Canada: PM Mark Carney to call snap election as the country faces trade war with US

Newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is likely to call a national election for 28 April, potentially as soon as this Sunday, multiple news outlets report. With Canada’s businesses…

China: Authorities executed four Canadians for drug crimes

Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities have confirmed. All of them were dual citizens and their identities have been withheld, Canada’s foreign…

Canada: Serial killer’s victims found in landfill

The remains of two indigenous women murdered by a serial killer have been found after a search of a landfill in the Canadian province of Manitoba, police say. The remains…

Canada: Firms boycott US products

Made in Canada. Three words that are now a common presence on Canadian shelves, after Donald Trump’s tariffs sparked a trade war with the US’s northern neighbour. In Canada the…

Canada: PM Carney makes statement by choosing Europe, not US, for first foreign trip

Two European politicians, dressed symbolically in red and white, sent a message last week to Canada on social media declaring “we’ve got your back”. Also signalling support was King Charles,…

Canada: Mark Carney to be sworn in as new Canadian prime minister

Mark Carney, an economist and political newcomer, will be sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday, just days after being elected leader of the governing Liberal Party. In…

Canada: Carney ready to talk trade with Trump if ‘there’s respect for sovereignty’

Canada’s Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney has said he is ready to negotiate a renewed trade deal with US President Donald Trump, as long as there is “respect for Canadian sovereignty”.…

LIVE UPDATES: Mark Carney sworn in as Canada’s prime minister

Canada’s identity ‘much broader than official languages’ – Carney A French-speaking reporter asks Carney about the change of the ministerial portfolio of Canadian Heritage to Canadian Culture and Identity. The…

Canada: The blunt-speaking Canadian taking his fight with Trump to Washington

As leaders around the world try to figure out how best to deal with the new Trump administration, one Canadian official has come out swinging. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, a…

USA: Trump halts plan for 50% steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada

Donald Trump has halted a plan to double US tariffs on Canadian steel and metal imports to 50%, just hours after first threatening them. Tariffs of 25% still went ahead…