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August 2026

Canada hosts U.S., Chinese military leaders at Indo-Pacific defence forum

Canada is playing host this week to military leaders from both the United States and China amid cross-border tensions with the Trump administration and Ottawa’s attempts to improve relations with Beijing

Stephen M. Saidemancanadian political scientist
It absolutely puts (Canada) in a difficult spot, because all our planning is premised on this relationship with the United States,

Sydney shark attack survivor recalls punching animal in the face

I’ve never screamed that loud and that crazy in my life … I’m just thinking, ‘surely the lifeguards will hear us screaming, a jetski is going to come out any second and scare it away’,
I’ve got to try and punch it. I’ve got to try and push it away or else it’s going to bite my head off,
Its face was horrific. I’ll never forget its face,

Nepal warns of possible fresh flooding as death toll rises to at least 800

Govind Shreshtalocal resident
Sometimes they say a flood is coming, then we have to run again to higher ground, even at night. There is also rain,
Everything is finished. Nothing is left. Not even our home,

Milo Yiannopoulos deported to U.K. after ICE arrest in U.S.

He chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws,
Milo Yiannopoulosbritish political commentator
Zero immigration for the next 20 years. No ifs, no buts,
We encourage every person here illegally to take advantage of this offer and reserve the chance to come back to the U.S. the right legal way to live the American dream,

Trump says U.S. to take control of 65B barrels of Venezuela oil reserves in new deal

Donald Trumppresident
BREAKING NEWS:... The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!”

Strong support for Canada axing U.S. trade talks, retaliatory tariffs: poll

However, the Ipsos polling conducted exclusively for Global News and released Saturday also shows that support varies by age, with fewer Generation Z and Millennial adults backing the Liberals and their approach to the growing U.S. trade war

Darrell Brickercanadian writer and pollster
The people who were the ‘elbows up’ crowd in the last election campaign, who voted for the Liberals and continue to vote for the Liberals, they’re older, they’re more economically established, they tend to have higher degrees of education, they tend be more affluent,
Darrell Brickercanadian writer and pollster
I have not in my consciousness recalled as tumultuous a week, or couple of weeks, or couple of months, in Canadian politics since probably 1995, when we went through the sovereignty referendum,
Darrell Brickercanadian writer and pollster
These people are living in what we like to call ‘the endurance economy’: they’re just getting by from day to day, and they’re enduring economic life right now,

Can Canada supply itself? Trade war forces businesses to find out

The Unscented Company, a Montreal-based home and body care business, stopped contracting the production of its soaps out to a Vermont company, instead bringing it north of the border

I love my manufacturer in Vermont. He was perfect, but we could not afford having an American flag on one of my products,
Not only have we managed to keep our component costs the same, but we have also partnered with other Canadian companies to reshore production of some items that have never been produced in Canada before,
When you make that decision to produce here in Canada, you’re obviously making it more expensive for a while until you build your volume,
It is significant enough to have a plan. So now we actually are executing our plan,

Hiker receives lost backpack 63 years after he fell into Austrian glacier

A barely legible name was eventually found in the badly weathered document folder. Further research led to the identification of the former owner. The now 86-year-old confirmed that the equipment was indeed his,

Canada adds more U.S. goods to list of planned counter-tariffs

On Tuesday, Canada responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated trade war escalations and 50 per cent tariffs with counter-tariffs on more than 700 American goods amounting to $27.6 billion and rolling out supports for workers affected by the trade war

We’ve been working with and listening to stakeholders and provinces all throughout this process. That has informed our response and crucially helped us adjust our support measures to ensure our sectors and workers’ immediate needs and reality are acted on,
This decision was made in the interest of strengthening Canada’s sectors and our tariff response — and to better match the American tariffs dollar for dollar, rate for rate,

Number of Canadians missing in Nepal-Tibet floods rises to 32: minister

It is complicated to find the entry and exit points of the tunnel because everything has been covered by mud,
My family was just waking up, and they didn’t even get any information, and suddenly this flood came. Some of them are missing, some of them lost their life and only a few is alive,
Right after the shake, I noticed a black storm coming towards us,
My mother said they were on their way towards the border area and said they’ll reach their hotel and call us,

Norway’s King Harald V dead at 89, his son succeeds as Haakon VIII

Jonas Gahr Støreprime Minister
A whole nation is in mourning and the people of Norway are left with a deep sense of gratitude for a long life in the service of Norway,
It has been my experience that the monarchy stands strong,

Jerusalem court acquits man charged in nun attack on insanity defence

The violent beating of the nun was seen as a rare escalation in a region where people of all faiths have been experiencing a nearly three-year-long war

How a collapsing glacier may have caused the catastrophic Nepal floods

A devastating series of deadly flash floods has destroyed villages in parts of Nepal and Tibet, with hundreds missing, including some Canadians, as experts say a falling glacier likely triggered a chain reaction of catastrophic events that could get worse in the coming days

It is biblical — the amount of power when we get ice falling large distances. The amount of kinetic energy is really enormous. And when it hits the water, it just produces these incredible floods downstream. It’s hard to imagine that devastation,
It seems like the front of a glacier broke off, got mixed up with landslide debris, and then suddenly reached the river below without anyone knowing that this would be a source of risk in the past,
One is the precipitation and obviously the monsoon season that is occurring right now. The second one is the topography and kind of geology of the region, where you have a very steep slope, very unstable land that can easily be moved when more moisture or more water is reaching it. The third one is kind of snow and ice loss, that process that is kind of permanently occurring, and the particular threshold moments are happening along the way,
Residents of the lower banks … passengers, rescuers engaged in rescue operations, and all concerned are requested to exercise special caution and stay in safe places away from the river banks and risky areas,
Those [events] are going to become more common, but still they’re relatively infrequent,

Surgeons successfully complete 1st-ever AI-assisted brain tumour removal

Without surgery, Rhys’ tumour would have continued to threaten his sight and could ultimately have led to blindness. The operation successfully removed the tumour and protected his vision,

Nvidia data centre revenue more than doubled to $89B amid AI spending boom

The chip company’s shares rose nearly eight per cent at the open of trading Thursday

Jensen HuangcEO
AI has reached its inflection point. It’s doing useful work. Its tokens are productive and profitable. Now, compute is revenue,

Canada’s retaliation ‘should come as no surprise’ to U.S., Champagne says

Dominic LeBlancu.S. Trade Minister
Canada welcomes that the U.S. is now withdrawing its positions on discoverability and labeling and is confirming that measures to promote French language and Canadian culture will not be subject to future U.S. trade actions,
I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing,
Dominic LeBlancu.S. Trade Minister
Canada welcomes that the U.S. is now withdrawing its positions on discoverability and labelling and is confirming that measures to promote French language and Canadian culture will not be subject to future U.S. trade actions,

Loblaw is bringing back country of origin labels amid ‘Buy Canadian’ push

Customers have told us they want to support Canadian farmers, producers, entrepreneurs, and businesses. We want to make doing that easier,
We are reinstating the T symbol on shelf labels for products sourced directly from the U.S. that are affected by tariffs. Customers will begin to see the T symbol appear as affected products are identified and shelf labels are updated,
As Canada enters another period of trade uncertainty with the United States, we are once again taking steps to give customers clear information about products affected by tariffs and make Canadian products easier to identify,
We will also continue using the maple leaf symbol in our stores to help customers identify Canadian-made and prepared products. This includes reintroducing the country-of-origin in our fresh produce aisles,
It’s not a pure science. It’s not like it was in the 1970s where things were 100 per cent made in Canada or 100 per cent made in the U.S. Our supply chains are integrated,
When you choose a Canadian product, you’re not only putting pressure on the U.S., right now you’re protecting jobs,