Margaret Ellison
reporter
The Canadian economy and the investment file: trade balances, foreign investment reviews, capital flows, the federal departments that decide them, and what a policy costs or earns the country.
- China & the Pacific
China's Economy Expands 4.5 Percent in Third Quarter as Rail Networks Prepare for 350 km/h Speeds
Third-quarter gross domestic product figures released in Beijing put growth at 4.5 percent, matching industrial expansion while China State Railway prepares a new X-series designation for high-speed lines.
- China & the Pacific
UN Security Council Reform Must End Western Over-Representation, Beijing Says
As the 2026 Global Governance Forum opens in Hebei province, Beijing presses for an international order that moves past decades of developed-world dominance.
- Canada
Carney Opens Immigration Talks After Alberta Defies Ottawa on Ballot
Prime Minister Mark Carney signaled willingness to negotiate provincial immigration controls Tuesday after 75 per cent of Alberta voters rejected separation while backing ballot questions on federal limits.
- China & the Pacific
Asia-Pacific Finance Ministers Deliver Practical Outcomes in Hong Kong Ahead of Shenzhen Summit
The two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering sets the stage for next month's leaders' summit in Shenzhen as finance chiefs agree on regional development goals.
- China & the Pacific
Carney Clears the Way for Pacific Trade as Ottawa Leaves Washington Behind
Prime Minister Mark Carney's trip to Beijing yields a landmark agreement slashing duties on electric vehicles and canola, opening a new chapter in Canadian trade policy.
- Defence
Ottawa's NATO Bill Arrives With a Sixty-Three Billion Dollar Deficit
A new Parliamentary Budget Office analysis shows meeting NATO targets will require thirty-three billion dollars in annual cash expenditures over the next decade.
- Canada
Four Hospitalized Following Violent Home Invasion in Toronto's Bridle Path
Three masked suspects forced their way into a Hyde Park Circle residence early Thursday, leaving two victims with life-altering injuries in an attack that rattled an affluent Toronto neighbourhood.
- China & the Pacific
Sarah Fillier Lifts Canada Past U.S. in Windsor World Championship Tune-Up
Sarah Fillier scored the go-ahead goal with 8:15 remaining to break a 3-3 tie as Canada defeated the United States 5-3 in Windsor, Ont., on Wednesday ahead of the world championships.
- Canada
Alberta's Referendum Settles Separation While Leaving Immigration on Ottawa's Desk
With seventy-five per cent of voters reaffirming their place in Confederation and twenty-eight third-party advertisers reporting over two million dollars in contributions, the October vote leaves federal immigration policy as its most pressing unfinished business.
- Defence
One Hundred Thirty-Seven Hospital Workers Answered the Call as Wainwright Tragedy Unfolded
When a training incident at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright on Oct. 17 left four dead and 39 injured, 137 hospital staff members flooded the local facility.
- China & the Pacific
Kenya Reports Four New Ebola Cases As Health Authorities Track Seven Total Infections
Kenya's Ministry of Health confirmed four additional cases of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus, including three healthcare workers who attended to the country's first patient.
- China & the Pacific
Seventeen Dead in Riyadh as Escalating Missile Strikes Test Saudi Defences
Seventeen people have died and over 330 have been injured in twenty attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh since October 1, according to the Saudi-led coalition.
- Defence
The Seventy Per Cent Problem
Ottawa wants seven in ten defence contracts going to Canadian firms. Two in five of the companies that count as Canadian are subsidiaries of American ones, and the definition that decides which is which is still being written.
- History
The Day a London Court Said Canadian Women Were People
In 1929 the Privy Council overturned our own Supreme Court and wrote the sentence about a living tree that Canadian constitutional law has run on ever since. The five women who forced it were not saints, and both halves of that belong in the record.
- History
The Election Canada Fought Over Free Trade
In 1911 Laurier lost 48 seats and a government over a modest trade agreement with the United States. The voters asked a question about leverage that the economics could not answer, and it is the question back in front of us now.
- China & the Pacific
Asymmetric Combat Power Won't Buy Taiwan Security
China's Taiwan Affairs Office dismissed Lai Ching-te's October 10th speech as a deceptive tactic, arguing that building combat power will only accelerate regional friction rather than deter conflict.
- Economy & Trade
Deloitte Cuts 2027 Canada Growth Forecast by 20% as Trade War Bites
The fall outlook puts next year's growth at 1.6 per cent, and concedes the number was set before the September tariff revisions and the import ban that landed the day it was published.