Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Danielle Groen
Publication Date: February 5, 2025 - 06:31
Morning Update: The barriers to buying Canadian
February 5, 2025
Good morning. There’s a wrinkle in the movement to Buy Canadian – more on that below, along with the late Aga Khan and Donald Trump’s vision for Gaza. But first:Today’s headlines
- Nearly one-third of the fentanyl tally cited by the U.S. is not connected to Canada
- Canada faces calls to suspend its asylum agreement with the U.S., saying Trump’s orders undermine migrants’ rights
- Provinces adopt early screening programs to fight falling literacy scores after signs of promise in Alberta
Unpublished Newswire
Canada has been given a 30-day reprieve from U.S. tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump, but that has done little to allay fears in the pharmaceutical realm.
February 5, 2025 - 12:55 | Saba Aziz | Global News - Canada
Canadian researchers who rely on funding from an American agency that saw some of its operations frozen last month due to an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump are breathing a sigh of relief after the pause was lifted Tuesday – but they’re not celebrating just yet.The move comes almost two weeks after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was ordered to pause reviewing proposals for funding research projects, which scientists and doctors say is critical to advance health research. Last year, over $40-million of NIH funding went towards Canadian projects.York University...
February 5, 2025 - 12:53 | Hannah Alberga | The Globe and Mail
Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney has pledged to hit Canada’s NATO defence spending target by the end of the decade – two years ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s schedule.“My government would work to reach two per cent of GDP in defence spending by the end of this decade, and pull our full weight in NATO,” Carney said Wednesday at a campaign event in Windsor, Ont.
February 5, 2025 - 12:49 | Kyle Duggan | The Globe and Mail
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