 | | | | August 6 , 2026 at 10:45:37 a.m. EDT • : | | Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Canada's chief trade negotiator Janice Charette met with U.S. President Donald Trump's top trade envoy in Washington on Thursday. | | Read more | |  | | | | August 6 , 2026 at 03:22:38 p.m. EDT • : | | The federal government has written to the UN to say it remains "deeply concerned" about the threats facing B.C.-based Sikh activist Moninder Singh and is taking action to disrupt all credible threats made by by foreign actors against those on Canadian soil. | | Read more | |  | | | | August 6 , 2026 at 11:26:31 a.m. EDT • : | | U.S. President Donald Trump called Canada and its leadership "nasty" multiple times during a speech in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. The comments come ahead of an Aug. 19 deadline, at which point the U.S. plans to put 50 per cent tariffs on about five per cent of Canadian exports to the country. | | Read more | | |  | | | | August 6 , 2026 at 07:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | One of the leaders of an Alberta separation organization says his group is drawing closer to the release of an upcoming "white paper" exploring the structural policies needed to establish an independent country. | | Read more | |  | | | | August 6 , 2026 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | After decades of gradual decline, Canada's peacekeeping tradition is entering its final chapter. The Defence Department is shutting down four overseas missions and shrinking another, arguing troops are needed elsewhere. Critics warn the move sacrifices a defining national identity and surrenders diplomatic influence to countries such as China. | | Read more | | | |
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