Trump's apparent joke about Canada becoming 51st state draws range of reaction in B.C.
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Revelations about a cheeky comment during a dinner meeting at president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort between Trump and Prime Justin Minister Trudeau last week are creating waves.
Revelations about a cheeky comment during a dinner meeting at president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort between Trump and Prime Justin Minister Trudeau last week are creating waves.
Fox News reported, citing anonymous sources, that Trump joked to Trudeau that if a 25 per cent tariff would kill Canada’s economy, meaning it can’t survive without “ripping off the U.S. to the tune of $100 billion” a year, then maybe Canada should become the 51st state.
The joke generated a buzz in Ottawa Tuesday. Some, including Public Safety Minister Dominic Leblanc, who was also at the dinner, downplayed the joke.
“The president was telling jokes; the president was teasing us,” said Leblanc Tuesday. “It was of course, on that issue, in no way a serious comment,” he said.
But the humour is not landing well on some British Columbian ears.
B.C. Conservative Finance critic, Peter Milobar, weighed in Tuesday. “Obviously, a very serious situation as it relates to the B.C. economy and how reliant we are on our exports,” he said.
B.C.’s minister of state for trade, Rick Glumac, tried his hand at comedy in response Tuesday.
Six suspects are facing a combined 30 charges after police say they busted a “violent” criminal network that was targeting luxury vehicles across the Greater Toronto Area and shipping them to Africa.
A fatal collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday is drawing attention to the strict protocols that pilots, groundcrew and air traffic controllers follow to land planes safely.
Epcor says a chlorinelike smell or taste to Edmonton’s water is the natural result of treating spring runoff and that the water is still safe to drink.
Almost 13 years after the City of Calgary suffered its historic flood, six properties along the city’s Elbow River are now being sold.
Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating an overnight shooting at a business in the city’s Cloverdale area.
Nearly 15,000 full-time equivalent positions will be cut in federal departments over the next three years, as part of the federal government’s plan to find $60 billion in savings by 2029.
Police in Timmins have released photos of an 18-year-old suspect wanted for shooting a man to death last November.
A crossing guard is being treated for serious injuries after he was struck by a vehicle during the morning commute in Barrhaven.
British Columbia’s river forecaster has rescinded the high streamflow advisories that covered southern parts of the province after heavy rains last week.
It’s an extra long March Break for some students in Nova Scotia following a spring snowfall.
Ontario to seize ownership of Toronto Island Airport lands and declare it is a special economic zone
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Saskatchewan’s highest court has dismissed an appeal in the case of a years-long land dispute between the Village of Buena Vista and local landowners.
A participant in the 18th Annual Montreal Lake Walleye Derby is alleged to have violated derby rules over the weekend.