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U.S. President Donald Trump spoke, and the Democratic Party quickly responded, in what could be a preview of their midterm campaign messaging until early November. Before departing the White House on Tuesday for his highly anticipated trip to China for talks with President Xi Jinping, Trump took questions from reporters. …
Read More »Archives see surge in Americans requesting family records to access Canadian citizenship
Ken Schmahl has lived in the United States all his life, but his roots are firmly in New Brunswick. He remembers hearing stories about the farm his grandmother grew up on in Johnville, 15 kilometres outside Florenceville-Bristol, and has spent time researching his family’s New Brunswick history. So it was …
Read More »Americans are paying more attention to Canada. Should we worry?
New Democrat MP Leah Gazan probably thought she was communicating only with a small and like-minded group of Canadian NDP supporters when she rolled out a lengthy initialism during a news conference in Ottawa earlier this month. In fact, she had wandered into the wood chipper of U.S. culture war …
Read More »More Americans than ever are identifying as political independents, poll shows
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. At a time when U.S. politics appears to be more deeply polarized than ever, you might …
Read More »As millions of Americans face pricier health insurance, is ‘Trumpcare’ the solution?
Health insurance could be about to get a lot more expensive for millions of Americans, and that’s posing a political challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump. That challenge comes from two conflicting fundamentals underpinning his presidency: his promise to make life more affordable for Americans and his determination to tear …
Read More »Nearly 42 million Americans who use food assistance program could be impacted in days as U.S. shutdown lingers
A volunteer hands a bag of groceries to a man at the Central Christian Church food bank in Indianapolis, Ind., on Saturday. Food bank officials say they will be under strain in November if a deal isn’t reached to keep funding the main food assistance program used by more than …
Read More »As Trump lavishes money and praise on Argentina, more Americans ask: Why?
Since U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, he has put the squeeze on trading partners from Canada to Cambodia. But one U.S. trading partner seems to be getting preferential treatment, and Americans are starting to notice. On Wednesday, Politico reported that the Trump administration is seeking to …
Read More »Chinese-backed hackers ‘almost certainly’ targeted Canada during theft of millions of Americans’ data
A Chinese hacking group that may have stolen information from nearly every American “almost certainly” targeted a Canadian telecommunications company as well, according to a warning from Canada’s cyber intelligence agency. The prowess of the Beijing-backed group often referred to as Salt Typhoon is back in the news after more than …
Read More »Canadian travel to the U.S. plummets — but Americans are staying home, too
It’s not just Canadians who are holding back on cross-border travel amid a U.S. trade war that has soured bilateral relations. The number of Americans coming to Canada is also dropping off. New data published by Statistics Canada Thursday shows a 10.4 per cent decline in U.S. resident trips by …
Read More »Fewer Americans are visiting Canada. Ad campaigns assure them they’re welcome here
Late last year, Dan Davis of Cleveland, Ohio, began planning a motorcycle trip with friends this summer that includes several days in Ontario. But those plans became a little uncertain after U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January and imposed tariffs on Canada, sparking a trade war. That, coupled with Trump’s …
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