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Justice Department reaches deal to allow Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes

Justice Department reaches deal to allow Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S.
Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as his trade war intensifies

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as his trade war intensifies

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well a 25% tariff on smart phones unless those products are made in America .
Why Canada hosts more old passenger jets than any other country — by far

Why Canada hosts more old passenger jets than any other country — by far

MONTREAL — Each morning, travellers and cargo take off from Montreal’s Trudeau airport for a 1,600-kilometre flight to Puvirnituq in northern Quebec aboard a nearly 50-year-old Air Inuit plane.
Calgary woman dies after being run over in Wendy's drive-thru: police

Calgary woman dies after being run over in Wendy's drive-thru: police

CALGARY — Police say a woman has died after she was run over in a Calgary restaurant drive-thru. Officers say the woman in her 70s was walking across a Wendy's drive-thru lane Thursday, when it's believed she tripped and fell.
Ontario to require defibrillators on construction sites

Ontario to require defibrillators on construction sites

Ontario is planning to require certain construction sites to have automatic external defibrillators.
Statistics Canada reports retail sales up 0.8 per cent in March at $69.8 billion

Statistics Canada reports retail sales up 0.8 per cent in March at $69.8 billion

OTTAWA — Retail sales rose 0.8 per cent to $69.8 billion in March, helped by an increase in new car sales as Canadians looked to get behind a new set of wheels before tariffs started to raise prices.
Vermilion Energy selling assets in Saskatchewan and Manitoba for $415 million

Vermilion Energy selling assets in Saskatchewan and Manitoba for $415 million

CALGARY — Vermilion Energy Inc. has signed a deal to sell a group of assets in Saskatchewan and Manitoba for $415 million. The company says it will use the net proceeds from the sale to repay debt.
Manitoba Tory loses critic duties but remains in caucus after ethics probe

Manitoba Tory loses critic duties but remains in caucus after ethics probe

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Opposition leader Obby Khan stripped a Progressive Conservative caucus member of his critic duties Thursday, as questions continued to swirl about the former government’s actions related to a proposed silica sand mine.
April home sales slow with high mortgage rates, prices, putting chill into spring buying season

April home sales slow with high mortgage rates, prices, putting chill into spring buying season

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in April, as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices discouraged prospective homebuyers during what’s traditionally the busiest time of the year for the housing market. Existing home sales dropped 0.
Stellantis postponing production of Dodge Charger Daytona R/T for 2026 model year

Stellantis postponing production of Dodge Charger Daytona R/T for 2026 model year

Automaker Stellantis is postponing production of the Dodge Charger Daytona R/T at its assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., for the 2026 model year, saying it continues to assess the effects of U.S. tariff policies.