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U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his frequently-voiced desire to acquire Canada and Greenland on Thursday — this time with the leader of NATO sitting next to him. “I think it will happen,” Trump said when asked by a reporter about the U.S. taking over Greenland during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.“I’m sitting with a man that could be very instrumental — you know Mark, we need that for international security,” he continued, turning to Rutte.The secretary-general said he did not “want to drag NATO into” a conversation about the U.S. acquiring Greenland, but acknowledged the importance of Arctic security and northern countries working together “under U.S. leadership” to combat China and Russia.Asked about tariffs on Canada, Trump spoke of his grievances wi...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 13, 2025 3:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says it’s unlikely the province will cut off the electricity NB Power supplies to northern Maine as the trade war with the United States drags on, but she says that could change. Holt made the comment today during the first of weekly briefings aimed at keeping New Brunswickers informed about the province’s response to the economic and emotional fallout from the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.The premier spent much of the hour-long news conference reassuring ...

Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party and a conservative-linked pressure group are ratcheting up digital advertising targeting Mark Carney amidst a Liberal resurgence in national polls. The Conservatives’ latest English-language ad labels Carney as “sneaky” – Poilievre and co.’s preferred nickname for the former central banker – and was blasted out 198 times since March 11, two days after Carney’s landslide victory in the Liberal leadership race.That’s in addition to ads the party has been running referring to “Carbon Tax Carney” – despite the Liberal leader’s pledge to get rid of consumer carbon pricing – and suggesting U.S. President Donald Trump would seize on Carney’s “weakness,” which have been running since Feb. 28.In both cases, the ads were targeted mostly at voters in Ontario and ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size On his last day in office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he will “always be boldly and unapologetically Canadian.” Trudeau released a video from his office on his X account Thursday, a day before Liberal Leader Mark Carney is set to be sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister.“I am so proud of Canadians. I’m proud to have served a country full of people who stand up for what’s right, rise to every occasion and always have each other’s backs when it matters most,” Trudeau said in his farewell message. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen....

As Ontario Premier Doug Ford heads to Washington, D.C., for a meeting at the White House, his threat to tariff or cut off U.S. energy remains on the table and could return after the high-stakes date. Ford and his team are set to fly in and out of the U.S. capital on Thursday for a meeting with President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick. The result of those talks could calm or reignite trade tensions.The meeting comes after a whirlwind week in which Ontario levelled a 25 per cent surcharge on the energy it exports to the U.S. before Trump responded on Tuesday by threatening his own 50 per cent tariff on steel and aluminum.His team called Ford’s threat to cut off power “egregious and insulting” and promised to batter Canada with economic retaliation.Hours later, Lutnick had ...

The divide between Canadians and Americans was felt throughout the check-in lanes in the U.S. departures wing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. As George Bell and his wife embarked their adventure to Colombia, they were faced with an undesired layover in the United States.“It was unavoidable,” Bell said. “If there was another route that was economical and the time frame would have worked out, we would have preferred it.”With plans to retire with his wife at their Florida property, he considered cutting those ties to south of the border since the news of tariffs first came to light.“We had a trip planned for Florida in the spring and we cancelled it,” Bell said. “I also had a second one to Utah, mountain biking in September — cancelled it.” Story continues below advertisem...

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted March 13, 2025 7:30 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A major foreign-policy summit is underway in Quebec Thursday, with the Liberals welcoming foreign ministers from the U.S., Europe and Japan. The Group of Seven ministerial meeting is taking place in the Charlevoix region, just as Canada seeks support against damaging American tariffs.The leaders are set to discuss the functioning of the G7 Thursday, as well as geopolitical challenges ranging from Haiti to Sudan. 0:41 ...

Russia claimed Thursday that its troops have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia’s Kursk border region, as a senior Kremlin official said that a U.S.-proposed 30-day ceasefire in the war three years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine would help Kyiv by giving its weary and short-handed military a break. The Russian Defense Ministry’s claim that it recaptured the town of Sudzha, hours after President Vladimir Putin visited his commanders in Kursk and wore military fatigues, could not be independently verified. Ukrainian officials made no immediate comment on the claim.The renewed Russian military push and Putin’s high-profile visit to his troops came as U.S. President Donald Trump presses for a diplomatic end to the war. The U.S. on Tuesday lifted its March 3 s...