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Marilou Grenier stopped 14 shots as Canada defeated the United States 3-0 on Sunday to capture the gold medal at the world women’s under-18 hockey championship. CBC | Sports News
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Canada gets revenge on Czechs, to battle U.S. for gold supremacy at women’s U18 hockey worlds
The Canadian women advance to Sunday’s gold-medal game while getting revenge on the Czech Republic following a 4-2 win on Saturday in the semifinals at the women’s U18 hockey world championship in Finland. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. special counsel investigating Trump resigns after submitting report
U.S. special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on president-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal wrangling over how much of that document can be made public in the days ahead. CBC | World News
Read More »Ahead of Trump presidency, U.S. banks abandon Mark Carney climate initiative
All major U.S. banks have quit a climate initiative known as the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Formed in 2021 as a subgroup of a Mark Carney-led climate finance group, it now faces an uncertain future, even as Canadian and European banks remain for now. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump says U.S. doesn’t need Canadian cars, lumber or dairy. Consumers may not agree
Earlier this week, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump said his country ‘doesn’t need anything’ from Canada, its largest trading partner. But trade figures and some analysts suggest otherwise. CBC | World News
Read More »TikTok fights looming ban in U.S. Supreme Court. What you need to know
The company that owns TikTok goes to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to try to fend off a new law that would see the wildly popular social media app banned later this month. CBC | World News
Read More »Heated words about sovereignty and U.S. trade? Sounds a lot like 1988
Donald Trump’s repeated musings on seeing Canada become a part of the United States have not been warmly received in Ottawa. And he’s highlighted a persistent concern raised by some on this side of the border — fears that Canada faces potential risks to national sovereignty by getting too close to its southern neighbour. CBC | World News
Read More »Massive snowball fight brings cheer amid winter storm in U.S. capital
A major winter storm that hit the mid-Atlantic U.S. states on Monday caused federal offices and public schools in Washington, D.C., to shut down for the day. The DC Snowball Fight Association took the opportunity to transform a public park into ‘The Great Meridian Chill Battle of 2025,’ inviting residents to come out and chuck a few snowballs at each ...
Read More »Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. waters
President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling. CBC | World News
Read More »Meta to end fact-checking program on Facebook, Instagram in U.S.
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in the U.S. and replacing it with a system similar to the “Community Notes” on Elon Musk-owned X, the Facebook parent said on Tuesday. CBC | World News
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