Canada unveils C$1 billion dollar loan program to tariff-impacted industries
- 04-May-2026
OTTAWA: The government of Canada announced on Monday a C$1 billion ($734.65 million) loan program, which will be extended to industries impacted by U.S. tariffs. “The program will be available to industries that manufacture and export products containing steel, aluminum or copper,” a government statement said, adding the loan will be disbursed through the Development […]
CAD to USD: Canadian Dollar Rate Today- April 23, 2026
- 24-Apr-2026
The Canadian dollar edged lower for a third straight day against its US counterpart on Thursday, as investors weighed continued restrictions on trade through the Strait of Hormuz and data that showed resulting higher oil prices boosted domestic producer prices last month. The loonie was trading 0.1% lower at 1.3680 per U.S. dollar, or 73.10 […]
Canada is not a supplicant, will not let US dictate terms of USMCA review, says Carney
- 23-Apr-2026
Canada is not a supplicant that will allow the United States to dictate the terms for a scheduled review of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade treaty, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday. The three nations are due to finish their work by July 1 but the schedule has been complicated by US-Canadian tensions over tariffs […]
Canada T20 World Cup match under ICC corruption investigation
- 17-Apr-2026
The ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) is investigating allegations of corruption involving Cricket Canada, one of which focuses on a game involving Canada from the recent men’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. ESPNcricinfo reported that the existence of the allegations emerged in a documentary ‘Corruption, Crime and Cricket’, produced by the fifth estate, […]
Canada, UK, Australia and Japan call for ‘urgent end to hostilities in Lebanon’
- 15-Apr-2026
Canada, the UK, Australia, Japan and six other countries condemned the killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Tuesday while calling “for an urgent end to hostilities” in the country where Israeli attacks have killed over 2,000 people since March. “Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland and the United Kingdom remain […]
Airline pilots must be given final say on flying in war zones
- 08-Apr-2026
Pilots must be given a “final and non-negotiable” say allowing them to refuse to fly over or within conflict zones without influence from commercial pressures, global union group International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) said. The position paper on Monday from IFALPA comes as the six-week-long Iran war is reshaping airspace across the […]
Canada’s February trade deficit surges to a six-month high on gold imports
- 02-Apr-2026
Canada’s merchandise trade deficit came in much wider than expected in February, data showed on Thursday, as a surge in gold purchases abroad pushed imports to a record high. The percentage of Canada’s exports that went to the U.S. dropped to its lowest level of just over 66%, from 68% a month ago and more […]
Canadian dollar gains as safe-haven currency demand eases
- 05-Mar-2026
The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as rising hopes that the Middle East conflict may end sooner than previously feared clipped safe-haven demand for the greenback. The loonie was trading 0.2% higher at 1.3650 per U.S. dollar, or 73.26 U.S. cents, after moving in a range of 1.3645 to 1.3700. Wall […]
US claim long-awaited men’s ice hockey gold by beating rivals Canada in overtime thriller
- 22-Feb-2026
The United States ended a nearly half-century wait for Olympic men’s ice hockey gold with a 2-1 overtime victory against Canada in a thrilling final on Sunday, with Jack Hughes delivering their third title and first since 1980 with the winning shot. Hughes left it all – including at least one of his teeth – […]
Canada revises express entry immigration rules, adds military roles
- 19-Feb-2026
Canada introduced new immigration priority categories on Wednesday to bring in skilled workers in fields ranging from research and health care to aviation, and to include certain military recruits The new categories align with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s goals of broadly reducing the number of new permanent residents in Canada while recruiting skilled workers and […]