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Air Canada flight attendants and supporters during a strike at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Air Canada’s 10,500 flight attendants went on strike Saturday, grounding hundreds of flights and disrupting an estimated 130,000 passengers a day during the summer holiday season after pay negotiations fell through. Photographer: Arlyn McAdorey/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Government forces Air Canada and flight attendants back to work and into arbitration, after strike strands over 100,000 travelers

By Rob Gillies, Wyatte Grantham-Philips, and others

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a closing press conference following the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

U.S. trade talks resume after Canada rescinds tech tax in ‘clear victory’ for Trump

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.

Amazon, Google, Meta, and Uber slapped with $2 billion retroactive tax bill as Trump suspends Canada trade talks

By Michelle L. Price, Rob Gillies, and others

(L-R) French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump attend a family photo during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Kananaskis Country Golf Course in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 16, 2025. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE PLUNKETT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump leaves G7 summit early with hints of more conflict in the Middle East: ‘Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!’

By Josh Boak, Rob Gillies, and others

US President Donald Trump (2L) is greeted by Steven Crowchild of the Tsuut’ina First Nation (2R) and others upon arrival at Calgary International Airport, before the start of the G7 summit, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 15, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

G7 summit in Canada won’t release a joint statement as world leaders focus on not riling a Trump they disagree with

By Josh Boak, Rob Gillies, and others

OTTAWA, ONTARIO – MAY 27: King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the Senate Chamber for the State Opening of Parliament during an official visit to Canada on May 27, 2025 in Ottawa, Ontario. It is The King’s 20th and Queen’s 5th tour of Canada, with their previous visit being in 2022. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

King Charles III reaffirms Canada’s sovereignty as Trump threatens to annex it: ‘True North is indeed strong and free’

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

OTTAWA, CANADA – MAY 26 : King Charles III and Queen Camilla greet public after attending tree planting ceremony at Rideau Hall on May 26, 2025 in Ottawa, Canada. The King will deliver the speech from the throne in parliament on Tuesday. Charles’ speech in the Senate will mark the first time in nearly 70 years that a Canadian monarch opens parliament. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

King Charles III visits Canada to open Parliament—and underscore nation’s difference from U.S. amid Trump’s 51st state talk

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump engage in a meeting at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian PM Mark Carney and President Donald Trump agree to disagree about Canada becoming the 51st state: ‘It won’t be for sale. Ever.’

By Rob Gillies, Josh Boak, and others

Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Mark Carney

Mark Carney warns Canada ‘we must recognize the reality that our world has fundamentally changed’

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

Steve Rai, Vancouver Police interim police chief, speaks during a news conference that there had been a vehicle and a suspect involved in an incident at the annual Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture, at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser, in the south of Vancouver on April 26, 2025. Canadian police arrested a man on April 26 after a car plowed into a street party in the western city of Vancouver killing a number of people. Authorities said the incident happened shortly after 8:00 pm (0300 GMT Sunday) in Vancouver's Sunset on Fraser neighborhood as members of the Filipino community gathered to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day.

11 people were killed after a Vancouver man allegedly drove his car into a Lapu Lapu Day festival crowd

By Jim Morris, Rob Gillies, and others

Yara Alfaqeeh, 20, stands along the Windsor, Ontario, Canada side of the Detroit River on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Corey R. Williams)

Travel & Leisure

Canadians are avoiding the U.S. over Trump’s bluster and border arrests—crossings down 22%

By Rob Gillies, Jim Morris, and others

Mark Carney stands in front of two Canadian flags

Canada’s prime minister says removing trade barriers with other countries will be far more beneficial than Trump’s tariffs could ever hope to be

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday April 3, 2025.

Canada’s former banker turned prime minister slams Trump’s tariffs as ‘misguided’

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a news conference

Canada’s new leader Mark Carney calls Trump’s 25% car tariffs a ‘direct attack’ on his country: ‘He wants to break us so America can own us’

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

OTTAWA, CANADA – MARCH 23: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney calls for a snap election after speaking with Mary Simon, the Governor General of Canada, on March 23, 2025 in Ottawa, Canada. Mark Carney will continue to be leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. The elections are slated to be held on April 28, 2025. (Photo by Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images)

Canada’s snap election is all about Trump and his ‘unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty’

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press