Wednesday, November 27th, 2024
Lucky Taylor Swift fan nabs 2 tickets in Vancouver for $16.50 each – but there’s a catch
A few lucky Taylor Swift fans in Vancouver managed to grab seats for the hottest ticket in town on Monday — the pop star’s last three shows of her Eras Tour— for $16.50 each. Given that tickets to the record-breaking tour are being resold for tens of thousands of dollars, one fan who scooped two cheap tickets — one for herself and one for her grandmother — just a week before the concerts called it a “crazy adrenaline rush.” The catch? They’re all behind the stage with next to no view. But for EmeRead more
Judge dismisses election interference case against Donald Trump at prosecutors’ request
Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. The decision was inevitable, since longstanding U.S. Justice Department policy says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. Yet it was still a momentous finale to an unprecedented chapter in political and law enforcement history, as federal officials attempted to hold accountable a former president while he wasRead more
Trump’s tariffs would crush Canada’s economy. Why some industry leaders are calling his bluff
Donald Trump’s threat of a 25 per cent tariff on imported goods would have a devastating impact on Canada’s economy. But some Canadian workers, industry leaders and economists aren’t convinced they’ll actually be implemented. In a social media post Trump made Monday evening, the proposed tariffs were framed as a warning to the U.S.’s primary trading partners that “they will pay a very big price,” unless both Canada and Mexico take aggressive action to tighten border security. But analysts and those working in impacted industries say the mutually beneficial nature of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship, worthRead more
Jamieson Greer is Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. trade rep in coming administration
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose trade lawyer Jamieson Greer as his new U.S. trade representative, elevating a key veteran of his first-term trade war against China to execute a sweeping tariff agenda that promises to upend global trade. “Jamieson will focus the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on reining in the Country’s massive Trade Deficit, defending American Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Services, and opening up Export Markets everywhere,” Trump said in a statement. Greer, 44, served as chief of staff to Trump’s former U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer, the architect of Trump’sRead more