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President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, after returning from the World Economic Forum in Davos.(AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Donald Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with Carney

January 24, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll in Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov. 20, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

US senators slam Trump’s Russia-Ukraine peace plan as rewarding aggression

November 22, 2025 at 2:35 p.m.

By ROB GILLIES HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday that the peace plan he is pushing...

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference following the APEC Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian PM Carney says he told Ontario’s premier not to run anti-tariff ad that upset Donald Trump

November 1, 2025 at 5:04 p.m.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he told Ontario’s premier not to run an anti-tariff advertisement that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada.

President Donald Trump greets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says Canadians will travel to the US again after a trade deal is worked out

October 7, 2025 at 7:15 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was open to extending the free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada through a renegotiation or seeking “different deals” as he met with...

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney listens while touring the Royal Canadian Navy torpedo recovery vessel Sikanni at the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges (CFMETR), in Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada will match US tariff exemptions under USMCA trade pact, Prime Minister Carney says

August 22, 2025 at 4:10 p.m.

Canada is dropping many of its retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday.

Air Canada travellers load their luggage at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, Que., on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Air Canada reaches deal with flight attendant union to end strike as operations will slowly restart

August 19, 2025 at 4:46 p.m.

Air Canada said it will gradually restart operations after reaching an agreement early on Tuesday with the union for 10,000 flight attendants to end a strike that disrupted the travel...

An empty Air Canada bag drop area is shown as Air Canada flight attendants strike at Montreal–Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Air Canada suspends restart plans after flight attendants union defies return to work order

August 17, 2025 at 4:09 p.m.

Air Canada said it suspended plans to restart operations on Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it will defy a return to work order.

Air Canada flight attendants picket at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Government forces Air Canada and flight attendants back to work and into arbitration

August 16, 2025 at 2:55 p.m.

Canada’s government forced Air Canada and its striking flight attendants back to work and into arbitration Saturday.

FILE – Shipping containers are loaded onto trucks at CSX Intermodal Terminals, a supplier of rail-based freight transportation, at CSX Queensgate Rail Yard, May 7, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Crucial exemption allows majority of Canadian and Mexican goods to be shipped to US without tariffs

August 5, 2025 at 3:34 p.m.

Goods that comply with the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade pact that President Trump negotiated during his first term are excluded from tariffs.

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September in latest push against Israel’s Gaza policies

July 30, 2025 at 6:36 p.m.

Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced.

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