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• Canada vows dollar-for-dollar response to Trump’s 50% tariffs

  22-08-2026 06:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada vowed dollar-for-dollar retaliation and suspended trade talks with Washington after new U.S. tariffs took effect Saturday.
  
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• Carney to speak as U.S.-Canada trade talks fall apart, 50% tariffs hit

  22-08-2026 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Around 11 a.m., Carney will address reporters, as he prepares for a 1:30 p.m. meeting with the premiers of Canada's provinces and territories. 
  
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• Carney to hold press conference in Ottawa after trade talks collapse

  22-08-2026 15:37 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will hold a press conference on Saturday morning after suspending trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and announcing steep retaliatory tariffs.Just minutes before a midnight deadline on Friday night, Carney said that Canada was withdrawing from the talks because “last-minute changes” to the agreement made by the U.S. “were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal.”Canada and the U.S. were
  
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• Read Mark Carney's full statement on the collapse of trade talks with the U.S.

  22-08-2026 15:12 via nationalpost.com
  
  Here is Prime Minister Mark Carney’s full statement released late Friday after the collapse of trade talks with the United States:August 21, 2026, OttawaOver the past 18 months, Canada’s new government has focused on building our strength at home, diversifying our partnerships abroad, and striking a fair deal with the United States.Our objectives in our trade negotiations have been to:Preserve tariff-free access to the U.S. for the vast majority of Canadian business; Provide greater
  
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• Shelter-in-place order continues as police search for active shooter in Fort Smith, N.W.T.

  22-08-2026 14:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Further details have yet to be confirmed by RCMP, but festival organizers state there have been injuries.
  
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• Active shooter prompts shelter-in-place order in Fort Smith, N.W.T

  22-08-2026 14:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Further details have yet to be confirmed by RCMP, but festival organizers state there have been injuries.
  
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• Active shooter incident pauses Fireweed Festival in Fort Smith, N.W.T.

  22-08-2026 14:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Further details have yet to be confirmed by RCMP, but festival organizers state there have been injuries.
  
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• Rich cottagers like the quiet. Inside Muskoka's fight to stop the noise

  22-08-2026 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  A marina on Lake Muskoka thrums with activity on a recent summer morning.A major sportswear retailer is pouring Aperol spritzes for ladies in yoga wear at a popup brand event. At the docks, a salesman is waiting to hand over a half-million-dollar wakeboarding boat to the customer who has bought it sight unseen, with its custom Italian sound system.“If you hate your neighbours,” he says to the oglers, “these are the speakers for you.”Noise is a big deal these days in Musk
  
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• The government says this golf push cart is a Chinese EV. The tariffs are crippling a Canadian company

  22-08-2026 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — The owner of a small Canadian business that imports electric golf carts from China says his company is now in jeopardy because the federal government has billed him for more than $178,000 after placing his three-wheeled buggies in the same import category as electric vehicles (EVs). Joseph McLuckie, who founded JPSMGolf in 2006 in his Toronto basement, said Friday that he has exhausted his appeals with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) after the federal department confirmed it
  
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• A grim property search, 3 grieving families and 'a lot of questions' in this eastern Ontario area

  22-08-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The remains of a third man have been found on a rural property north of the normally quiet eastern Ontario town of Smiths Falls, yet police — who say "they are doing everything they can to bring answers" — aren't linking their deaths. Here's a timeline and what to know about the case as the men's families and the community await answers.
  
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• Trump’s 50% tariffs on Canada kick in as trade talks stall

  22-08-2026 06:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  The tariffs were originally set to kick in Wednesday, but Trump announced a three-day pause to allow the trade talks.
  
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• Horvath hitting highs for streaking B.C. Lions

  22-08-2026 04:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Zander Horvath knows people are talking about him. 
  
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• Whale sanctuary project secures 20-year Nova Scotia lease despite ongoing opposition

  22-08-2026 02:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Arizona-based organization that plans to create a seaside refuge for whales retired from marine parks has signed a 20-year lease for Crown land and coastal waters on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, marking a major milestone for a project that has also faced criticism from some residents and animal-rights advocates. The Whale Sanctuary Project announced...
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford silent on request to restock American alcohol

  21-08-2026 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  For more than a year, Ontario consumers have gotten used to not seeing any American alcohol on the shelves of the LCBO.
  
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• Prince George emergency landing caused by plane’s engine losing power

  21-08-2026 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prince George RCMP said the Transportation Safety Board has taken over the case and they remain on the scene looking into what happened.
  
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• Kawacatoose First Nation members head south to retrieve stolen teepee cover from U.S.

  21-08-2026 22:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Family members from Saskatchewan are travelling to Washington, D.C. for the return of a precious item made by an ancestor who was promised payment but never received any.
  
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• Opposition grows to anti-Israel motion to be heard by Montreal city council

  21-08-2026 22:06 via nationalpost.com
  
  Several leaders among Montreal’s legal and medical communities are condemning an anti-Israel motion to be voted upon by city council next week.Brought by the opposition Projet Montréal party, the motion’s aim is to “recognize and denounce the apartheid regime in Palestine and the genocide being perpetrated there.”An open letter from almost 50 Montreal lawyers on Thursday states that the motion “goes far beyond an expression of solidarity with Palestinian civ
  
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• Orphaned polar bear to be ‘ambassador’ for Churchill at Assiniboine Park Zoo

  21-08-2026 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The orphaned polar bear cub who arrived in the Assiniboine Park Zoo from northern Manitoba is "doing very well," a zoo official told Global News.
  
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• IN PHOTOS | New wave of U.S. tariffs threatens these Canadian companies

  21-08-2026 21:58 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian businesses are under threat from U.S. tariffs under Section 338 of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act if no Canada-U.S. deal is reached. CBC photographer Evan Mitsui visited some of the industries to hear their concerns as the deadline to finalize a deal ticks down.
  
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• Squamish Search and Rescue called out to look for missing woman

  21-08-2026 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Daine Hammann, 69, was last seen at approximately 11:15 a.m. on Aug. 20, when she headed out for a walk near Squamish Valley Road, north of the airport.
  
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• Trump says trade deal is 'moving along' as negotiations go down to the wire

  21-08-2026 21:41 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday evening that he’s confident a trade deal with Canada will be reached as negotiators worked feverishly to get an agreement before the president’s midnight deadline.“The deal with Canada is moving along. And we should be able to have a deal with Canada,” said Trump. “I only make good deals. Much better deals for the United States, both with Canada and Mexico.”Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic
  
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• Trudeau says Canadians must stay 'strong and united' in face of U.S. negotiations

  21-08-2026 21:41 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians must stay “strong and united” in order for the federal government to get a good deal with the United States.Trudeau, who has largely stayed out of policy debates since exiting politics in January 2025, spoke briefly to media after attending the inauguration of the Canada’s first 2SLGBTQI+ National Monument near Parliament Hill.When asked to comment on the ongoing trade negotiations with the U.S., Trudeau said t
  
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• Carney says he's suspending trade talks and matching new U.S. tariffs

  21-08-2026 21:41 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — In a stunning setback in trade negotiations with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced late on Friday that he is suspending talks and will match steep new U.S. tariffs that are set to come into effect on some Canadian goods.Canada and the U.S. were engaged in intense negotiations to reach a deal that would help avert new 50 per cent tariffs on $29 billion-worth of Canadian goods, which were initially set to kick in on Wednesday, but U.S. President Donald Trump e
  
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• BREAKING: Carney says he's suspending trade talks and matching new U.S. tariffs

  21-08-2026 21:41 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — In a stunning setback in trade negotiations with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced late on Friday evening that he is suspending trade talks and will match new U.S. tariffs of 50 per cent on some Canadian goods.Canada and the U.S. were engaged in intense negotiations to reach a deal that would help avert new 50 per cent tariffs on $29 billion-worth of Canadian goods. Those tariffs were initially set to kick in on Wednesday, but Trump extended the deadline unt
  
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• 69% of married couples felt ‘pressured’ to blow past wedding budget: survey

  21-08-2026 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than 1,200 people surveyed regarding the costs of weddings, regardless of whether they were paying for their own or turning up for someone else's.
  
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• Survivor describes moments after plane ripped through his vehicle in Prince George, B.C.

  21-08-2026 21:01 via cbc.ca
  
  One person is dead and the Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a plane made an emergency landing on a Prince George, B.C., road on Thursday.
  
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• 'All of a sudden it was on top of me': Harrowing moments as plane crashes into cars on B.C. road

  21-08-2026 21:01 via cbc.ca
  
  One person is dead and the Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a plane made an emergency landing on a Prince George, B.C., road on Thursday.
  
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• Orphaned polar bear cub arrives at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo

  21-08-2026 20:35 via cbc.ca
  
  An orphaned polar bear cub from the Churchill, Man., area has arrived in Winnipeg, the Assiniboine Park Zoo says.
  
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• Studies show year-round shipping potential from Manitoba’s Port of Churchill

  21-08-2026 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says studies showing year-round shipping potential from the Port of Churchill boost the case for expanding the Arctic deepsea port.
  
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• Studies suggest freighters hardened against ice can extend Hudson Bay shipping season

  21-08-2026 20:09 via cbc.ca
  
  A series of studies suggests freighters hardened against ice can safely navigate Hudson Bay outside of the existing four-month Port of Churchill shipping season — but warn ice will remain in the bay and pose challenges in the coming decades.
  
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