Paul Vieira
Wall Street Journal
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Canada’s Ports on the Pacific Coast Hit With Dockworkers Strike
Business groups in the country warn that the walkout could reverberate across the U.S. and the rest of the continent. → Read More
Google to Block Canada News Links From Search Function in Response to Law
The company said it would remove the links in its search function for Canadian users once a new national law takes effect that compels digital platforms to compensate domestic media outlets. → Read More
Canada Wildfires Rage as Blazes Get Bigger Across the World
Arctic region has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the world, increasing the risk of fire in Northern Hemisphere forests. → Read More
Housing Boom Fades World-Wide as Interest Rates Climb
Rising interest rates are slamming the brakes on a global housing boom, heaping extra pressure on central banks as they try to tame inflation without triggering deep downturns in their economies. → Read More
Bank of Canada Surprises With Full-Point Rate Rise to Combat Inflation
The move lifted the central bank’s target for the overnight rate to 2.5% from 1.5%, the biggest onetime increase since 1998. → Read More
Canada’s Rogers Communications Restores Wireless, Internet Service
Rogers says it has restored internet and wireless services following a roughly daylong outage that hampered electronic-banking and debit-card transactions across the country. → Read More
Rogers Network Outage Disrupts Canada Internet Access, Bank Transactions
The telecommunications provider, one of Canada’s largest, said it was working to restore service but didn’t comment on the cause of the outage. → Read More
Canada’s Inflation Surge Continues, Boosting Expectations for Big Rate Rise
Annual inflation in Canada accelerated in May toward 8%, reaching a nearly four-decade high and all but locking in market expectations that the country’s central bank will raise rates by three quarters of a percentage point in July. → Read More
Canada to Compel YouTube, TikTok and Streamers to Boost Domestic Content
Canada approved legislation that targets what video- and audio-sharing platforms can broadcast to a Canadian audience, as the country follows in Europe’s footsteps in imposing a heftier regulatory burden on the digital sector. → Read More
Canada Plans Billions in Military Spending to Counter Russia Threat in Arctic
Move would deliver on a promise to the U.S. to modernize Ottawa’s capabilities to help defend the continent. → Read More
Canada to Ban Purchase, Sale of Handguns in New Gun Control Measures
Canada will compel owners of banned semiautomatic firearms to sell their weapons to the government, starting at the end of this year. → Read More
Canada Receives Roadmap for Fixing Sexual-Misconduct Behavior in Its Military
A new report provides officials with many recommendations on eradicating sexual assault and harassment in the nation’s military. → Read More
Canada to Ban 5G Equipment From China’s Huawei, ZTE
The decision follows a yearslong security review disrupted by geopolitical tension between Ottawa and Beijing. → Read More
Canada’s $16 Billion Rogers-Shaw Telecom Deal at Risk Over Antitrust Concerns
Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications, two of Canada’s wireless, TV and internet providers, said an antitrust watchdog intends to block their planned $16 billion merger and they would fight it in court. → Read More
Bank of Canada’s Macklem Says Half-Point Rate Rise Will Be in Play in June Decision
After a half-point increase earlier this month, Tiff Macklem says the central bank is ready to use its tools ‘forcefully, if needed’ to slow inflation that hit 6.7% in March. → Read More
Bank of Canada Increases Interest Rates by Half-Percentage Point, Biggest Jump in Decades
Officials make a substantial upward revision to their inflation outlook, saying interest rates have further to climb until the consumer-price index moves closer to 2% → Read More
Pope Francis Apologizes for Abuse of Indigenous Canadian Children at Catholic-Run Schools
The pontiff asked forgiveness for the abuse and said he would travel to Canada, answering a demand that has become especially urgent since the possible discovery of unmarked graves at the schools last year. → Read More
Canada Secures Subsidized Child-Care Deal
The move is a win for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s progressive agenda with plans to deliver $8-a-day child care. → Read More
Canada’s Trudeau Strikes Deal With Rival to Prop Up Minority Government
A smaller left-wing party agrees to support the ruling Liberals until June 2025, in exchange for implementing progressive policy items. → Read More
Canada’s Trudeau Faces Fallout After Trucker Protest
Prime minister’s approval ratings fall with public and lawmakers put off by divisive language about demonstrations against Covid-19 mandates. → Read More