Canada is wrestling with difficult questions about indigenous rights and reconciliation. Here is a story about how these fundamental questions have created a big mess in one of the world's wealthiest real-estate markets. wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com
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Trump said he wanted to use "economic force" against Canada. It's working. Canada’s economy is starting to buckle under American tariffs wsj.com/world/americ... via
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Stellantis promised to keep its footprint in Ontario when it got billions in incentives from Ottawa in 2023. Now, it is planning to shift Jeep production to the U.S., and Canada is threatening to sue. wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com
Carney's challenge: Reconciling the irreconcilable. As an executive and central banker, Mark Carney was a leading voice urging businesses to fight climate change. As Canada’s prime minister, he is doing everything he can to pump more oil and gas. wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com
Canada's boycott of US alcohol is costing American wineries tens of millions. Exports to Canada have dropped a staggering 67% in the first six months of this year. It's a huge hit to an industry that relies on international markets. My latest page 1 story for @wsj.com
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American whiskey and wine makers are taking bit hits from a Canadian boycott. California wine makers have lost their biggest export market. wsj.com/business/us-... via
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A complex story with no easy resolution: About 400 ostriches on a farm outside Vancouver are at the center of a legal fight that has drawn U.S. health officials to the animals’ cause. www.wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com
Late breaking news: Canada caves to Trump and rescinds its digital services tax. A big win for the tech companies backing Trump.
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Trump, the "tariff person" is holding out for deals other countries so far aren't willing to make. U.S. trading partners left the G-7 summit without hoped-for deals with President Trump wsj.com/politics/pol... via
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The vibe at the G7 in Alberta is low key, as Canadian PM Carney tries to project unity and avoid blowups with the U.S. Here's our G7 preview. wsj.com/world/trump-... via @wsj.com w/
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It's early yet, but Alberta separatists are mobilizing. It's unclear if the rest of Canada knows how serious a threat they are. Here's my report on Alberta secessionists gaining ground, while Mark Carney’s tries to project unity at the G7. wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com
King Charles sends a message to President Trump. Canada already has a king. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Our latest cut on the money laundering fueling the opioid crisis. Launderers have learned that its easy to pour illegal money into the banking system, often just by using ATMs. And it's not just a TD Bank problem. wsj.com/us-news/chin... via @wsj.com w/ @dgtokar.bsky.social and
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Climate warming in the Arctic means #permafrost is not permanent anymore. In 2022, we published a study estimating risks from industrial legacy sites with contaminants across the Arctic: doi.org/10.1038/s414.... The #wjs now reports on an arsenic-contaminated site impacted by thaw near Yellowknife
There's a toxic pile of arsenic trioxide under Yellowknife. Miners left the byproduct of 50 years of gold mining underground and hoped it would stay frozen. But the permafrost is melting and this arsenic is threatening to get into Great Slave Lake and the Arctic Ocean.
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Mark Carney is such a political neophyte that he needed training on how to read between two teleprompters. But he still won the Canadian election, a remarkable feat. Now he faces his biggest challenge: reordering Canada's economy away from the U.S. For @wsj.com
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Pierre Poilievre is struggling to convince he's not a mini-Trump. If the polls are correct, it may be too late.
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Canadian Prime Mark Carney and President Trump spoke on Friday and it was surprisingly civil. Canada is one of the few countries to hit back at Trump's tariffs. It may be working. wsj.com/world/americ... via
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I was on the @wsj.com What's News podcast to discuss how countries are trying to respond to Trump's tariff threats. To fight or roll over? www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...
President Trump’s tariff war is forcing allies to choose between resistance and acquiescence. So far, no one knows if it even matters to a President who loves tariffs. www.wsj.com/economy/trad... via @wsj.com
Scott Presler has 11,201 unread text messages—at last count—and a vision that culminates with putting JD Vance in the White House in 2028 www.wsj.com/politics/ele... via @wsj.com
This film is the most amazing thing to come from the awesome spirit of Agnes Varda. Such a beautiful film, and an ending that will leave you speechless. youtu.be/_ZD8p4J4Gb8?...
There is no reason for a season 3 of Severance. That was a perfect ending.
Red and white color-coordinated outfits, aluminum pens and Trump trolling. The scene from a G7 foreign ministers meeting like no other. wsj.com/world/canada... via @wsj.com w/ @mgordonwsj.bsky.social
Ontario Doug Ford has become the unlikely face of Canadian resistance in Trump’s trade war. wsj.com/world/americ... via
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Our mini profile of Mark Carney, who embodies many of the things President Trump and his supporters dislike— a member of the global technocratic elite, former leader of two central banks —and a regular at Davos. wsj.com/world/americ... via
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Cut from the same cloth as Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has asserted himself as the top negotiator of the Trump administration’s gyrating trade agenda, as well as its public face wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com