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Trump in front of crowd in blue light

Donald Trump is threatening the harshest trade penalties on the North American continent in 95 years. He’s the first major U.S. politician in 114 years to muse even semi-seriously about annexing Canada. Throw in weather cancellations, and it all makes for an atypical inauguration party at the Canadian Embassy.


President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

With only hours to go until U.S. president-elect Donald Trump heads back to the Oval Office, Canadian officials say they still don’t know whether he will follow through on his standing threat to level punishing tariffs on Canadian goods. 


Former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland launches her campaign to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader.


The White House is shown, behind a temporary edifice that is covered with stands for seating.

Ontario politicians, business leaders and union executives are set to descend on Washington, D.C., for president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as part of a provincial pushback to the incoming administration’s looming trade war.


Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly returns to a Liberal Party caucus meeting in West Block on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will endorse Mark Carney in the race for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, Radio-Canada has learned.


Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Karina Gould leaves the hallway of the Cabinet Room in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.

Fresh out of the gate from launching her Liberal leadership bid, Karina Gould suggested her two main opponents’ backgrounds would do little to gain the favour of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.


An oil pump jack is seen in front of a mountain range background.

Tariffs on crude oil — or witholding it entirely — in response to Trump’s threats would cause pain on both sides of the border.


Mark Carney smiles during his Liberal leader campaign launch in Edmonton, on Thursday January 16, 2025.

Mark Carney’s official campaign launch for Liberal leader included high praise from supporters and some unexpected moments behind the scenes including a glitchy teleprompter, a mysterious limousine booking and police showing up on scene. 


Karina Gould, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons arrives for a caucus meeting

Government House leader Karina Gould announced Saturday morning that she’s running in the Liberal leadership contest, becoming the youngest candidate so far to throw their hat into the ring to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.


Stephen Phaneuf, who lives across the street from the border, poses for a photo near his home along the Canada-U.S. border between the U.S. state of New York and the Canadian province of Quebec, near Champlain, New York, U.S., January 17, 2025.

Canadian law enforcement may be battening down the hatches, but groups helping migrants near Roxham Road say they aren’t seeing a surge of asylum seekers. For now, at least.