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Genius dealmaker, or gullible rube? Washington weighs Trump's deal with Canada; President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb\. 4, 2025, in Washington\.

Genius dealmaker, or gullible rube? Washington weighs Trump's deal with Canada

February 6 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

The reaction in Washington to the Canada-U.S. deal to pause tariffs is as polarized as the politics. To those on the U.S. right, Trump is a negotiating genius who achieved big wins. To the left, he's a self-obsessed sucker who got duped by old promises in fresh paint. But most don't know what's in the plan. Canadians should.

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Her brother was killed during the war in Gaza. She promised she would bring him home; Talaba says she waited the entire war for this moment to be able to take Khaled, Khalil and Ibrahim to the Sheikh Radwan cemetery in Gaza City near their home\.

Her brother was killed during the war in Gaza. She promised she would bring him home

February 6 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Shireen Talaba and her brother, Khaled, were displaced from their Gaza City home to Khan Younis when the war began. When Khaled and two of their cousins were killed, Shireen vowed that when the war ended, she would find a way to bring their bodies home.

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Canada Post laying off dozens of managers amid shaky financial future; Canada Post vehicles sit covered in snow at a distribution facility after a strike that has lasted more than four weeks, in Ottawa on December 13, 2024\. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Canada Post laying off dozens of managers amid shaky financial future

February 6 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Canada's national mail carrier is laying off nearly 50 managers to save money, CBC News has learned. The job cuts include firing the company's chief financial officer last month — and dozens of layoff notices are going out this week.

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P.E.I. tourism industry hopes new animated Anne series will bring back Japanese visitors ; The new animated series Anne Shirley will begin airing in April on the NHK network in Japan\.

P.E.I. tourism industry hopes new animated Anne series will bring back Japanese visitors 

February 6 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. EST • :

The number of Japanese visitors to P.E.I. has never returned to the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, but some tourism operators hope a new animated series about Anne of Green Gables — and the attention it's getting in Japan — will help.

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Former soldier upset with $150-million class-action racism settlement; Wallace Fowler was one of the original plaintiffs of the systemic racism class action that dates back to Dec\. 2016\. He said he is opting out of the claims process after seeing the final settlement agreement\.

Former soldier upset with $150-million class-action racism settlement

February 6 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. EST • :

A man who helped start a class-action lawsuit claiming systemic racism in the Canadian Armed Forces is opting out of the final agreement. Wallace Fowler says the individual payments up to $35,000 don't go far enough.

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WATCH | #TheMoment rescued baby sea otters saw snow for the first time; Vancouver Aquarium senior marine mammal trainer Nadine Trottier recounts the moment rescued baby sea otters experienced snow for the first time and frolicked with the snowman she made for them\.  

February 5 , 2025 at 08:43:57 a.m. EST • :

WATCH | #TheMoment rescued baby sea otters saw snow for the first time

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Trump's trade threats are just the beginning; U\.S\. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after stepping off Air Force One upon his return to Washington at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Feb\. 2, 2025\.  

February 6 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Trump's trade threats are just the beginning

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What does the demise of USAID mean for Canada and Western allies?; Demonstrators and lawmakers rally against President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk as they disrupt the federal government, including dismantling the U\.S\. Agency for International Development, which administers foreign aid approved by Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb\. 5, 2025\.  

February 6 , 2025 at 04:00:02 a.m. EST • :

What does the demise of USAID mean for Canada and Western allies?

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#TheMoment a Manitoba family deployed googly-eyed hockey sticks to poke fun at Trump; Shannon Proudfoot, Aaron Maciejko, and KJ de Groot recount the moment googly-eyed hockey sticks were stuck in a snowbank to poke fun at Donald Trump and his demand for 24/7 eyes on the border\.  

February 5 , 2025 at 10:27:40 p.m. EST • :

#TheMoment a Manitoba family deployed googly-eyed hockey sticks to poke fun at Trump

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There's a 1.9% chance a big asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Scientists say don't worry about it; This May 18, 1969 photo provided by NASA shows Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the moon\.  

February 6 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

There's a 1.9% chance a big asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Scientists say don't worry about it

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February 5 , 2025 at 06:56:27 p.m. EST • :

The 2026 Olympics are one year away — here are 10 Canadians to watch

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February 5 , 2025 at 04:37:12 p.m. EST • :

Trump's takeover proposal condemned in Gaza, celebrated in Israel

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February 5 , 2025 at 06:47:25 p.m. EST • :

One dead and 15 in custody after RCMP respond to recent Prairies border crossings

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February 5 , 2025 at 02:06:42 p.m. EST • :

Killings of 2 men, 2 women on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation may have been targeted: Sask. RCMP

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February 5 , 2025 at 09:00:12 a.m. EST • :

Pioneering brain surgery gives B.C. woman her voice back

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