National News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsidy.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country's premiers will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the threat of steep new U.S. tariffs. The meeting will be held virtually at 5 p.m., the Prime Minister's Office said.

OTTAWA — The federal government is barring a company previously co-owned by a Liberal MP and former minister from bidding on contracts with the federal government.

OTTAWA — Canada's financial intelligence agency says it is modernizing with the aim of providing valuable information to police and security officials in real time — or as close to that goal as it can get.

VANCOUVER — Tourism body Destination Vancouver says Taylor Swift will bring an estimated $157 million economic impact to the city next week with the three final concert dates of the record-breaking Eras Tour.

OTTAWA — Canada is considering a number of measures at the American border including additional resources, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday in response to Donald Trump's threat to impose steep tariffs on Canadian imports into the U.S.

The mothers of two teenage girls who were tortured and murdered by Paul Bernardo made emotional pleas at a Parole Board of Canada hearing Tuesday to keep the notorious killer and rapist behind bars, as he makes his third attempt to secure a release.

MONTREAL — Montreal's police chief says it's "impossible" for protest organizers to prevent people bent on violence from infiltrating demonstrations.

TORONTO — Canadian business leaders say Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods would be a "lose-lose" scenario in which local companies face pressure to lower their costs while their American counterparts pay more.

HALIFAX — A delayed start in voting at one poll outside Halifax means that results of the Nova Scotia provincial election will be published an hour later than planned tonight.