 89-10 on Thursday to send a new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada to President Donald Trump’s desk.
Read morePeople throughout the Canadian province of Ontario awoke Sunday to an alarming alert of an “incident” at a nuclear plant just east of Toronto — only to later be told the message was a mistake.
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Iran on Friday denied Western allegations that one of its missiles downed a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed outside Tehran, and called on the United States and Canada to share any information they have on the crash, which killed all 176 people on board.
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Civil rights groups and lawmakers demanded information from federal officials Monday after reports that dozens of Iranian-Americans were held up and questioned at the border as they returned to the United States from Canada over the weekend.
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Canada’s Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed the right to Canadian citizenship for the son of Russian spies, whose case inspired the TV series “The Americans.”
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A day after impeaching him, the House of Representatives handed President Donald Trump a victory Thursday by approving a new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
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Indigenous groups told judges in Canada that the government had not adequately consulted them about a proposed oil pipeline that they say could threaten their drinking water and harm endangered Southern Resident killer whales, which the groups hold sacred.
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The Trump administration is forging ahead with its plan to allow states to import prescription drugs from Canada – a move aimed at lowering prices for Americans, but one that’s drawing warnings from law enforcement and drug industry experts.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emphasized his plans to fight climate change, reduce taxes and increase the country’s global standing in the first speech delivered to Canada’s newly elected Parliament – one that could make or break Trudeau’s fragile minority government.
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A cross-border securities class action against Canadian cannabis company HEXO Corp. alleges the company inflated revenue figures, misstated inventory, and grew cannabis in an unlicensed facility leading to hundreds of millions of dollars in market capitalization loss.
Read moreBritish Columbia will stop logging in the headwaters of the Skagit River due to environmental concerns, the province’s government announced Wednesday.
Read moreCanada’s spy agencies are divided over whether or not to ban Chinese technology giant Huawei from fifth generation networks over security concerns, the Globe and Mail reported Wednesday.
Read moreAbdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, 34, a naturalized Canadian citizen born in Somalia, was extradited to San Diego and charged Friday with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists in Syria.
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