For those wondering if Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston was serious about fining citizens $25,000 for taking a walk in the woods, meet the first person to receive one of those lofty fines.
Nova Scotia just handed me a fine for $28,872.50 for walking into the woods. pic.twitter.com/sARyEzHAzR
— Jeff Evely (@JeffEvely) August 9, 2025
A majority of Canadians support or somewhat support national infrastructure projects, even if there is opposition from provinces, Indigenous peoples or environmental concerns, according to new survey results from Nanos Research, conducted for CTV News.
Seventy per cent of Canadians surveyed support or somewhat support national projects even in the face of potential Indigenous opposition, while more than half — 59 per cent — oppose or somewhat oppose Indigenous Nations having the power to block projects.
WINDSOR, ONT. — From boom town to gloom town.
After four years of population growth, as new arrivals to Windsor chased jobs in a manufacturing revival fuelled by the promise of electric vehicles, the influx stalled when U.S. tariffs hit.
The unemployment rate soared to the highest in Canada. Five thousand manufacturing positions were cut in the last five months, according to the local Chamber of Commerce. Roughly 16 per cent of jobs in the area are dependent on Canada-U.S. trade — double the national average. Home sales are down 6.3 per cent this year.
It is difficult for an outsider to get a clear idea of how the Canada-U.S. trade discussions are developing. As frequent readers may recall, I was seriously embarrassed at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hokey election masquerade as Winston Churchill translating the Scarborough Bluffs into the White Cliffs of Dover and shaking his righteous Canadian fist at the much-maligned U.S. President Donald Trump on the farther shore “trying to break us.” He all but promised to fight in the fields and hills (and wine cellars of Rockcliffe and billiard rooms of Westmount and the indoor swimming pools of Rosedale). My civic disappointment was tempered by my longstanding opinion that in politics, anything that works, no matter how outlandish, is acceptable if it isn’t illegal. The vapid farce of Carney’s “finest hour” narrowly passed that test, even if it reflected no credit on him or his voters.
One of the defining themes of the 20th century was the failure of socialism as a means of organizing an economy or society. The triumph of the United States and the free-market West over the Soviet Union and its planned-economy allies in the Cold War was not primarily military — it was a victory of markets over command-and-control systems.
Yet in the 21st century, socialism continues to gain ground, threatening our prosperity and freedom.
Canada’s spy agency is warning that threats from Iran’s theocratic regime could increase this year and Tehran will continue to use members of criminal gangs to target its critics in Canada.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service told The Globe this week it is investigating death threats in Canada orchestrated by the republic of Iran. And depending on developments in the Middle East, such threats could escalate here, CSIS cautioned.
It’s not very reassuring to discover Iran’s regime treats Canada as a 2nd home.
Mere incompetence doesn’t explain this.
The Canadian government failed to reach a trade deal with the United States before the Aug. 1 deadline. As a result, U.S. President Donald Trump increased the blanket tariff on imports of Canadian goods from 25 per cent to 35 per cent, while tariffs on steel, aluminum and some automotive imports have remained unchanged. Crucially, the so-called “CUSMA exemption” on goods that are compliant with the existing Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement has also remained in place.
They want the arctic protected, natural resources and to sell Quebec to Louisiana. OK maybe not Louisiana.
Annexation or a mix of desirable independent former provinces may be their solution.
Canada was destroyed by our elites through mass immigration.
Does anyone want to fight for our 3rd World GTA?
I have a brilliant idea. Let's bring in more low skilled immigrants, mostly single and sexually repressed men from India. https://t.co/Rh1erGhBHX pic.twitter.com/WLT57varsg
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) August 8, 2025
No deal is better than a bad deal – that’s the message Prime Minister Mark Carney and his team keep selling to Canadians as their efforts to find a deal with Donald Trump falter.
That message became harder to sell Friday night as duties on softwood lumber skyrocketed to 35%.
The hostile reaction of U.S. lawmakers to Canadian forest fires reveals more about U.S.-Canada relations than any stack of trade statistics
If your neighbour’s house catches on fire, what do you do? Do you shout over the fence, telling her to keep the ruckus down? Do you complain that the smoke wafting into your backyard is making it hard for you to enjoy the evening?
I sure hope not. If you’re a decent person, or just a basically normal person, you do whatever you can to help. You try to make sure everything’s being done to fight the blaze and everyone’s being taken care of. You’d expect your neighbour to do the same if it happened to you.
Canada is trying to salvage its relationship with Mexico after falling out with Trump: analysts
MEXICO CITY – Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrambling to save his country’s relationship with Mexico after it disintegrated late last year when Canadian officials suggested they’d be better off negotiating a trade deal with the Trump administration alone.
Carney attempted to break the ice in a phone call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in July by complimenting an indigenous-made soccer ball she had gifted him at their last meeting and saying he hoped to visit Mexico soon.
The warm overture, relayed to Reuters by three people familiar with the call, highlights Canada’s attempt to repair the damage after a string of public slights by Canadian officials, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who said in November that any comparison of Canada to Mexico was “the most insulting thing I’ve ever heard.”
A gunman who killed a beloved Scarborough dad after a bar fight in 2021 could walk out of jail on time served – thanks to the “absolutely incomprehensible” triple-bunking he’s endured in Toronto detention centres.
There’s been a marked change in Doug Ford’s tone when speaking about Donald Trump and it could become a big problem for Canada.
Ford has gone from criticizing Trump’s policies to making things personal with the U.S. President, and that’s something that won’t go over well in Washington.
OTTAWA — Republicans on an influential House committee are pushing top Trump administration officials to pressure Canada to kibosh its controversial Online Streaming Act, which they describe as a “major threat” to the trade relationship.
Girl Guides of Canada says it is pausing all trips to the U.S. starting next month over concerns some members could be impacted by border changes put in place by the Trump administration.
In an email to Global News, the organization said it had made the decision to pause U.S.-bound trips as of Sept. 1 “after careful consideration.”
The Liberal government has removed restrictions on missile defence activities, paving the way for Canada to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” system or any other similar initiatives.
Defence Minister David McGuinty visited the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) headquarters in Colorado on July 15 when he met with U.S. Gen. Gregory Guillot. McGuinty noted the government “removed all restrictions on air and missile defence of Canada” but specific details were not provided at the time.
What? No Elbows?
