Winter storm buries Eastern Canada in snow. Frigid cold means it’s sticking around
A person is seen cross-country skiing on a Toronto street on Sunday. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press) The record-breaking winter storm that pounded Ontario and Quebec with snow on Sunday night and Monday morning is moving east into Atlantic Canada, and bringing extreme cold with it. A large and strong low-pressure area brought a large snowstorm across much of southern Ontario on Sunday night, Environment Canada notes, creating significant impacts on transportation and leading to school closures across much of Toronto and the surrounding areas. Toronto Pearson Airport recorded 46 centimetresRead more
‘Mr. Trump, stop killing American citizens,’ Kinew says after 2nd fatal shooting in Minnesota
Wab Kinew said he sent Governor Tim Walz a message of support and shared his outrage over the death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis Saturday morning. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC) Manitoba’s premier says he’s reached out to his counterpart in Minnesota again following the killing of another American citizen by federal immigration officials, calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to stop the violence. Wab Kinew said he sent Governor Tim Walz a message of support and shared his outrage over the death of Alex Pretti,Read more
Europe’s ‘appeasement’ strategy with Trump has failed. So what comes next?
The slogan ‘Make America Go Away’ is stitched on the side of a cap worn by the co-owner of the McKorman clothing store in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Jan. 20. (Tom Little/Reuters) Looking typically earnest, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stepped up to the podium on Monday morning and made a compelling case for respectful, deliberate diplomatic engagement with Donald Trump over the Greenland crisis, warning the U.K. has too much at stake economically and militarily to be driven by emotion. “The right way to approach a discussion of an issueRead more
U.S. says it has seized 7th Venezuela-linked oil tanker
Venezuela’s national flag waves in the wind at the top of the National Assembly in Caracas on Tuesday. (Matias Delacroix/The Associated Press) U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to take control of the oil in the South American country. U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta “without incident” and that the tanker was “operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantineRead more
Trump threatens 200% tariffs on French wines to get Macron on ‘Board of Peace’
French President Emmanuel Macron attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday. Macron gave a scathing criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs if Europe does not let him take over Greenland. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters) French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said Europe would not give in to bullies or be intimidated, in a scathing criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs if Europe does not let him take over Greenland. While other European leaders have tried to keep a measured tone toRead more
EU chief promises ‘unflinching’ response to new tariffs as Trump trolls and threatens on social media
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday the EU shared concerns with the United States about Arctic security, but if President Donald Trump followed through with new tariffs based on a dispute over Greenland, the alliance’s response would be “unflinching” and “united.” Von der Leyen, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, said the U.S. risks sending its relationship with EU allies “into a downward spiral” that would only benefit shared adversaries. Trump announced planned tariffs this weekend on eight countries that sent small numbersRead more
Trump claims CUSMA is ‘irrelevant’, but says Canada ‘wants it’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement — the trade pact also known as CUSMA — is not relevant for the U.S., but Canada wants it, as he pushed for companies to bring manufacturing back to American soil. “There’s no real advantage to it — it’s irrelevant,” Trump said. “Canada would love it. Canada wants it. They need it.” The Detroit Three automakers are heavily reliant on supply chains that include significant parts production in Mexico and Canada, and all three produce hundreds of thousands of vehiclesRead more
U.S. plane used in boat strike was disguised as civilian aircraft, contrary to Pentagon regulation
A combination image shows two screen captures from a video posted on the X account of The White House on Sept. 15, 2025, depicting what U.S. President Donald Trump said was a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the U.S. (The White House/Handout/Reuters) The plane used by the U.S. military to strike a boat accused of smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, a move that appears to be atRead more
Federal prosecutors resign amid turmoil over Minnesota ICE shooting investigation
Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, according to people familiar with the matter. Several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department’s civil rights division have also given notice of their departures, they said. The resignations follow growing tensions over a decision by the Trump administration to block the state out of the investigation into the shooting of Renee Good, who was fatallyRead more
Trump ends temporary protected status for Somalis living in U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/The Associated Press) U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will end humanitarian protections that grant deportation relief and work permits to some 1,100 Somalis in the U.S., administration officials said on Tuesday, the latest restrictive move targeting Somali immigrants. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she would end temporary protected status for Somalis, arguing that conditions in Somalia had improved, even as fighting continues between Somali armed forces and al-Shabaab militants. With the termination, the status will be set to expire on March 17, although a legalRead more