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New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Canadians feeling angry (55%), betrayed (37%) and anxious (29%) ahead of the expected implementation of tariffs on Canadian goods entering the United States. angusreid.org/trump-tariff...

Only a couple of years ago, it seemed unbelievable

U.S. and Russian officials have identified the Arctic as a possible area for economic cooperation, according to people familiar with the situation, part of the broader detente President Donald Trump is pursuing with Moscow. nationalpost.com/news/world/u...

If Canada Wants a Plan B for Trade, Europe Could Be the Answer thewalrus.ca/canada-eu/

Trump tariffs have sparked a ‘Buy Canadian’ surge, but keeping the trend alive faces hurdles theconversation.com/trump-tariff...

„while Trump has offered a stark reminder that Canada needs to take an active role in sustaining the rules-based international order on which it depends, the ties that bind the two countries together are deeper and longer-lasting than any one administration or government.”

The Ontario response will be strong, said Ford, and include the province imposing restrictions on critical minerals, halting sales of U.S. alcohol products and shutting down "electricity going down to the U.S." www.blogto.com/city/2025/03...

Trump confirms tariffs are coming: what you need to know financialpost.com/news/trump-t...

King Charles is “very conscious” of his global responsibility and unique diplomatic role, and is determined to put that to use, a royal source said, after his meeting with the Canadian prime minister on Monday. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

States that will feel Ottawa’s retaliation include Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and many more that have Republican leadership and where voters helped bring Trump to power on his promise to reduce their cost of living. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Trump’s new tariffs are set to be his most extreme ever www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said on Sunday that US tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday, but the president would determine whether to stick with the planned 25% level. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Centre-left support for carbon tax still strong as concern over climate change declines from four years ago

Skate to where the puck is going, not to where it’s been. That bit of trite wisdom, attributed to Wayne Gretzky, might usefully be applied in assessing the risks posed by Mr. Gretzky’s political idol, Donald Trump. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Is Canada’s Military Ready for Trump? macleans.ca/the-intervie...

“Rozbudzony patriotyzm”. Jak Kanadyjczycy jednoczą się przeciwko Trumpowi? audycje.tokfm.pl/podcast/1716...

Canadian ministers, fentanyl czar visit Washington as deadline for 25-per-cent tariffs nears www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

US President Donald Trump says he will end a month-long pause and slap a 25 per cent tariff on most Canadian goods as of March 4, claiming he needs to take action because "drugs are still pouring into our country" despite evidence that a crackdown at the border is working www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

During a 2022 visit to Newfoundland to sign a deal to import Canadian hydrogen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Canada would take centre stage at this year’s event.

Canadian companies and diplomats are working with their European colleagues to find ways to diversify trade as the U.S. threatens to impose steep tariffs.

Canada’s nearly 50-year romance with Wayne Gretzky came to an end www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...

The congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has revealed she is “rooting” for Canada and Mexico over Donald Trump in their attempts to stand up to him, saying it is “really wild” to find herself in that position given he is the president of the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

„In Canada, the game is also a personal one, giving both die-hard and casual fans an opportunity to bask in national pride at a time when the country's sovereignty looks to be threatened by its closest neighbour." www.bbc.com/news/article...

„What all those other leagues might lack is Canadian-ness. Trump can try to co-opt hockey into his skewed vision of America, but the reality is that no matter where you’re from, when you step onto the ice, something about you will always be Canadian.” www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

„It was a well-considered, well-written, well-delivered speech. But it will take a lot more than one speech to resolve all concerns about Mr. Poilievre’s fitness to serve as prime minister.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

As Canada faces the immediate but unpredictable consequences of a Donald Trump presidency, one conclusion is clear: Decades of military underfunding have finally come home to roost. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing to introduce tariffs globally on softwood lumber in April, broadening the scope of threatened levies beyond Canada to also hit Europe. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

PM Harper: „These are dark days, but they will pass. Let us see this challenge as the opportunity for Canada to embark on a voyage of urgent national renewal.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre plans to incentivize First Nations to support natural-resource projects through industry taxes and revising project approval processes that consider Indigenous Peoples and environmental factors. The proposals faced criticism from experts and researchers.

Ottawa rejected Donald Trump’s suggestion that Russia rejoin the G7 and released data showing increased enforcement of Russian sanctions. This message implies that Russia should remain isolated. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

The Nova Scotia government has promised to introduce legislation that would ease trade and labour mobility with other provinces, marking the latest push to make Canada less economically reliant on the United States. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Canada has committed billions to Ukraine in terms of loans as well as millions in economic, development and humanitarian assistance, which a spokesman for Poilievre clarified would not be cut. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Speaking to the U.S. hockey team, Vance said “we’d like you to kick their asses again, because you don’t boo the United States of America. And to Canada, if you guys don’t win, the tariffs are even higher. No, I’m kidding. That’s the president’s decision.” nationalpost.com/news/pierre-...

Not a chance: “We’d like you to kick their a—- again because you don’t boo the United States of America,” Vance said to Florida-based media personality Benny Johnson, referring to the booing during the U.S. nationalpost.com/sports/hocke...

Our country. Our game. At a time when Canadians feel distinctly under assault by the trade belligerence of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. 'I don’t even watch hockey. I pay attention to politics. I care about politics. I’ve been feeling a lot more patriotic.’

Canada is listing seven transnational criminal organizations, including multiple drug cartels, as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code. globalnews.ca/news/1102714...

The White House expects all NATO members to be spending at least 2% of their GDP on defence by June. The demand further ramps up pressure on allies like Canada — which has long missed the spending target and doesn’t plan to meet it for another seven years — from U.S. globalnews.ca/news/1102759...

„Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reaffirmed Canada’s position that Ukraine “must” be included in negotiations to end Russia’s full-scale invasion during a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday.” globalnews.ca/news/1102788...

For 60 years, this Canada-U.S. treaty governed money, power and a river. With Trump's threats, what now? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Team Canada stood on guard for thee on Thursday night. ottawacitizen.com/sports/4-nat...

„Cross-border tensions or not, there's growing talk in Washington that Canada and the U.S. could expand their military co-operation in a continental missile shield.” www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...

„Like Trump extolling the economic wonders of a U.S.-Canada annexation ("what a great Nation it would be!!!"), Putin said a combined Russia and Ukraine would be much better off.” www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

„Kreviazuk intentionally sang "that only us command" instead of "in all of us command" to protest the rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

US-Canadian relations on thin ice ahead of hockey rematch sports.yahoo.com/us-canadian-...

Stephen Harper: The preservation of Canada's existence must be our highest objective nationalpost.com/opinion/step...

„Canada is at a crossroads. Despite a temporary reprieve from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the threat remains. We must confront the elephant in the room: the status of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which we are set to renegotiate next year.”

Lloyd Axworthy’s sober thoughts: „While the immediate focus is on the tariff war, the larger issue at stake is nothing less than Canada’s survival as an independent state. We must prepare our democracy to withstand the onslaught, and to do that, we should look to Ukraine – as a warning.”