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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 24, 2025 8:27 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Drones, armoured vehicles and other munitions are headed to Ukraine as part of a $2-billion military aid package, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday. Carney first announced the funds in June at the G7 summit in Alberta but outlined the details of where that money will be spent during a surprise visit to Kyiv to mark Ukraine’s national Independence Day.The package includes $835 million to procure urgently needed supplies for Ukraine’s war against Russia, including vehicles, arms and medical equipme...

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the decision to drop retaliatory tariffs puts Ottawa in a better position to negotiate changes to U.S. President Donald Trump’s devastating duties on key sectors and eases tensions ahead of a review of a critical continental trade agreement. “Our responsibility as the government is to get the best deal we can for Canadian businesses and Canadian workers,” LeBlanc told The Canadian Press in an interview from Moncton, N.B. “We have to be prepared to sit constructively at a table with the other side of the table and have that conversation.”Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that Canada will drop some retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products to match American tariff exemptions for goods covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement...