Sep 24 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON, Wash. — America's streets are again pulsing with anger and frustration, this time over the deadly police shooting of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor ⏤ and the racial reckoning appears more popular in Canada than in the United States. Protesters returned en masse to city centres across the U.S. in the latest display of racial outrage […]
Sep 23 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON, Wash. — It's long past time for the United States to work with Canada and other allies on a new strategy for the Pacific Rim, and the path to the new NAFTA would make an excellent road map, says a prominent trade voice on Capitol Hill. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, chairman of the House […]
Sep 21 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON, Wash. — A solemn procession of ordinary Americans, many of them mothers with daughters in tow, left flowers, cards and tributes scrawled in chalk Monday as they publicly mourned the death of U.S. Supreme Court icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Across the street on Capitol Hill, in stark contrast to the peaceful, sun-dappled memorial growing […]
Sep 17 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON, Wash. — "I hope you're recording this, so you get it down," Bob Woodward says, nary a hint of irony in his voice. Indeed, relying solely on notes for a conversation with the celebrated Washington Post reporter and editor would border on journalistic malpractice, considering the starring role audio tapes have played in Woodward's […]
Sep 16 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON, Wash. — Canada is sending nearly 300 firefighters and technical specialists to help beat back the flames ravaging Oregon, one of three states where wildfires are razing buildings, claiming lives and chasing residents from their homes along the U.S. West Coast. Some 230 firefighters, most from British Columbia but including a number from Alberta, […]
Sep 15 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON, Wash. — The United States blinked Tuesday in its latest tariff dispute with Canada, lifting a 10 per cent levy on Canadian-made aluminum just hours before Ottawa was to let fly with a suite of countermeasures. The tariffs are being lifted retroactive to Sept. 1 because Canadian exports are expected to "normalize" over the […]
Sep 15 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON, Wash. — The United States blinked Tuesday in its latest tariff dispute with Canada, lifting a 10 per cent levy on Canadian-made aluminum just hours before Ottawa was to let fly with a suite of countermeasures. The tariffs are being lifted retroactive to Sept. 1 because Canadian exports are expected to "normalize" over the […]
Sep 15 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The United States is standing down in its tariff dispute with Canada and lifting a 10 per cent levy on aluminum imported from north of the border. The office of the U.S. Trade Representative says it will lift the tariffs retroactive to Sept. 1 because it expects Canadian exports to "normalize" over the […]
Sep 15 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The United States is standing down in its tariff dispute with Canada and lifting a 10 per cent levy on aluminum imported from north of the border. The office of the U.S. Trade Representative says it will lift the tariffs retroactive to Sept. 1 because it expects Canadian exports to "normalize" over the […]
Sep 15 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The United States is standing down in its tariff dispute with Canada and lifting a 10 per cent levy on aluminum imported from north of the border. The office of the U.S. Trade Representative says it will lift the tariffs retroactive to Sept. 1 because it expects Canadian exports to "normalize" over the […]
Sep 15 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON, Wash. — Donald Trump's tenure in the White House and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic have dragged Canadians' view of the United States to its lowest level in nearly 20 years, a new poll suggests. The Pew Research Center report released Tuesday finds a favourable view of the U.S. among only 35 per […]
Sep 15 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is a "climate arsonist" bent on watching the country burn, his Democratic challenger said Monday as climate change and presidential politics collided on the campaign trail. Joe Biden chose to exploit Trump's contempt for the climate crisis on a day when the U.S. president was en route to California for an […]
Sep 15 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is a "climate arsonist" bent on watching the country burn, his Democratic challenger said Monday as climate change and presidential politics collided on the campaign trail. Joe Biden chose to exploit Trump's contempt for the climate crisis on a day when the U.S. president was en route to California for an […]
Sep 11 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — North America's continental early warning system is ill-equipped for the global perils of the 21st century, Norad's deputy director of operations warned Friday as he showcased a new, data-driven system of machine learning that can wring new insights out of existing technology. U.S. air force Brig.-Gen. Peter Fesler and just-retired Norad commander Gen. Terrence […]
Sep 11 2020 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — North America's continental early warning system is ill-equipped for the global perils of the 21st century, Norad's deputy director of operations warned Friday as he showcased a new, data-driven system of machine learning that can wring new insights out of existing technology. U.S. air force Brig.-Gen. Peter Fesler and just-retired Norad commander Gen. Terrence […]