Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.
Bourgouin urges the government to adopt a “buy it here, build it here” strategy to support the lumber industry
Wawa News
·
August 1, 2025
Aug 1, 2025 at 08:21 July 29th, 2025 – NDP MPP Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Forestry Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) is calling for a strategy to support the lumber industry in response to Trump’s tariffs threatening the...
Canada could walk away from U.S. negotiations, advisor says. Live trade war updates here.
CP24
·
August 1, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has increased tariffs on Canadian imports to 35 per cent, up from 25 per cent, citing a lack of co-operation on illicit drugs. Prime Minister Mark Carney called the move disappointing, but said Canada will continue to...
CRH begins CCU in Canada
International Cement Review
·
August 1, 2025
This week, Ash Grove (CRH Group) broke ground on its Carbon 1 project with Carbon Upcycling, at the Mississauga cement plant in Ontario, Canada. This initiative will combine carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and cement production with...
Air quality action alert declared in South Bend region for Canadian wildfire smoke
South Bend Tribune - Indiana
·
Canadian wildfires are causing air quality advisories across the South Bend region. Earlier on the morning of Friday, Aug. 1, Chicago was ranked as having the worst air quality in the world by Swiss air technology company IQ Air. By 11:30 a.m.,...
Black Excellence Conference puts focus on work done in Canada by black scientists
LiveWire Calgary
·
August 1, 2025
The fourth annual Black Excellence Conference is being held from July 31-Aug 1 on the UCalgary campus, and new for this year, the conference is fully in person. For its first two years, 2022 and 2023, the conference was virtual, with 2024 being a...
GFT: Wynxx Reduces Time to Launch Financial Institutions’ AI and Cloud Projects
insideBIGDATA - Massachusetts
·
August 1, 2025
NEW YORK — Digital transformation company GFT has announced its work to drive U.S. and Canadian financial institutions’ cloud and AI digital transformation projects with Wynxx, its new AI-powered software development product. As financial...
Canada is not ready for the FIFA World Cup
The Globe and Mail
·
July 31, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:The largest soccer tournament in the world will kick off next June and over 650,000 combined out-of-province visitors are expected to flood through Vancouver and Toronto.OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images Eamon Donoghue is a...
Trump ordena arancel del 35% para Canadá por falta de cooperación en lucha contra drogas ilícitas
Los Angeles Times
·
August 1, 2025
WASHINGTON — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, aumentó la tasa arancelaria a las importaciones procedentes de Canadá al 35% desde el 25% anterior, y se hará efectiva el viernes. El anuncio realizado por la Casa Blanca el jueves por la...
Trident Tech expands industry-funded program
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
·
Trident Technical College’s Future Ready Certificate program is expanding this fall to include high school students in Charleston and Dorchester counties, following a successful pilot with Berkeley County students during the spring 2025 semester....
Canada slams US 35% tariff hike
Daily Times
·
August 1, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed disappointment over US President Donald Trump’s decision to raise tariffs on Canadian products to 35 percent. Trump increased tariffs from 25 percent through a presidential order, citing Canada’s...
Carney: Canada committed to C.U.S.M.A. despite latest tariff increase
CJLS - Massachusetts
·
August 1, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Canadian government remains “laser focused” on what they can control. President Trump has announced an increase to 35% on duty for Canadian exports not covered under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement. In a...
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Ship-docked-at-Port-Houston-1741d74fc460476881a4754e9ad43f42.jpg)
Mexico Tariffs Delayed; Higher Duties Set on Brazil, Canada
Successful Farming
·
By Ryan Hanrahan Reuters’ David Lawder, Trevor Hunnicutt, and Aida Pelaez-fernandez reported that “U.S. President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on exports from dozens of trading partners, including Canada, Brazil, India, and Taiwan, ahead of...
ChinaJoy attracts over 700 firms; industry players vow to tap market
Global Times
·
Asia's biggest games event ChinaJoy, also known as the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference, kicked off in Shanghai on August 1, 2025. Photo: Tao Mingyang/GT Asia's biggest games event ChinaJoy, also known as the China Digital...
TSX falls after Trump increases tariff on Canada
Business Recorder
·
August 1, 2025
Canada’s main stock index slipped on Friday as investors assessed U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff regime that included levies on Canada and dozens of other countries. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 1.4% at 27,878.91 points, posting...
Province takes aim at ‘red tape’ issues in agriculture
Medicine Hat News
·
August 1, 2025
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 1, 2025. asmith@medicinehatnews.com Alberta’s government is looking to help agriculture organizations focus on putting food on tables across the province by eliminating redundant regulations for...
Trump raises Canada tariff rate to 35% after saying recognition of Palestinian state would ‘make it very hard’ to strike a deal
Fortune
·
President Donald Trump has raised the tariff rate on U.S. imports from Canada to 35% from 25%, effective Friday. The announcement from the White House late Thursday said Canada had failed to “do more to arrest, seize, detain or otherwise intercept...
KPMG’s Elliott Marer on pressure and possibilities amid a food industry in flux
Canadian Grocer
·
August 1, 2025
2025 food deals are about boosting growth, gaining scale, and staying relevant in a tough, evolving market, shares KPMG Canada's Elliot Marer. The food industry has seen a flurry of mergers, acquisitions and restructurings in recent months. From...
Canadian business leaders want a modernized financial system, survey reveals
Wealth Professional Canada
·
"Canada is in the midst of a trade war, and it must do everything it can to insulate itself from outside economic threats,” says Geoff Rush, partner and national industry leader for financial services at KPMG in Canada. “We have an opportunity to...
Trump hits Canada with 35% tariffs
Truck News
·
August 1, 2025
Canada was hit with 35% tariffs on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to increase the duties if Ottawa didn’t make a trade deal. The White House has said the tariffs would not affect goods compliant with the...
Carney disappointed after Trump hits Canada with 35 per cent tariffs
Medicine Hat News
·
August 1, 2025
By Canadian Press on August 1, 2025. WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday his government is disappointed that U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to increase tariffs to 35 per cent if Ottawa didn’t make a...