Recent efforts to restore talks between Washington and Tehran over a deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions has raised hopes among ordinary Iranians that other countries like Canada will also renew diplomatic relations as they long for an end to their country’s isolation and economic pain.
High-ranking officials from the world’s top economies are in Banff, Alta., this week for a three-day summit that will cover topics including the global economy, the war in Ukraine and artificial intelligence.
The federal broadcast regulator is considering whether it should include a “cultural element” in its new definition of Canadian content.
When King Charles III and Queen Camilla visit Canada later this month so the monarch can read the speech from the throne, it will kick off two days of pomp and ceremony across the capitol.
Canada’s inflation rate eased to 1.7 per cent in April, driven by a drop in prices after the federal government removed the consumer carbon tax, according to Statistics Canada.
Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing 55,000 postal workers.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel would control the whole of Gaza despite mounting international pressure that forced it to lift a blockade on aid supplies that has left the enclave on the brink of famine.
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance discussed fair trade policies with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday in Rome, Vance’s office said in a statement, as the two nations try to resolve a dispute over tariffs.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday morning in Rome that his Liberal government will table a budget this fall — a decision he argued is the right one because there’s “not much value” in rushing out a budget at the earliest opportunity.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday to add Canada’s weight behind global pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to sit at the negotiating table and agree to “an unconditional ceasefire.”
