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Trump said he wanted to use "economic force" against Canada. It's working. Canada’s economy is starting to buckle under American tariffs wsj.com/world/americ... via
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Canada’s Economy Starts to Buckle Under Trump’s Tariffs
Nowhere is the toll of Trump’s trade policies more apparent than in Canada’s manufacturing heartland in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Stellantis promised to keep its footprint in Ontario when it got billions in incentives from Ottawa in 2023. Now, it is planning to shift Jeep production to the U.S., and Canada is threatening to sue. wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com
Canada Threatens Stellantis With Legal Action Over Jeep Move to U.S.
The company’s decision to move production could lead to it defaulting on agreements made with the government to maintain a factory footprint in Ontario, said Industry Minister Melanie Joly.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Carney's challenge: Reconciling the irreconcilable. As an executive and central banker, Mark Carney was a leading voice urging businesses to fight climate change. As Canada’s prime minister, he is doing everything he can to pump more oil and gas. wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com
Mark Carney’s Shift From Climate-Change Warrior to Fossil-Fuel Cheerleader
Canada’s prime minister has scrapped green policies and pledged to transform the country ”into an energy superpower.”
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October 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Canada's boycott of US alcohol is costing American wineries tens of millions. Exports to Canada have dropped a staggering 67% in the first six months of this year. It's a huge hit to an industry that relies on international markets. My latest page 1 story for @wsj.com
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The U.S. Alcohol Industry Is Reeling From Canada’s Booze Boycott
The trade fight is prompting a pullback in purchases by the biggest export market for U.S.-made wines, costing American brands tens of millions in sales.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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American whiskey and wine makers are taking bit hits from a Canadian boycott. California wine makers have lost their biggest export market. wsj.com/business/us-... via
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The U.S. Alcohol Industry Is Reeling From Canada’s Booze Boycott
The trade fight is prompting a pullback in purchases by the biggest export market for U.S.-made wines, costing American brands tens of millions in sales.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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A complex story with no easy resolution: About 400 ostriches on a farm outside Vancouver are at the center of a legal fight that has drawn U.S. health officials to the animals’ cause. www.wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com
A Canadian Ostrich Culling Sparks an International Storm
Plan to euthanize 400 birds prompts RFK Jr. and other U.S. officials to come to the animals’ defense; an offer from Dr. Oz
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July 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Late breaking news: Canada caves to Trump and rescinds its digital services tax. A big win for the tech companies backing Trump.
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Canada Rescinds Digital-Services Tax to Salvage Trade Discussions With U.S.
Carney and Trump will try to reach an agreement by July 21, a Canadian spokeswoman said.
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June 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Trump, the "tariff person" is holding out for deals other countries so far aren't willing to make. U.S. trading partners left the G-7 summit without hoped-for deals with President Trump wsj.com/politics/pol... via
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Trump’s Tariff Clock Is Ticking After G-7 Fails to Yield Deals
Summit in Canada was thought to be a place where heads of state could try to break impasses.
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June 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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The vibe at the G7 in Alberta is low key, as Canadian PM Carney tries to project unity and avoid blowups with the U.S. Here's our G7 preview. wsj.com/world/trump-... via @wsj.com w/
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Trump Called Canada the 51st State. Now the G-7 Summit Brings Him to Alberta.
The Group of Seven leaders are set to meet in Canada to discuss trade, the war in Ukraine and unrest in the Middle East.
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June 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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It's early yet, but Alberta separatists are mobilizing. It's unclear if the rest of Canada knows how serious a threat they are. Here's my report on Alberta secessionists gaining ground, while Mark Carney’s tries to project unity at the G7. wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com
Canada Is Gathering Global Leaders in a Province That Wants Out of the Country
The province’s secessionists are gaining ground, contesting the prime minister’s desire to project national unity.
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June 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Coming to America? Travelers from around the world say no www.wsj.com/business/its... via @wsj.com
It’s Summer Vacation Time. Tourists Are Saying No to America.
Overseas travelers are demonstrating their ire at the U.S. by taking their tourism dollars elsewhere.
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June 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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King Charles sends a message to President Trump. Canada already has a king. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
King Charles Defends Canada’s Sovereignty From Trump
The British monarch delivered a subtle message to President Trump in Canada’s Parliament: The country already has a king.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Our latest cut on the money laundering fueling the opioid crisis. Launderers have learned that its easy to pour illegal money into the banking system, often just by using ATMs. And it's not just a TD Bank problem. wsj.com/us-news/chin... via @wsj.com w/ @dgtokar.bsky.social and
Justin Baer.
Bags of Cash From Drug Cartels Flood Teller Windows at U.S. Banks
Chinese money-launderers allegedly made six-figure deposits at Chase, Bank of America and Citibank branches across Los Angeles County.
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May 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Climate warming in the Arctic means #permafrost is not permanent anymore. In 2022, we published a study estimating risks from industrial legacy sites with contaminants across the Arctic: doi.org/10.1038/s414.... The #wjs now reports on an arsenic-contaminated site impacted by thaw near Yellowknife
May 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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There's a toxic pile of arsenic trioxide under Yellowknife. Miners left the byproduct of 50 years of gold mining underground and hoped it would stay frozen. But the permafrost is melting and this arsenic is threatening to get into Great Slave Lake and the Arctic Ocean.
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Deep in an Abandoned Gold Mine, a Toxic Legacy Lurks
A new “cold rush” is mining northern mineral riches. Canada’s Giant Mine serves as a warning of the high and long-term cost of such expeditions.
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May 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Mark Carney is such a political neophyte that he needed training on how to read between two teleprompters. But he still won the Canadian election, a remarkable feat. Now he faces his biggest challenge: reordering Canada's economy away from the U.S. For @wsj.com
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A Canadian Technocrat’s New Mission: A Radical Breakup With Trump’s U.S.
Mark Carney won Canada’s election as a counterpoint to Trump—and now success means unwinding decades of foreign policy.
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April 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Pierre Poilievre is struggling to convince he's not a mini-Trump. If the polls are correct, it may be too late.
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How Canada’s Trump-Style Candidate Blew a 20-Point Polling Lead
President Trump’s trade war and threats to annex Canada have upended the country’s politics, turning the Conservatives from heavy favorites to underdogs in next week’s election.
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April 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Canadian Prime Mark Carney and President Trump spoke on Friday and it was surprisingly civil. Canada is one of the few countries to hit back at Trump's tariffs. It may be working. wsj.com/world/americ... via
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Canada’s Carney Bets on a Tough Posture to Counter Trump’s Threats
It’s a calculated risk that few other world leaders are taking.
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March 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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I was on the @wsj.com What's News podcast to discuss how countries are trying to respond to Trump's tariff threats. To fight or roll over? www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...
Surrender or Resist? The Dilemma Facing Allies Caught in Trump’s Trade War - What’s News - WSJ Podcasts
P.M. Edition for Mar. 26. When confronted with President Trump’s plan to impose tariffs, governments are still figuring out how best to respond. Canada correspondent Vipal Monga walks us through the s...
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March 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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President Trump’s tariff war is forcing allies to choose between resistance and acquiescence. So far, no one knows if it even matters to a President who loves tariffs. www.wsj.com/economy/trad... via @wsj.com
Trump’s Tariff War Forces Allies to Choose Resistance or Surrender
Canada and the EU have fought back, the U.K. and Mexico haven’t, and nobody knows which strategy will ultimately work.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Scott Presler has 11,201 unread text messages—at last count—and a vision that culminates with putting JD Vance in the White House in 2028 www.wsj.com/politics/ele... via @wsj.com
An Unlikely Activist’s Campaign to Make JD Vance President in 2028
With his trademark chestnut mane and over 11,000 unread text messages, MAGA warrior Scott Presler is laying the groundwork for 2028.
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March 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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This film is the most amazing thing to come from the awesome spirit of Agnes Varda. Such a beautiful film, and an ending that will leave you speechless. youtu.be/_ZD8p4J4Gb8?...
Le Bonheur - Agnès Varda (bande-annonce)
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March 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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There is no reason for a season 3 of Severance. That was a perfect ending.
March 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Red and white color-coordinated outfits, aluminum pens and Trump trolling. The scene from a G7 foreign ministers meeting like no other. wsj.com/world/canada... via @wsj.com w/ @mgordonwsj.bsky.social
Canada Finds Solidarity at G-7 in Push Against Trump’s 51st State Idea
Top diplomats from the world’s industrial democracies gathered with an extraordinary question looming: How to respond to the president’s threats to economically target, and potentially absorb, the mee...
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March 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Ontario Doug Ford has become the unlikely face of Canadian resistance in Trump’s trade war. wsj.com/world/americ... via
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The Canadian Provincial Leader Going Toe-to-Toe With Trump
He once called President Trump a “marketing genius” and now he blasts his tariff plans.
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March 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM