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Trump Wants to 'Get to the Bottom' of Canada Deal

He met with Carney on sidelines of G7 summit

(Newser) - President Trump is in Canada, the country he has talked about making the 51st state. Ahead of the Group of Seven summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Trump spoke with Prime Minister Mark Carney for around 70 minutes. The president told reporters that he hopes to "get to the bottom" of...

Israel-Iran Attacks Could Bump Trump's Tariffs Off G7 Agenda

'Everybody just wants to survive,' one observer says

(Newser) - Leaders of many of the world's biggest economic powers began arriving in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a Group of Seven summit, an event overshadowed by an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and President Trump's unresolved trade war with allies and rivals alike. Israel's strikes...

Views of US Sink in New World Poll
Views of US Sink
in New World Poll
Jun 12, 2025 12:40 PM CDT

Views of US Sink in New World Poll

And not just in Canada, per Pew Research Center

(Newser) - The United States' reputation has suffered not just in Canada but in most of the 24 countries polled in a new survey—which was largely completed before President Trump announced sweeping international tariffs in April. Pollsters with the nonprofit Pew Research Center asked more than 28,000 people in two...

One Stat Speaks Volumes About Canada's Wildfires

It's June, and the country has already topped its annual average for land burned

(Newser) - Not yet halfway through the year, Canada has already surpassed its annual average for land burned. With numerous wildfires burning across five provinces , more than 7.8 million acres have gone up in flames so far this year, according to Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre data, topping the 25-year annual...

Canadian Defies Odds, Wins 3rd Lottery Jackpot in a Year

'I am just grateful for all of it,' says David Serkin, who counts 4 lifetime wins

(Newser) - A retired cancer survivor in Canada has beaten the odds—again. David Serkin of Lethbridge, Alberta, has become a minor internet sensation after winning three separate lottery jackpots between August and May, collecting a total of about $1.8 million over his recent streak. The Western Canada Lottery Corporation...

Pregnant Women 'Bearing the Burden' of Measles Outbreak

Pregnant measles patients have a 10-fold higher risk of death, study finds

(Newser) - Pregnant women are "bearing the burden" of the huge measles outbreak in Canada, Dr. Catherine Varner, an expert on emergency care for pregnant patients, writes in a Canadian Medical Journal Association editorial. "Pregnant people with measles are at higher risk of pneumonia, hepatitis, and hospitalization and have a...

Smoke From Canada Wildfires Has Crossed the Atlantic

The UK's skies are painted orange

(Newser) - One small benefit to the devastating wildfires ripping through Canada? "Captivating sunset and sunrise" some 4,000 miles away. As the BBC reports, smoke from the Canadian wildfires made its way to the UK over the weekend, scattering the blue wavelengths of sunlight in the atmosphere to give the...

Baby Dies Amid Canada Measles Outbreak

Premature baby was born to unvaccinated mother

(Newser) - A baby born prematurely to an unvaccinated mother has become the first measles patient to die in a measles outbreak that started in Canada last year. The infant died in Ontario, where nearly 2,000 cases have been reported, more than in the Texas and New Mexico outbreak, reports AFP...

Half of Canada's Wildfires Are 'Out of Control'

In some cases, officials are simply watching the land go up in smoke

(Newser) - The equivalent of 4 million football fields have been consumed by fire in Canada, where 203 wildfires were active Wednesday. About 68 are contained and another 24 are likely to be contained, but half are considered "out of control." Most are expected to keep growing even as firefighters...

Trump's Punishing Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Kick In
Trump's Punishing
Steel, Aluminum
Tariffs Kick In
the rundown
Jun 4, 2025 7:53 AM CDT

Trump's Punishing Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Kick In

President announced jump from 25% to 50% on Friday

(Newser) - Steel and aluminum imports into the US just got hit with a heavy blow, with President Trump doubling tariffs to 50% at 12:01am Wednesday and challenging America's trading partners to strike last-minute deals or face stiffer penalties in July. The heightened duties, which CNN reports were announced...

Wildfires Drive Evacuations in 3 Provinces

Air quality worsens in portions of states along the border

(Newser) - More than 25,000 residents in three Canadian provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air quality in parts of the country, as well as the US, according to officials. Most of the evacuated residents were from Manitoba, which declared a state of emergency...

Friday Could Be a Smoky One for the Midwest

Wildfires in Canada are pushing smoke down into Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan

(Newser) - Wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have led to a state of emergency and the evacuation of around 17,000 residents in Manitoba, in what that province's premier is calling its largest evacuation in recent memory. What that means for the United States: Friday and Saturday are going to...

RFK Jr. Pleads for Ostriches Awaiting Death in Canada

US officials back family in seeking to prevent cull of 400 birds exposed to avian

(Newser) - US officials have offered to assist a Canadian farm fighting to keep its flock of 400 ostriches alive, though a cull may be coming regardless. The Universal Ostrich farm in southeastern British Columbia was ordered to cull its flock after an outbreak of avian flu killed 69 birds in December...

Canadian Province Declares Wildfire Emergency

Manitoba blazes force 17K evacuations

(Newser) - With wildfires raging across western Canada, Manitoba has declared a province-wide state of emergency and ordered the biggest evacuation in decades. "I can tell you everybody has to be out by midnight, and that includes me," the mayor of Flin Flon, population 5,000, told the CBC on...

Trump: Canada Still 'Considering' Statehood

By joining the US, Canada will get Golden Dome for free, he says

(Newser) - Canada's participation in President Trump's $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense project will cost the country $61 billion—or nothing, Trump announced Tuesday. As King Charles III told Canada's Parliament that a "confident Canada" can "give themselves far more than any foreign power can ever...

Murderer's Bail Breach Costs Her Mom Dearly

Yun Lu 'Lucy' Li's mom will have to forfeit half the bail she pledged

(Newser) - It's a wild footnote to the story of Yun Lu "Lucy" Li, who is serving a life sentence in Canada for murder and attempted murder of her business partners: Her mom has to pay up $1 million because Li breached her bail terms years ago. As the...

King: Canada Is Facing a 'Critical Moment'

The 'True North is indeed strong and free,' he says in speech opening Parliament

(Newser) - King Charles III said Canada is facing unprecedented challenges in a world that's never been more dangerous as he opened the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday with a speech widely viewed as a show of support in the face of annexation threats by US. Trump's repeated suggestion that the...

King Arrives in Canada
King Arrives in Canada
May 26, 2025 5:17 PM CDT

King Arrives in Canada

Charles drops puck to start street hockey match on first day of brief visit

(Newser) - King Charles III dropped a ceremonial puck to start a street hockey game on the first day of a visit to Canada intended to emphasize the country's sovereignty. The king—Canada's head of state—also took part in a tree-planting ceremony after arriving in Ottawa on Monday, the...

How Eliminating the Penny Will Change Cash Transactions

They'll be rounded to the nearest nickel once banks run out of rolls

(Newser) - America's penny is facing its final minting days as the US Treasury sets plans to halt production in early 2026. But don't expect the coin to vanish right away. The roughly 114 billion pennies already out there—enough to fill a 13-story cube, per estimates—will stick...

Canada's New Leverage With Trump: Golden Dome

President's hope for a missile-defense system requires cooperation from Canada

(Newser) - President Trump unveiled his plans this week to put up a missile-defense system to protect the continent. And given that the continent includes Canada, Politico points out that America's neighbor to the north suddenly has leverage with Trump.
  • "(W)hether he realizes it or not, Trump suddenly finds himself
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