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Citing Trump, Carney Calls Snap Election

Earlier vote could help Liberals capitalize on anti-Trump sentiment

(Newser) - Against the backdrop of a trade war with the US and President Trump's talk of a takeover, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election. Carney, who was elected by the Liberal Party earlier this month, wants the election to be held on April 28 instead...

Plane That Flipped in Toronto Dropped 'Much Too Fast'
In Toronto Plane Flip,
Another Clue
Mar 21, 2025 6:24 AM CDT

In Toronto Plane Flip, Another Clue

Preliminary report from Canada's TSB shows Delta flight descended at high rate of speed

(Newser) - Some more insight is now available into what may have led a Delta plane to flip over upon landing last month in Toronto, via a preliminary report released Thursday by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. NBC News notes that although the report didn't pin down a definitive cause...

Report: Canada Will Hold Election Next Month

Trump says he doesn't care that his policies may have helped PM Mark Carney's Liberal Party

(Newser) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will trigger an early election on Sunday for an expected vote on April 28, a government official said Thursday, a decision that was made as the country faces a trade war and sovereignty threats from President Trump. The official, who wasn't authorized to publicly...

Canada Says China Has Executed 4 Canadians

Dual citizens were executed this year despite top-level pleas for leniency, Canada's foreign minister says

(Newser) - Canada's foreign affairs minister says China executed four Canadian citizens earlier this year despite the intervention of herself and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Mélanie Joly said the four Canadians were dual citizens and faced "charges linked to criminal activities, according to China, linked to drugs,"...

Canadian Recounts Border Ordeal: I Felt 'Kidnapped'

Jasmine Mooney was detained for nearly 2 weeks over her visa application

(Newser) - Amid all the friction between the US and Canada at the moment, 35-year-old Jasmine Mooney has inadvertently become a very public face of it. Mooney, a Canadian national, was detained for 12 days by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over an issue with her visa application, reports the New York Times ...

Canada's PM Sends Message With His First Foreign Visit

Mark Carney heads to France, not the traditional Washington, DC

(Newser) - New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday during his first official overseas trip, seeking support from one of Ottawa's oldest allies as President Trump attacks Canada's sovereignty and economy. Macron and Carney did not take journalists' questions ahead of the talks,...

As Canadians Cancel US Trips, 'Hurt Is What Comes Through'

Regular tourists write notes explaining why they won't visit this time

(Newser) - The Myrtle Beach Welcome Center prepared Tim Hortons coffee and cookies with maple leaves, as it does every year in anticipation of Canadian visitors arriving for winter vacations in South Carolina. But they're not all coming this time, a reaction to President Trump's trade imposition of tariffs and...

Carney Says Canada to Reconsider F-35 Deal

Portugal also suggests US can't be counted on to stick to any agreement on the fighter jet

(Newser) - Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked Canada's defense minister to review the planned purchase of America's F-35 fighter jet to see if there are other options "given the changing environment"—an apparent reference to President Trump's trade war and talk of absorbing the longtime US...

New Leader in Canada Has Succinct Response to US

'It's crazy,' says Mark Carney of annexation idea, and he says so in two languages

(Newser) - Canada has a new leader for the first time in more than nine years, and Mark Carney didn't waste many words when asked about the US idea of his nation becoming the 51st state. "It's crazy," the prime minister told reporters after being sworn in on...

Canada Gets a New Leader Today
Canada Gets a
New Leader Today
Mar 14, 2025 7:42 AM CDT

Canada Gets a New Leader Today

Mark Carney is expected to call a snap election within weeks

(Newser) - Canada will get a new prime minister Friday—and the country could have its third one of the year by the end of next month. Mark Carney will be sworn in at a ceremony in Ottawa at 11am Eastern after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his resignation official, the CBC...

With Trump's Tariffs Now Live, Canada Hits Back

Its move follows a similar one from the EU

(Newser) - It's a double-whammy Wednesday on the retaliatory-tariffs front: Hours after the EU rolled out new duties on goods ranging from motorcycles to bourbon , Canada followed suit. The country said Wednesday that it plans to impose 25% reciprocal tariffs on roughly $21 billion of imports from the US. The move...

Ford Suspends Tariff After 'Olive Branch' From US

Ontario leader says he has been invited to Washington, DC for trade talks

(Newser) - Ontario Premier Doug Ford, saying "both parties are heated and the temperature needs to come down," has suspended the Canadian province's 25% surcharge on electricity exports to the US. Ford, who vowed to be "relentless" earlier Tuesday after President Trump said he would double US tariffs...

Trump Ups Canadian Steel, Aluminum Tariffs to 50%

The trade war is intensifying

(Newser) - President Trump says that he'll double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada, reports the AP , escalating a trade war with the United States' northern neighbor. Trump says the increase of the tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday is a response to...

Canadian Province Slaps 25% Tariff on Power to US

'We will not back down,' says Ontario Premier Doug Ford

(Newser) - Ontario Premier Doug Ford slapped a 25% tariff on electricity exports to the US on Monday, estimating that it would add almost $70 US to the monthly bills of many homes and businesses in New York, Michigan, and Minnesota. Ford said the surcharge would bring in up to $400,000...

Canada's New PM Was 'George Clooney of Central Banking'
Canada's Next PM Has
a Notable First on His Resume
the rundown
Mar 10, 2025 8:38 AM CDT

Canada's Next PM Has a Notable First on His Resume

He is the first person to run two G7 central banks, in Canada and in London

(Newser) - Mark Carney easily won the race within his Liberal Party to succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister, and the transfer of power will become official in the coming days at his swearing-in ceremony. The 59-year-old is a relative novice to politics but has a long career in finance,...

Landslide Win for Canada's Next Prime Minister

Mark Carney wins Liberal Party leadership vote

(Newser) - Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada's next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader Sunday as the country deals with President Trump's trade war and annexation threat, and a federal election looms. Carney, 59, replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his...

25 Years Later, 'Joe Canadian' Is Back to Take on US

Molson Canadian remakes classic ad from 2000

(Newser) - US tariffs on Mexico and Canada may be on pause for the moment, but the culture clash between the United States and its neighbor to the north rages on—this time with Canada on the offensive. Twenty-five years ago, Molson Canadian put out a beer ad called "I Am...

Costco Trims Canada Inventory in Response to Trump's Tariffs

Remaining products from affected countries will cost more

(Newser) - Shoppers will find fewer goods from Canada on Costco store shelves now that President Trump has imposed tariffs, the chain's chief executive said, and the products that are there will cost more. The warehouse retailer also will look for more products to import from nations that have not been...

Scammers Contacted Every Adult in Canada
Scammers Contacted
Every Adult in Canada
longform
Mar 8, 2025 6:30 AM CST

Scammers Contacted Every Adult in Canada

Maclean's reports on an owed-taxes scam that's massive in scope

(Newser) - Canada has a population of about 40 million people. A story in Maclean's about the spread of phone scams contains the remarkable nugget that one particular scam operation managed to contact each and every adult in the country by phone, email, or in some other fashion. It was known...

Trudeau Takes Emotional Look at His 'Complicated Times'
Trudeau Takes
Teary Look Back
Mar 7, 2025 3:10 PM CST

Trudeau Takes Teary Look Back

It's been a decade of Trump, war, pandemic, and inflation, prime minister says on his way out

(Newser) - Down to his last few days in office, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered a teary assessment of his tenure and era. "These have been complicated times," he said at a press conference Thursday in Ottawa. "This is the job I signed up for. This is the...

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