Canada

Travel site One Mile At A Time reports: Aviation analytics company OAG has published some data on the decline in flight bookings between the countries, and it’s worse than most people probably imagined. Specifically, the company compared summer season bookings in March 2024 vs. March 2025. In other words, at this point in both years, how many people have booked …

CTV News reports: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, dressed in red and white and quoting Winston Churchill, stood in the legislature Wednesday to denounce those who accuse her of “treason” by cosying up to U.S. influencers and officials who wish to do Canada harm. It comes as Smith prepares to fly to Florida to join a Thursday fundraising event with an …

Electric vehicles site Electrek reports: Tesla has been banned from upcoming federal EV rebate programs in Canada as the government freezes the suspicious $43 million in rebates that Tesla claimed days before the program was paused earlier this year. Earlier this month, it was reported that Tesla claimed $43 million in government rebates from the iZEV federal EV rebate program …

The CBC reports: A Halifax-based folk music duo say police who pulled them over on an Ohio highway earlier this month accused them of having drugs in their rental car and questioned them about their allegiance in a strange interaction that lasted nearly an hour. Sisters Cassie and Maggie MacDonald of the group Cassie and Maggie were driving a rental …

CTV News reports: Prime Minister Mark Carney has called the 2025 federal election, sending the country into an early campaign, six months ahead of the fixed date. Carney paid Gov. Gen. Mary Simon a visit Sunday to ask that she issue the writs of election. Making it a five-week campaign, Canadians will head to the polls April 28. The date …

The Independent reports: PM Mark Carney has once again taken aim at Trump in a new campaign video featuring Austin Powers star Mike Myers. As the PM cheers on an ice hockey team from the sidelines, Myers approaches him, saying he “thought I’d come up and check on things.” Carney proceeds to point out that the Canadian, currently seen parodying …

CTV’s Edmonton affiliate reports: The Wayne Gretzky statue outside Rogers Place in Edmonton has been vandalized with feces. A CTV News Edmonton photographer captured images of the fecal matter smeared on the statue on Friday morning. The photographer also noted the smell of fecal matter surrounding the statue. The four-time Stanley Cup winner has recently caught the ire of many …

CTV News reports: A small town in southern Quebec says American authorities have decided to close the Canadian access to an historic library that sits on the border between the two countries. Inside the Haskell Free Library and Opera House there is a worn strip of black tape on the floor marking the U.S. and Canadian border. For decades Canadians have …

The New York Times reports: Elon Musk has said that “Canada is not a real country,” just one of his social media jabs at the U.S. neighbor. But people in Canada have done real damage to the vehicles and dealerships belonging to his electric car company, Tesla, according to the police. More than 80 Teslas had their tires punctured and …

The Associated Press reports: New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will call a snap election on Sunday for an expected vote on April 28, a government official familiar with the matter said Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly, said Carney will go to the Governor-General Mary Simon on Sunday …

The CBC reports: The Vancouver International Auto Show has removed U.S. electric carmaker Tesla from its event this week, saying its primary concern was the safety of attendees and exhibitors. Tesla has faced numerous protests in Canada recently due to owner Elon Musk’s proximity to U.S. President Donald Trump, at a time when Trump has imposed 25 per cent tariffs …

Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: A Canadian airline says it is canceling flights between Canada and a Tennessee city already targeted by the country’s tariffs. In response to tariffs enacted by Trump, Canadians have made their opinion of the U.S. clear, booing the country’s national anthem and removing American-made goods — including Tennessee whiskey — from their store shelves. “I can …

The Hill reports: Kirsten Hillman, Canadian ambassador to the U.S., said on Sunday that her country takes its sovereignty “seriously” as President Trump appears to be holding firm in his ambitions to make Canada the 51st U.S. state. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Fox News anchor Jacqui Heinrich asked whether Canada’s new prime minister, former central banker Mark …

NBC News reports: As tariff threats hovered last month, Air Canada told investors it was pre-emptively reducing March capacity to Las Vegas and other leisure destinations in Florida and Arizona that are typically popular with Canadian travelers. A spokesperson for the airline said this week that the situation remains “very fluid” and declined to comment further. The CEO of Calgary-based …

The CBC reports: Hudson’s Bay Company is nearly a billion dollars in debt, according to court filings that paint a dire portrait of the struggling Canadian department store chain’s finances. The documents were submitted as part of its creditor protection filing last week. The company owes a total of $950 million to nearly 2,000 secured and unsecured creditors. Some experts …

CTV News reports: Canada has a new prime minister. Liberal Leader Mark Carney has just sworn the oaths of office and allegiance and is in the midst of presenting his new pared-down cabinet to the Governor General. Arriving at Rideau Hall to officially become Canada’s 24th prime minister, Carney pledged to get “straight to work.” “Our message? We’re a very …

“Think about it. The biggest trading partner in the whole world that is vital to Canada’s existence says, ‘I’m unhappy,”’and they respond negatively, you know why? Because for 20 years, 30 years, they’ve gotten away with it. “It’s like Ukraine. Imagine coming into this country, sitting in the Oval Office, having received $300 billion in aid from U.S. and military …

NBC News reports: Canada on Wednesday announced new trade duties on some $21 billion worth of U.S. goods in response to President Donald Trump implementing universal steel and aluminum tariffs. America’s northern neighbor is the largest foreign supplier of steel and aluminum to the U.S., and experts have warned Trump’s duties would be passed on to consumers. In a news …

NOTUS reports: When Donald Trump first suggested his desire for the United States to “absorb” its northern neighbor, Canada, Republican senators laughed him off — sometimes literally. “He was mostly trolling Trudeau,” Sen. Ted Cruz told NOTUS in January. Senate Republicans are no longer laughing, but said they would vote in favor of Canadian statehood if that’s what the country’s …

CBS News reports: Canadian snowbirds who spend their winters in South Florida are voicing frustration over new immigration rules being drafted by the Trump administration. The new rules would require Canadians staying in the U.S. for more than 30 days to register and submit fingerprints with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). For Annie Dupont, a condo owner in Hollywood, Florida, …