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“more than 2,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel from the U.S. have been deployed to assist with fires in Canada.”
“Approximately 30 tips have been received and assessed by investigators. Officers have reviewed, or are currently reviewing, approximately 50 hours of CCTV, residential security camera and dashcam footage.”
“The boy was last seen at his day home in the 0 to 100 block of Connaught Drive Northwest sometime between 11:08 a.m. and 11:41 a.m. Thursday. Parker is described as being about four feet 11 inches tall and weighing approximately 90 pounds,…”
“Staff Sgt. Scott Guterson told reporters Saturday the distance between the two locations is about five to six kilometres.”
“So 40 missions to rescue 300 people. And these are individual campers and so on and so forth. These aren’t communities,” he said.”
“I was informed there are 191 active wildfires in the province, which is seven more than the previous day.”
“Of those fires, 73 are considered out of control and 91 are being observed.”
“The fire efforts include 155 crew members, as well as 80 water bombers and helicopters.”
“Andrew Tate, 39, first reached a mainstream audience as a contestant on the U.K. reality television show 'Big Brother' in 2016. He was removed from the show when a video surfaced that appeared to show Tate assaulting a woman.”
“The U.S. said Monday it will be imposing an additional 50 per cent tariff on Canadian imports due to retaliatory and “discriminatory” measures Canada took in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.”
“Over the past year and a half, only two countries have chosen to retaliate against President Trump’s tariffs rather than negotiate a deal with the United States: the People’s Republic of China and Canada.”
“President Trump’s tariffs have resulted in 18 deals opening new markets for U.S. exports and bringing reciprocity back to America’s trade relations.”
“Only energy products, critical minerals, potash, fish, and goods already facing Section 232 tariffs like steel, aluminum and autos will be exempt.”
“The new tariff comes after the U.S. declined to renew CUSMA for another 16 years at a scheduled review earlier this month. The trilateral trade pact will now be subject to annual reviews, and will expire in 2036 unless it’s renewed in the …”
“If the new U.S. tariff goes ahead, “Canada should respond tariff for tariff, dollar for dollar.””
“Any weakening (of supply management) is non-negotiable,” Quebec Premier Christine Frechette posted in French on X. “We will defend it without compromise.””
“Canada is “one of the best places in the world” for America to buy oil from, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said on Monday just days before more U.S.-forced labour tariffs are set to hit Canada — on top of sectoral ones now in pla…”
““Probably the region that can make the most compelling case for supplying more oil to the United States would be Saskatchewan and Alberta,” Hoekstra added.”
“Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. does not need Canadian products, including oil and gas. “We don’t need them to make our cars, and they make a lot of them. We don’t need their lumber because we have our own forests. We don’t need their o…”
“On July 1, the U.S. trade representative said Washington would not renew the Canada-U.S. Mexico Free Trade Agreement (known as CUSMA in Canada and USMCA in the U.S.) in its current form.”
“Boxer Hannah Rapp died on Saturday morning after being hit by a car while riding her bicycle, according to the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office.”
“Offering an update on the near-200 wildfires burning in the province and the 13 communities under evacuation orders, the premier said it was time to enhance trans-Canadian co-ordination for firefighting.”
“If we can help them, we’ll help them. But maybe they should pay us some damages or something, or we should do some tariffs.”
“The first is a 10 per cent tariff against six trading partners — Canada, Ecuador, the European Union, Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan. The U.S. has determined that these countries have prohibitions on the import of goods made with forced l…”
“Most countries facing trade restrictions under section 301 will be facing 12.5 per cent tariffs, since they have “failed to impose and effectively enforce a forced labour import prohibition.””
“More than 98 per cent of all goods traded between Canada and the U.S. are CUSMA-compliant and exempt from Section 122 tariffs.”
“In February 2025, the U.S. imposed sanctions on nearly all of its trading partners under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).”
“Those tariffs can only be imposed for 150 days. With the 122 tariffs set to expire on Friday, Goldman says Canada should brace for new tariffs.”
“U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer also stated on Monday that the tariffs will impact 'nearly $20 billion in imports from Canada.'”
“Trump signed three executive orders on Monday, each one using a different justification for the new tariff: the provincial and territorial boycotts on American alcohol products, Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles and auto p…”
“The new tariff is set to take effect in 29 days and will also apply to goods covered by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade (CUSMA), according to the orders.”
“As the U.S. threatens to hit Canadian imports with a new 50 per cent tariff, the Trump administration says the move is taking aim at what it calls 'retaliatory and discriminatory measures' Canada has against that country.”
“The word 'discrimination' is used 11 times throughout the proclamation, with the White House fact sheet regarding the tariffs stating that Trump is 'offsetting the burden and disadvantage on U.S. commerce from Canada’s discriminatory treat…”
“Currently, the only Canadian provinces allowing the sale of U.S. booze are Alberta and Saskatchewan, with many making the decision to pull American booze coming from last year’s trade war and tariffs launched against Canada by the U.S., ig…”
“‘U.S. tariffs are threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Canadian workers, including here in Ontario,’ Ford posted on X on July 7. 'We won’t back down. The fastest and only way to get U.S. alcohol back on Ontario shelves i…”
“Canada’s supply management system sets production levels and prices for goods such as milk and eggs, and only a specific amount of foreign products in those industries are allowed into the supply-managed system. Those levels for foreign go…”
“The bridge is scheduled to open to traffic on July 27 under a new revenue-sharing agreement with the U.S. that was struck after Trump delayed the opening by over a month.”
“From 2024 to 2026, there has been a 78 per cent drop in U.S. wine exports to Canada, marking a loss of US$357 million for the American wine industry, according to the Wine Institute, an American advocacy group for the wine industry.”
“Within a month of Canadian provinces announcing a ban on U.S. booze in 2025, sales of U.S. spirits in Canada fell by more than 66 per cent, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.”
“As these tariffs are imposed on products going into the United States, some of these products on the list go into manufacturing in the United States… And so U.S. products become more expensive as a result. And to the extent that Canadians …”
“U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday night that tariffs of 50 per cent will take effect next month, targeting dozens of sectors, including Canada’s dairy and agriculture, alcohol and motor vehicle and parts manufacturing. The tarif…”
“Several economists at major Canadian banks, including BMO, CIBC and TD, said in statements Monday that these targeted sectors amount to roughly five per cent of total exports to the U.S., or $30 billion worth of goods, that could face thes…”
“Andrew DiCapua, principal economist at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, says that amounts to roughly 100,000 jobs, which could be vulnerable to potential layoffs or reduced hours as a result of less demand.”
“The unemployment rate in Canada was last recorded at 6.5 per cent in June, according to Statistics Canada.”
“Some 61,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since a recent peak in January 2025, including in December 2025, when Algoma Steel let go 1,000 workers as a direct result of U.S. tariff impacts.”
“At the start of July, Greer said the U.S. would not renew CUSMA for another 16-year term despite calls from Canada and Mexico to do so.”
“The move was made in response to retaliatory measures Canada has taken over Trump’s trade war, including reciprocal auto tariffs, provincial and territorial boycotts on U.S. alcohol, and Canada’s supply management system for dairy.”
“Greer acknowledged under questioning from Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon that “a small handful” of Canadian products will be tariffed higher than China if and when the new 50 per cent tariffs come into effect.”
“Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Canada “has put forward detailed and comprehensive proposals to resolve trade disputes and modernize CUSMA.””
“Navarro added that Section 338 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1930, the statute Trump is using to impose the new tariffs, “was written for such conduct.””
“Canada will provide annual economic participation payments, outside the 2012 Canada–Michigan Crossing Agreement equal to fifty (50) per cent of net bridge and crossing related revenues for the first fifteen (15) fiscal years of bridge oper…”
“The bridge is set to open on July 27 after several months of delays, and it will generate revenue mainly from drivers paying a toll to cross it.”
“Canada originally paid the entire $6.4 billion cost to build the bridge, and under the terms of the original 2012 agreement with Michigan, Canada would have been entitled to receive all toll revenues until its total debt was recuperated.”
“The new agreement in principle also states that certain proposed adjustments to those tolls during the first 15 years of the bridge’s operations will require a 30-day waiting period to allow the U.S. to either provide written consent of th…”
“Trump signed three executive orders Monday to impose a 50 per cent tariff on many Canadian goods under Section 338 of the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930, which allows a president to tariff any country that “discriminates” against U.S. commerce.”
“Europe doesn’t have a tendency to close its doors,” Joly told reporters.”
“Earlier in the day, Carney told reporters that he and Trump had agreed to “intensify” trade talks.”
“more than 5,000 firefighters and nearly 300 waterbombers, helicopters, and evacuation aircraft to contain, control, and mitigate the fires.”
“after the U.S. administration announced Monday it would hammer some Canadian products with 50 per cent tariffs in 30 days.”
“They know that they can get cheaper homes if you could get a deal on softwood, cheaper food if we could make sure that we’ve got a free flow of food going across the border, cheaper products on every front if we don’t have tariffs on steel…”
“There’s a level of engagement and a breadth of engagement that reflects the seriousness of the trade relationship, and the breadth of the issues.”
“Notably, China — which the U.S. frequently says is the only other country besides Canada that retaliated over Trump’s initial tariffs last year — used its own vast critical minerals resources as leverage, blocking exports to the U.S. Those…”
“Andreas Schotter, a professor of international business at Western University’s Ivy Business School, said in an interview that copying China’s approach may not have the same impact. ‘China has so much more on its side (in terms of) leverag…”
“On July 10, after months of negotiations, Robertson and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that the bridge would be opening on July 27, following a new revenue-sharing agreement.”
“Splitting of tolls, any sharing of the toll, won’t happen until all of the debt is repaid,” Carney told reporters on July 16.”
“the text of the agreement in principle states that Canada will make payments to the U.S. totalling 50 per cent of ‘net bridge and crossing related revenues’ for 15 years and doesn’t clearly define what counts as operating costs or make men…”
“I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve. We will start negoti…”
“Robertson said both Canadian and American steel was used in the making of the bridge.”
“At this stage, I can confirm that our focus lies exclusively on the approved safety enhancements... the federal government will not pursue any plans that "infringe on treasured public spaces like Little Norway Park or Hanlan’s Point Beach,…”
“MacKinnon said more than 87,000 responses were received through Transport Canada’s consultation process examining the future of Billy Bishop Airport, and said public feedback helped shape the federal decision.”
“He however said that any future discussions about the airport must reflect the concerns raised by Toronto residents. The minister noted that Billy Bishop remains a critical part of Canada’s air transportation network and pointed to the air…”
“Wildfires across France and Spain have forced more than 250,000 people to evacuate as crews battle fast-moving flames fuelled by extreme heat.”
“Including some 70,000 people evacuated in central Spain, wildfires in southern Europe this week have displaced more than 250,000 people.”
“Fires have burned 130,000 hectares of forest already this year in Spain, up from an annual average of 100,000 hectares over the past decade, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Saturday as he visited a command post west of Madrid.”
“He said the fire was about 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the city and lost some of its intensity overnight.”
“Bordeaux authorities took in thousands of evacuees, offering them food and shelter in an exhibition center, and the city’s mayor said it could be equipped to welcome as many as 10,000 people if that became necessary.”
“We’re already speaking with a large number of clients who, because of this tariff threat of 50 per cent that would come into force next month, are already losing massive orders to their U.S. customers”
“We’ve already seen some layoffs by Canadian manufacturers just because of that threat”
“A lot of these furniture manufacturers are often two or three hundred jobs in a small rural town somewhere”
“As it stands, the agreement states that Canada will share 50 per cent of net toll revenues with the U.S. during the bridge’s first 15 years”
“The original Deal on the Bridge, which was terribly negotiated by a previous Administration, no longer stands. We changed the terms of the Deal so that the United States of America now gets 50% of the Profit”
“This story was originally published by Global News on July 26, 2026.”
“The attack at the Christopher Street Day festival in Berlin is horrific,” Carney wrote in a post on X. “No one should face hatred or violence because of who they are or who they love.”
“Hundreds of thousands had come to Berlin to celebrate on Saturday, though it’s unclear how many were still at the festival by late evening. It’s one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations.”
“At least three people died yesterday attempting to reach Ceuta by sea, Sbihi and activists in both Morocco and Ceuta reported.”
“To reach Ceuta, located on the northern African coast, migrants often swim from the Moroccan town of Fnideq, covering about 3.1 miles (five kilometers) to reach Spanish territory.”
“The scenes of people streaming across the frontier recall the border crisis of May 2021 when more than 8,000 migrants poured into Ceuta in just two days.”
“He had warned Wednesday that migrant reception centers were overwhelmed with hundreds of people sleeping on the streets after more than 1,500 migrants entered the territory in the past week.”
“As of July 15, nearly 3,000 migrants had entered Ceuta by land or sea this year, according to ministry figures.”
“Ceuta, which is perched on a historical isthmus, has been a Spanish possession since 1580.”
“This story was originally published by Global News on July 30, 2026.”
“killed six people and wounded 10”
“killing a 56-year-old man”
“Four people were injured and 200 workers were evacuated, he said, adding that about 100 firefighters were deployed”
“brought to 14 the number of the retailer’s depots struck by Ukrainian drones in under two weeks”
“destroyed four more vessels belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet” of sanctions‑busting tankers, bringing the total to 205 since the operation began July 6”
“fresh, sweeping 50 per cent tariffs on a wide range of its exports to the United States”
“In October 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to double Canada’s non-U.S. exports. Carney said the expansion of international trade beyond the U.S. will generate an additional $300 billion in trade, which will bolster the economy in th…”
“Last year, we supported more than $28 billion in international wins for Canadian businesses.”
“The men travelled about 16 kilometres and descended roughly 5,000 feet over the course of six hours.”
