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Canada revises express entry immigration rules, adds military roles
Published February 19, 2026 5:27am
TORONTO, Canada - Canada introduced new immigration priority categories on Wednesday to bring in skilled workers in fields ranging from research and health care to aviation, and to include certain military recruits.
The new categories align with Prime Minister Mark Carney's goals of broadly reducing the number of new permanent residents in Canada while recruiting skilled workers and scholars and boosting defense capabilities to lessen dependence on the United States.
The government said the shift was aimed at restoring immigration to sustainable levels while finding workers for key industries. Canada's government in recent years has sought to reduce the number of immigrants to ease strains on housing and social services.
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab said the 2026 changes to the...
U.S. trading partners cheer Supreme Court tariff ruling — but businesses must still navigate ‘murky waters’
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World leaders during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, in Alberta, Canada, June 17, 2025.
Amber Bracken |ReutersU.S. trading partners offered a cautious welcome to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday to strike down large parts of President Donald Trump's flagship trade policy on global tariffs — but global trade bodies warned of lingering uncertainty surrounding import levies.
The law that undergirds the import duties "does not authorize the President to impose tariffs," the majority ruled six to three in the long-awaited Supreme Court decision.
Hours after the ruling, Trump said he signed an executive order imposing a new 10% "global tariff". The "Section 122" tariffs will take effect "almost immediately," Trump said. At a White House press briefing Friday afternoon, Trump railed against the "deeply disappointing" 6-3 ruling.
Trump's tariff regime impacted a swathe of countries from the...
Canada announces new Russia sanctions as invasion of Ukraine hits 4 years
By Laura GillisGlobal NewsPosted February 24, 2026 4:13 pm
2 min read 3:39‘Four years of unbroken resistance’: Ukraine marks 4-year anniversary of Russian invasionThe daily national minute of silence for those killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine carried a heavier weight across Ukrainian cities Tuesday as the country marks the fourth anniversary of the war. While diplomacy efforts are ongoing, a resolution to the conflict hasn’t come to fruition.Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced new sanctions against Russia and financial support for Ukraine on Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.If we value democratic government, if we value the concept of territorial integrity, if we value state sovereignty, then we see Ukraines fight as part of a broader fight in defence of those...
