Janyce McGregor

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's NDP government is set today to become the second province to sign on for a slice of the $1 billion federal school food program.

Kids like them because they're quieter and less stinky — plus, they don't have to worry about their ride to school contributing to climate change. Data even links riding e-buses to higher test scores. So why is only two per cent of Canada's school bus fleet electric?

The Canadian government appears set to push back against the explosive growth in Chinese electric vehicle imports by joining its allies in a tariff battle that risks triggering retaliation from Beijing.

The next Ontario community to share in Honda Canada’s $15-billion investment to establish a Canadian electric vehicle supply chain will be Port Colborne, in Niagara Region. Company executives are expected to join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the official announcement on Tuesday.

Never mind the fact that consumer sales have yet to live up to the superlatives: Honda is about to cast a massive vote of confidence in Canada’s electric vehicle sector. Here’s what we know so far and the questions that remain.

Fancy a sharp British Stilton? You may want to stock up before it’s too late. The interim agreement between Canada and the United Kingdom that kept tariff-free British cheeses on Canadian shelves even after Brexit is now set to expire at the end of 2023.

The Trudeau government is celebrating what it’s calling an absolute victory in its latest trade dispute with the United States over dairy imports.

Hundreds of South Koreans expected to work at the NextStar EV battery factory in Windsor, Ont., are legally eligible to work in Canada under a 2015 free trade agreement negotiated and implemented by Stephen Harper’s former Conservative government.

Canada left a major summit centred on Pacific economic development on the outside of a new U.S. initiative, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a group of 14 trading partners that concluded agreements this week on supply chain protections, lowering carbon emissions and fighting corruption.

Trade Minister Mary Ng suggested Wednesday that Canada won’t restart its trade talks with India until Narendra Modi’s government cooperates with the investigation into the murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Vancouver last June.

The old adage that says countries that trade with each other don’t go to war is being tested. If the U.S. and China can’t restore their diplomatic dialogue, it could set back the entire APEC summit. But for the Trudeau government, mending Canada’s relationships in Asia carries domestic political risks.

As political tensions with India remain at an all-time high, the Trudeau government is preparing to make some incremental progress with a key ally in its Indo-Pacific strategy — Japan.

Volga-Dnepr Airlines served notice Monday of its intent to initiate a formal dispute with the Canadian government over Ottawa’s seizure of an Antonov-124 cargo plane that’s been parked at Pearson airport ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine 18 months ago.

In an apparent snub, the Chinese government has left Canada off a list of countries approved as international travel destinations for tour groups — a decision that threatens to leave Canada’s travel industry at a competitive disadvantage as it continues its post-pandemic recovery.

Canada’s economic measures against Russia — which are meant to target the assets of wealthy oligarchs and government officials — are hitting the personal finances of people with no ties to the Putin regime, CBC News has learned.

With Mexico hosting the tenth edition of the North American Leaders’ Summit, the talks could have gone down like a strong margarita — cold, salty and hangover-inducing. Instead, the sun shone and the partners smiled their way to a regional relationship that’s proving resilient.

The North American Leaders’ Summit has grown larger and more formal since the original get-together of the ‘Three Amigos’ then-U.S. president George W. Bush hosted in Texas in 2005. As the current leaders gather this week in Mexico City, the global threats these regional partners must confront have also grown.

Redistributing Russian-owned assets to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction may sound like a logical approach to restitution, but as the Canadian government gains new powers to begin this process, questions remain about how it will work, and whether some issues are headed to court.

Canada’s dairy industry will soon be defending a new front, in its ongoing battle to preserve its supply management system in the face of international trade challenges.

Public Services and Procurement Canada has terminated two supply contracts with Supermax Healthcare Canada following allegations that the nitrile gloves it manufactured in Malaysia for use by Canadian health care workers were made with forced labour.