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Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Canada pushes to cement U.S. ties as Trump looms in the background

Feds to launch Canada-U.S. engagement strategy prior to presidential election

 

Former President Donald Trump leaves his apartment building in New York, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

‘America does not do coronations’: Haley hopes to stop Trump’s march

New Hampshire primary nears with U.S. Republican nomination choices whittled to two

 

Majiah Washington speaks to members of the media before a news conference at the Portland Fire & Rescue headquarters on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm. Washington, who saw the incident unfold through her window, rushed outside to grab the baby from one of the people lying in the street to save its life. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

U.S. teen braves slick street, live wire to rescue baby from electrocution

Baby survives Oregon ice storm tragedy after power line falls on SUV

 

A worker from PG&E works on restoring power to the area after a storm on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

3 dead, baby injured after power line falls on car during Oregon ice storm

It is believed the victims were electrocuted after they got out of the vehicle

A worker from PG&E works on restoring power to the area after a storm on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Justin Brooks works on clearing trees that fell around his home on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

People told to stay of roads as ice storm grips American Pacific Northwest

Parts of southwest Washington and northwest Oregon remain under warning

Justin Brooks works on clearing trees that fell around his home on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
A worker pauses while removing snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. A potentially dangerous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo region on Saturday led the NFL to push back the Bills wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to fall on the region over a 24- plus hour period. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Much of the US struggles under severe winter weather

Parts of the country could see temperatures drop 25 to 40 degrees below normal

A worker pauses while removing snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. A potentially dangerous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo region on Saturday led the NFL to push back the Bills wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to fall on the region over a 24- plus hour period. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Food and Drug Administration building is shown Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Silver Spring, Md. A major shift in United States pharmaceutical policy is creating fears about future drug shortages in Canada, now that manufacturers are allowed to export drugs south of the border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Manuel Balce Ceneta

U.S. move to allow Canadian drug import sparks shortage fears up here

‘To look to Canada as their pharmacy is just not practical, we can’t do it’

Food and Drug Administration building is shown Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Silver Spring, Md. A major shift in United States pharmaceutical policy is creating fears about future drug shortages in Canada, now that manufacturers are allowed to export drugs south of the border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Manuel Balce Ceneta
FILE - Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a sexual assault victim, speaks in New York, July 2, 2020. Social media is abuzz with news that a judge is about to release a list of “clients,” or “associates” or maybe “co-conspirators,” of Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. While some previously sealed court records are indeed being made public, the great majority of the people whose names appear in those documents are not accused of any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Unsealed records offer new detail on old Epstein sex abuse allegations

Much-hyped court-ordered release largely consisted of already public material

FILE - Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a sexual assault victim, speaks in New York, July 2, 2020. Social media is abuzz with news that a judge is about to release a list of “clients,” or “associates” or maybe “co-conspirators,” of Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. While some previously sealed court records are indeed being made public, the great majority of the people whose names appear in those documents are not accused of any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador listen to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak during a joint news conference at the North American Leaders Summit, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is calling for another NAFTA-style charm offensive to defend Canada’s trade with the U.S. ahead of November’s presidential election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Businesses want Canada to crank up trade charm as U.S. election looms

Group wants to convince Americans Canada is a boon to the U.S. economy

U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador listen to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak during a joint news conference at the North American Leaders Summit, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is calling for another NAFTA-style charm offensive to defend Canada’s trade with the U.S. ahead of November’s presidential election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., says her team is hard at work getting ready in the event former president Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Godofredo A. Vásquez

If Trump returns to U.S. office, will Canada be more ready?

Ottawa learned lessons from Trump’s first term — and vice versa, says ambassador

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., says her team is hard at work getting ready in the event former president Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Godofredo A. Vásquez
Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander of United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command looks on as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to members of the media at the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Outgoing Norad commander says Canada, U.S. too slow to adapt to threats

‘We need to look at our national security and we need to fund based on that’

Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander of United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command looks on as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to members of the media at the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
FILE - Attorney Eric Olson, far right, argues before the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Denver. Colorado Supreme Court justices have sharply questioned whether they could exclude former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, Pool)

Trump barred from Colorado ballot over insurrection clause, court rules

Decision marks first time in history 14th Amendment used to disqualify presidential candidate

FILE - Attorney Eric Olson, far right, argues before the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Denver. Colorado Supreme Court justices have sharply questioned whether they could exclude former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, Pool)
FILE - Secretary of State Henry Kissinger briefs reporters, Oct. 12, 1973, at the State Department in Washington. Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. He was 100. (AP Photo, File)

Longtime U.S. world power broker Henry Kissinger dead at 100

Secretary of state under 2 American presidents was the country’s face on the global stage in the ’70s

FILE - Secretary of State Henry Kissinger briefs reporters, Oct. 12, 1973, at the State Department in Washington. Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. He was 100. (AP Photo, File)
In this image taken from security video, a light colored vehicle, top center, flies over a fence into the Rainbow Bridge customs plaza, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The governor of New York state says there’s no apparent terrorism link to a car that hit a median at breakneck speed, soared through the air, crashed and exploded, killing two people Wednesday at a Canada-U.S. border checkpoint in Niagara Falls.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Customs Border Protection via AP

‘High anxiety’: Niagara border explosion shows — and feeds — U.S. tension

Thanksgiving resumes, but American nerves still raw after deadly Rainbow Bridge crash

In this image taken from security video, a light colored vehicle, top center, flies over a fence into the Rainbow Bridge customs plaza, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The governor of New York state says there’s no apparent terrorism link to a car that hit a median at breakneck speed, soared through the air, crashed and exploded, killing two people Wednesday at a Canada-U.S. border checkpoint in Niagara Falls.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Customs Border Protection via AP
A settlement panel has rejected complaints from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office over how Canada is allocating its dairy import quotas. Dairy cows are seen at a farm Friday, August 31, 2018 in Sainte-Marie-Madelaine Quebec.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Cheering over spilt milk: Canada celebrates win in U.S. dairy dispute

Trade Minister frames latest findings as vindication for Canada’s approach to dairy import quotas

A settlement panel has rejected complaints from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office over how Canada is allocating its dairy import quotas. Dairy cows are seen at a farm Friday, August 31, 2018 in Sainte-Marie-Madelaine Quebec.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Republican presidential candidate businessman Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. Ramaswamy said he wants to build a wall at the Canada-U.S. border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rebecca Blackwell

Presidential hopeful wants to build a wall — between US and Canada

‘Just skate to where the puck is going,’ Vivek Ramaswamy says in bid to slow illegal migration

Republican presidential candidate businessman Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. Ramaswamy said he wants to build a wall at the Canada-U.S. border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rebecca Blackwell
FILE - In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, an exhibit shows Ivanka Trump, during a video interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the hearing Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. It’s Ivanka Trump’s turn to take the witness stand in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into former President Donald Trump’s family business. (House Select Committee via AP)

Ivanka Trump takes witness stand in the civil fraud trial that’s scrutinizing the family business

Ivanka Trump began testifying Wednesday in the the civil fraud trial that…

FILE - In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, an exhibit shows Ivanka Trump, during a video interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the hearing Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. It’s Ivanka Trump’s turn to take the witness stand in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into former President Donald Trump’s family business. (House Select Committee via AP)
Nicole Harvda poses next to her car following a race. (Photo courtesy of Nicole Havrda)

Comox Valley race car driver makes history

At 17, Nicole Havrda is the first woman to win American Formula 3 Championship

Nicole Harvda poses next to her car following a race. (Photo courtesy of Nicole Havrda)
This photo released by the Lewiston Maine Police Department shows Robert Card, who police have identified as a person of interest in connection to mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. ( Lewiston Maine Police Department via AP)

Thousands of Mainers still under lockdown order as hunt continues for Robert Card, Maine mass shooting suspect

Thousands of Mainers were still under lockdown orders Friday morning as law…

This photo released by the Lewiston Maine Police Department shows Robert Card, who police have identified as a person of interest in connection to mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. ( Lewiston Maine Police Department via AP)
A police officer walks along a rural road during a manhunt for the suspect of Wednesday’s mass shootings, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in Lisbon, Maine. The shootings took place at a restaurant and bowling alley in nearby Lewiston, Maine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Robert F. Bukaty

Canadian border agents on alert for ‘armed and dangerous’ Maine gunman

Manhunt underway after 18 people fatally shot in Lewiston, about 260 kilometres from New Brunswick

A police officer walks along a rural road during a manhunt for the suspect of Wednesday’s mass shootings, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in Lisbon, Maine. The shootings took place at a restaurant and bowling alley in nearby Lewiston, Maine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Robert F. Bukaty