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FIELD REPORT: In Valcourt, Trump turns back the Spyder on Tuesday, and January will pay
On September 29 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time, a Can-Am Spyder built in Valcourt will become an object the United States refuses to import.
COMMENTARY: Trump promises Beijing relief on $30 billion, and Canada stays at 50%
Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on September 26. With a trade truce extended by two months. And a promise of tariff relief on $30…
COLUMN: From Lackawanna to Plattsburgh, New York pays for Trump’s tariffs and Ottawa’s retaliation
On the last weekend of August, in Oswego, on the American shore of Lake Ontario, a local photographer was aiming his lens at Canada…
OPEN LETTER: To the people of Maine, Trump’s tariff costs you too, so say so before November 9
A logging business in Maine has shut its doors because parts had become too expensive, The Guardian reported on September 26, 2026. I am…
ANALYSIS: Washington talks with Mexico without Ottawa, and the agenda swells from 54 to nearly 90 items
The fourth round of talks between Mexico and Washington would not take place the following week: Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Luis Rosendo Gutiérrez announced…
EDITORIAL: Washington invites Putin to Miami, and Canada must not sit there in silence
Washington is inviting Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Miami in December. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced it on Wednesday, September 23.
COLUMN: Trump renames a lake by decree, and Ottawa asks a street for permission
On Wednesday, September 23, Ottawa city council voted unanimously to take Donald Trump’s name off a residential street.
NARRATIVE: Trump speaks 37 minutes without saying Canada, Carney leaves the UN without a Washington meeting
On Tuesday, September 22, Donald Trump spoke for 37 minutes before the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
EXPLAINER: Trump bans 0.3% of Canadian imports, the weight of a warning
The United States will not add a tariff to Canadian whisky, whey or molasses: it will exclude them from its territory on Tuesday, September…