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On the same day that state-level Republicans in Alaska worked to affirm their close relationship with Canada amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and threats of annexation, an Alaskan senator warned British Columbia’s premier that “you don’t want to mess with Alaska.” CBC | World News
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Russia says it has retaken Kursk’s biggest town from Ukraine as U.S. awaits ceasefire response
Russian forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia’s Kursk border region, officials claimed Thursday, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin’s response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year war that Ukraine has endorsed. CBC | World News
Read More »The U.S. has covertly destabilized nations. With Canada, it’s being done in public
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Read More »The U.S. says the ‘ball is now in Russia’s court.’ But what really happens if Putin agrees to a ceasefire?
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Read More »Snowbirds must soon submit fingerprints for U.S. travel under new Homeland Security rules
Canadians and other foreign nationals who plan to stay in the U.S. for 30 days or longer will soon be required to apply for registration and fingerprinting with the Department of Homeland Security. CBC | World News
Read More »Nervous Googling: Searches for ‘recession’ and ‘tariff’ surge as U.S. mood sours
Signs are mounting of U.S. unease with President Donald Trump’s North American trade war and it’s surfacing in various places, from economic data, to grumbling businesses, to media coverage, and in tense exchanges at the White House. Some ask: Is there a plan here? CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to Colorado ban on conversion therapy for minors
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for 2SLGBTQ+ children. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. and Ukraine start meetings in Saudi Arabia after combative White House talks
U.S. and Ukrainian delegations have begun their meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Kyiv’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, two weeks after a disastrous meeting between the two countries’ leaders at the White House. CBC | World News
Read More »Cuts to U.S. weather forecasting, climate science create dark clouds for Canadian counterparts
Cuts to the U.S. agency responsible for weather forecasting and climate science have left scientists on this side of the border concerned about the reliability of data Canada needs to predict dangerous events, conduct accurate flood forecasts and understand broader changes to the climate. CBC | World News
Read More »Russia bombards Ukraine’s energy grid after Zelenskyy says his team will hold talks with U.S.
Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s energy and gas infrastructure in their latest drone and missile attack, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said talks with the U.S. on ending the 3-year war will take place next week. CBC | World News
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