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There's an Olympic Skeleton Controversy Afoot

Katie Uhlaender, a skeleton veteran, claims Canada tried to manipulate the system

(Newser) - Katie Uhlaender thought she'd raced her way into a sixth Olympics; instead, she's on the outside asking for a rule change. The 41-year-old US skeleton veteran says she was effectively knocked out of contention for the Milan Cortina Games after a Lake Placid qualifying event earlier this month...

Canada's Carney: I Meant What I Said About the US

Canadian leader denies walking back criticism of 'hegemony,' as Scott Bessent asserts

(Newser) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's not retreating from his much-talked-about speech in Davos, no matter what the US Treasury secretary thinks. "To be absolutely clear—and I said this to the president—I meant what I said in Davos," Carney told reporters Tuesday, reports Politico...

Canada's Marineland Whales Likely Headed to US

Threatened Marineland animals conditionally approved for relocation to US aquariums

(Newser) - Canada's remaining captive whales appear to have avoided euthanasia after Ottawa agreed in principle to allow a shuttered theme park and zoo to ship them to aquariums in the United States, CBS News reports. Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson said Monday she has given conditional approval for export permits covering...

Canada's Carney: Trump Threats Part of Negotiating

US president raised the prospect of 100% tariff

(Newser) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday some of President Trump's threats should be viewed as prepositioning ahead of negotiations to renew the free trade pact between the two large trading partners, per the AP . Carney noted they are entering a review of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement this year and...

Trump: I'll Sock Canada With 100% Tariffs Over China Deal

US president threatens retaliation after PM Mark Carney's announcement of trade agreement

(Newser) - President Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor goes ahead with its China trade deal. Trump said in a social media post that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "thinks he is going to make Canada a...

Skier Survives Dangerous 'Deep Slab' Avalanche

Video of incident in Canada's Banff National Park shared as warning to backcountry skiers

(Newser) - A skier in Banff National Park came frighteningly close to disaster this week, yet walked away without a scratch. Parks Canada says the backcountry skier triggered a "Size 2" avalanche—one massive enough to "bury, injure, or kill a person," per Avalanche Canada —on Tuesday on...

Trump Pulls Canada's Board of Peace Invite

Move comes after Carney pushed back against criticism

(Newser) - President Trump has rescinded his invitation for Canada to join the "Board of Peace" he unveiled Thursda y at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In a Truth Social post addressed to Prime Minister Mark Carney Thursday evening, Trump said: "Please let this Letter serve to represent that...

Canada's Unexpected Hot Export: A Gay Hockey Romance

Bell Media's sexy series Heated Rivalry is a huge hit on both sides of the border

(Newser) - Canada's largest media company has scored a hit nobody saw coming: a gay hockey romance with intimate sex scenes that begin just 13 minutes into episode one. Heated Rivalry , a six-episode drama about two feuding pro players who can't stay out of each other's beds, has become...

Carney at Davos: World's 'Old Order Is Not Coming Back'

He says the world is 'in the midst of a rupture, not a transition'

(Newser) - Canada's prime minister went to Davos and warned about the "breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint." Speaking at the World Economic Forum,...

Canada Reaches 'Landmark' Trade Deal With China

Mark Carney is trying to reduce dependence on US

(Newser) - Canada's prime minister is betting a trade deal with Beijing is worth a fight with Washington. Mark Carney, on a visit to Beijing, announced a "preliminary but landmark" deal that will reopen Canada's market to Chinese-made EVs, reversing tariffs that effectively shut them out in 2025. Ottawa...

Cops: Mastermind of 'Project 24 Karat' Arrested in Toronto

Suspected ringleader said to have moved 6.6K stolen gold bars worth $15M in 2023 heist

(Newser) - Canada's biggest gold robbery just looped back to where it began. Police on Monday arrested a man they describe as one of the brains behind the 2023 Pearson International Airport heist as he stepped off a flight from Dubai at the Toronto airport. Peel Regional Police say 43-year-old Arsalan...

China Wants Canada to Get Out From Under America's Wing

State-run outlet encourages 'strategic autonomy' as PM Mark Carney visits Beijing

(Newser) - As Canadian leader Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime US ally away from their rival, at least a bit. China's state media is calling on the Canadian government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United States—...

Iconic Canadian Whisky Mulls Move to US, Stirs Up Brouhaha

Ontario premier Doug Ford says he'll pull Crown Royal from shelves over the apparent plan

(Newser) - Ontario's premier says he's pulling one of Canada's best-selling whiskies from store shelves over alleged plans to move production to Alabama. Doug Ford said this week he is "100%" ready to banish Crown Royal from shelves run by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, telling rye...

Canada Can't Decide Whether to Let This Woman Die

Country keeps punting on whether to extend medical aid in dying to those with mental illness

(Newser) - Canada's right-to-die debate has a face, and it belongs to a 48-year-old comedian who wants to be permitted a peaceful death. Toronto's Claire Brosseau has a life studded with goodness: a loving family, a comedy career that's taken her to big stages, and a tiny dog named...

Skier Dies After Falling Into Pile of Fresh, Deep Snow

Toronto woman, 47, may have suffocated after immersion accident in Banff National Park

(Newser) - A ski trip in Alberta's Banff National Park turned fatal over the weekend for a 47-year-old woman from Toronto. Sunshine Village Ski Resort says the woman was skiing on Saturday afternoon on Banff Avenue, a beginner-rated green run on the lower mountain, when she plunged into a pocket of...

FBI Seizes $40M in Motorcycles Tied to Fugitive Ex-Olympian

Collection is seized in Mexico amid global manhunt for snowboarder Ryan Wedding

(Newser) - The FBI says it just found what looks like a drug boss' dream garage. US officials announced Monday that Mexican authorities seized a cache of high-end motorcycles—estimated to be worth around $40 million—and say the collection is tied to Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder now accused of...

Team Canada Apologizes for an International Snub

Junior hockey team skipped traditional handshake after beating the Czech team

(Newser) - Powerhouse Canada is off to a 2-0 start in the world juniors tournament, but it's come with some controversy. The team issued a formal apology after players skated off the ice following a 7-5 win over Czechia, forgoing the traditional post-game handshake, reports USA Today . What's more, team...

Annette Dionne and Her Sisters Lived Childhoods on Display

Last of the Dionne quintuplets was 91

(Newser) - Annette Dionne, who was part of one of the world's most famous set of siblings—a life they described resentfully as being "at the center of a circus"—has died. She was the last surviving Dionne quintuplet, the New York Times reports. Annette Dionne was 91 and...

Canada's Population Sees Rare Dip Over International Students

Numbers fell 0.2% in Q3 after Ottawa moved to tamp down on study permits for foreigners

(Newser) - Canada just experienced something it almost never does: Its population shrank. Statistics Canada says the country's head count slipped 0.2% in Q3, or about 76,000 people, to 41.6 million. The numbers haven't seen a dip like this since 2020, when COVID border rules froze movement,...

It's a Rare 'Feel-Good Story' About Polar Bears

Canadian mother bear found to have adopted a cub that isn't hers

(Newser) - With much of the polar bear population expected to vanish within the next 25 years , researchers say it's nice to see the animals are looking out for each other. Researchers stationed near Churchill, Manitoba, recently witnessed something they almost never see: a mother bear with a cub that isn'...

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