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Canada has suspended service at eight of the nine ferry terminals near the U.S.-Canadian border, including those near Washington state.

When the United States abandoned the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to embrace the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), it did so under the premise of crafting a better trade arrangement for itself. Established in 1994, NAFTA created a trilateral trade bloc that encouraged commerce between nations. But critics have accused it of encouraging the offshoring of U.S. jobs and dramatically suppressing wages — particularly within the automotive and manufacturing sect...

  SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- While Canada’s cruise ship ban is ending months ahead of schedule, large passenger vessels aren’t expected to enter Maritime harbours until 2022. “We’ve got a schedule next year, right now, of 70 cruise ships with 188,000 passengers,” says Andrew Dixon, vice president of trade and business development at the Port of Saint John. Dixon says the port’s goal is to keep that schedule in tact. “We’ll obviously be going out to the cruise lines now looking t...

At 34, centre back Steven Vitoria is the greybeard of the Canadian soccer team as it prepares for World Cup qu...

At 34, centre back Steven Vitoria is the greybeard of the Canadian soccer team as it prepares for World Cup qualifying matches against Aruba and Suriname.

Choosing the university you want to attend as an undergraduate student can be a very long and difficult process — international students, such as myself, face a much longer process.  We have a lot more requirements to fill in comparison to domestic students.  First and foremost, we have to worry about our home countries’ education systems being structured differently than the Canadian system, subsequently requiring us to take the appropriate courses to be eligible to apply to universities...

While Canada’s vaccine supply is growing, so is speculation about and pushback against requiring vaccinations on campuses.  Last week, the University of Western Ontario was the first major Canadian post-secondary institution to announce its intention to implement a mandatory vaccination policy for all students planning to live in residence this fall.  Queen’s should do the same. Western also stated that students who must opt out for reasons protected under the Human Rights Code can do so ...

This month marks seven years, what does this mean for India and the rest of the world?

Marcus Kolga: Russia's latest seabed claim reaches right to Canada's Arctic doorstep—an intimidating gesture that critics like Garry Kasparov urge Ottawa to stand up to

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