Jun 16 G7 summit to focus on trade, wars — and avoiding conflict with Trump By Josh Boak, Rob Gillies, Associated Press If there is a shared mission at this year's G7 summit, which begins Monday in Canada's Rocky Mountains, it's a desire to minimize any fireworks at a moment of combustible tensions. Continue reading
Jun 15 G7 leaders gather in Canada for summit overshadowed by trade wars and Israel-Iran crisis By Rob Gillies, Jill Lawless, Associated Press Leaders of some of the world’s biggest economic powers are arriving in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a Group of Seven summit, overshadowed by an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and U.S. President Donald Trump’s unresolved trade war with allies and… Continue reading
Jun 04 Canadian wildfire smoke causes ‘very unhealthy’ conditions in U.S. Midwest, even reaches Europe By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Canada is having another bad wildfire season, and more than 27,000 people in three provinces have been forced to evacuate. The smoke is even reaching Europe, where it is causing hazy skies but isn't expected to affect surface-air quality. Continue reading
May 27 WATCH: King Charles addresses Canadian parliament amid Trump annexation threats By Rob Gillies, Associated Press King Charles III said Canada is facing unprecedented challenges in a world that's never been more dangerous as he opened the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday with a speech widely viewed as a show of support in the face of annexation… Continue reading
May 26 King Charles III arrives in Canada to underscore sovereignty after Trump annexation threats By Rob Gillies, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s repeated suggestion that the U.S. annex Canada prompted Prime Minister Mark Carney to invite Charles to give the speech from the throne that will outline his government’s agenda for the new Parliament. Continue reading
May 23 Why King Charles III is visiting Canada to deliver a rare speech from the throne By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Trump’s repeated suggestion that the U.S. annex its northern neighbor prompted new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to invite Charles to give the speech on Tuesday where he will lay out the Canadian government’s agenda when Parliament reopens. Continue reading
May 21 Trump’s tariffs will test U.S. allies at G7 finance ministers’ summit By Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press The annual meetings of the Group of 7 finance ministers, known as the G7, are typically congenial and in previous years have produced joint commitments to combat inflation and counter the COVID pandemic. There may be less agreement this year. Continue reading
May 06 Watch 8:05 Carney shuts down Trump’s threats to annex Canada, says tensions will take time to resolve By Amna Nawaz, Laura Barrón-López, Eliot Barnhart, Zeba Warsi The new Canadian prime minister came to the White House to meet President Trump amid an acrimonious war of words. Mark Carney was elected last week amid Trump's repeated insistence that the U.S. should annex Canada, leading to an unprecedented… Continue watching
May 06 WATCH: Canada ‘won’t be for sale, ever,’ PM Carney tells Trump in Oval Office By Molly Finnegan Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rebuffed President Donald Trump’s suggestion on Tuesday that Canada would ever join the United States as the 51st state. Continue reading
May 06 WATCH: Trump welcomes Canada’s new prime minister to Oval Office amid tensions By Rob Gillies, Josh Boak, Associated Press The two kept it civil, but as for Trump’s calls to make Canada the 51st state, Carney insisted his nation was “not for sale” and Trump shot back, “time will tell.”… Continue reading