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Canada debuts its first-ever strategy for Africa, as Ottawa seeks to diversify markets and blunt geopolitical shocks amid rising trade tensions with Washington. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Early in March, Canada unveiled its much-touted Global Africa Strategy in a subdued Toronto event, timed eight days before a cabinet …

OTTAWA | Xinhua |  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Thursday Canada will be responding by matching the U.S. approach with 25 percent tariffs on all vehicles imported from the United States that are not compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). The prime minister said his government will also …

OTTAWA | Xinhua | The ruling Liberal Party of Canada announced Sunday that former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney will take over as the party’s new leader. Carney is set to succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister and form a new government. After maintaining frontrunner status throughout the two-month …

OTTAWA, Canada | Xinhua | The nationwide race to choose the next leader of the governing Liberal Party of Canada will conclude on Sunday, and the winner will also become Canada’s new prime minister. Mark Carney is the front-runner to become the next leader of the party to replace Justin …

OTTAWA | Xinhua |  The Canadian federal government on Tuesday announced a detailed tariff package after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed that Canada will not back down from a fight against the trade war initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump. According to a news release issued by the Finance Ministry, …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada will take effect on Tuesday, March 4. “Very importantly, tomorrow, tariffs, 25 percent on Canada and 25 percent on Mexico, and that’ll start,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “What they …

MOSCOW | TASS | Moscow is closely watching the recent developments around US claims to Canada and Greenland but believes that the issue is part of Washington’s bilateral relations with Ottawa and Copenhagen, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing. “In fact, such claims are largely part of the …

  OTTAWA | Xinhua |  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday morning he is stepping down after a party race while the opposition leader complained that nothing has changed. Giving a speech outside his home at Rideau Cottage, Trudeau said he will stay on as Prime Minister until his …

OTTAWA | Xinhua | The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said on Monday the plane that caught fire upon landing at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport over the weekend has been removed and the investigation is ongoing, local media reported. The airport said Monday the runway reopened, leaving both of …

SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT |  Right from his childhood days in Mbale in eastern Uganda, Micheal Osings aka Lanie Banks, always involved himself in karaoke, dancing scripts and song writing. Even when he moved to Canada, he joined the church choir headed by Pastor Bill Binaster from the Toronto Christian Outreach …