Rob Gillies

People look out across Lake Ontario from the harbor in Toronto, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trump mulls renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America.’ Canadians balk at the idea.

August 25, 2026 at 3:38 p.m.

With his trade war with Canada intensifying, President Donald Trump floated the idea of renaming Lake Ontario to become “Lake America.” America’s northern neighbors quickly panned the idea.

President Donald Trump speaks during a back to school event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Canada strikes back at US with retaliatory tariffs as trade war escalates

August 25, 2026 at 3:17 p.m.

Canada struck back at the United States on Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of American goods.

From left, President and CEO of Metrolinx Michael Lindsay, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney tour a construction site for the Ontario Line, in Toronto, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday, official says

August 24, 2026 at 6:03 p.m.

President Trump told Canadian leaders on Monday to “fall in line” or face consequences that would be “far WORSE” than the tariffs he has already imposed.

FILE – Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Mark Carney warned about economic coercion. Now Trump is testing the Canadian prime minister.

August 23, 2026 at 10:07 a.m.

Mark Carney drew international attention as Canada’s prime minister by warning that middle powers must resist economic coercion by more powerful countries. Now President Donald Trump is putting that warning...

President Donald Trump walks on the Ellipse as he arrives on Marine One near the White House, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US and Canada fall deeper into a trade war with new tariffs as talks collapse and blame is spread

August 22, 2026 at 6:22 p.m.

The United States is imposing 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in relations between the historic allies.

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speak to reporters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, the day after the Trump administration temporarily delayed tariffs on Canada. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP)

President Trump says US and Canada have reached a ‘very fair’ trade agreement, but key terms remain unclear

August 19, 2026 at 9:49 p.m.

Canada has dodged President Donald Trump’s threat of 50% tariffs — at least for now.

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, center, leaves the U.S. Department of Commerce following a meeting with Canadian officials, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on Canadian imports

August 18, 2026 at 10:04 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal hours before the...

Airport firefighters remove loose debris from the wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, just off the runway where it had collided with a Port Authority fire truck Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

LaGuardia Airport runway reopens, days after crash on tarmac killed 2 Canadian pilots

March 26, 2026 at 4:53 p.m.

The runway where two pilots died in a collision between a jet and a fire truck reopened Thursday morning at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

Officials investigate the site, Monday, March 23, 2026, where an Air Canada jet came to rest after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, shortly after landing Sunday night in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Stories of survival emerge from deadly New York airport collision as officials investigate its cause

March 24, 2026 at 10:33 a.m.

Moments after an Air Canada jet collided at high speed with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilots and hurling a flight attendant from the aircraft,...

People attend a candle light vigil at the front steps of the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 in honor of the victims of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press via AP)

Remote community grieves the 8 victims killed in Canada’s deadliest attack in years

February 12, 2026 at 7:37 p.m.

Authorities said the 18-year-old alleged shooter, identified as Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed her mother and 11-year-old stepbrother before heading to the nearby Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and opening fire, killing...

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