Canada dodged a tariff bullet at midnight — but Ottawa isn’t saying how it happened. Details of the new deal that spared the country crushing new tariffs are scant Wednesday morning.
What details are emerging come from the American side, which seems happy with the result, while Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is saying little.
Will Dairy Cartel deliver soured milk?
Rosie O’Donnell kicked off her week of guest hosting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! with, even by her standards, a tremendous amount of self-unawareness. In the lead-up to Monday’s show, O’Donnell was clearly relishing in the opportunity to make fun of President Trump, but in her monologue, she claimed that “Mango Mussolini” forced her to flee to Ireland because Trump “hates” her.
Rosie O’Donnell, looking like she’s wearing a jacket from the Elton John-Liberace Collection, went on Jimmy Kimmel’s show to talk about- what else- Trump. pic.twitter.com/JGEMYL9IaC
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) August 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump hinted that he may revive an old pipeline project that would export oil from Canada to the U.S. as part of a pending trade deal.
In a Truth Social post shared Tuesday night, Trump said he had suspended the 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods for three days, two hours before they were set to take place on Wednesday.
The deal, he stated, may include revitalizing the Keystone XL pipeline, a long hotly-contested project that has been in the works for almost a decade.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a country with a rich and magnificent heritage, one of the trailblazers of global political philosophy and culture, suddenly decides, for no particular reason, much less any compelling one, to throw away the legacy of two thousand years. Its leaders invite in a group of foreigners who believe that those who don’t believe in their religion are unclean (Qur’an 9:28), vile (Qur’an 98:6) animals (Qur’an 7:179), and that they are the best of people who alone have the right to set out what is right and wrong (Qur’an 3:110). The newcomers set out to take over, with willing help from self-serving natives.
The use of upper-case letters and the exclamation point made it sound like a win.
But the subclause in the statement should give Canadians pause.
“Canada and the U. S. A, subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!” U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on social media late Tuesday night, just before 50 per cent tariffs were set to take effect.
The self-inflicted migrant crisis threatens to destroy the European Union, and illegal migrants, their enablers, and political activists will resist deportation efforts so hard it would plunge Germany into “civil war”, a security researcher has warned.
The ongoing migrant crisis is pulling the European political project apart because the Union has no answers to border control problems, this is driving political polarisation, and the crisis has been left to fester so long any attempt to claw the situation back will spiral into violence, a German newspaper has been told.
TORONTO—California Merlots, Kentucky bourbons and Tennessee whiskeys are collecting dust in Canada as alcohol becomes a high-profile hostage of trade tensions with the U.S.
After President Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods last year, Canada’s provincial leaders hit back. The majority of provinces exercised their power over the distribution and sale of alcohol to pull U.S.-made wine, spirits and beer from most store shelves and stopped placing new orders.
While alcohol accounts for a tiny portion of the nearly $900 billion in trade between Canada and the U.S., few aspects of Canada’s response to Trump’s economic aggression have gotten under the skin of U.S. officials—while drawing broad support from the Canadian public—quite like the booze bans.
The latest round of midterm primaries swept from Florida, through Wyoming, and up to Alaska on Tuesday, crowning a socialist candidate with another victory and dealing President Donald Trump split results with his gubernatorial endorsements.
In Florida, Trump-endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) cruised to victory in the Republican gubernatorial primary, while Trump-endorsed Megan Degenfelder fell to state Sen. Eric Barlow in Wyoming’s GOP gubernatorial primary.
Prime Minister Mark Carney in a social media post struck a more optimistic note than he had a day earlier and suggested some kind of deal is imminent.
Congratulations Minister LeBlanc and Ambassador Greer for the significant progress in the Canada-United States trade negotiations.
Canada entered these discussions with the best overall trade terms. We are now moving towards an agreement that reinforces that Canadian advantage,… https://t.co/2X8axwEeiE
— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) August 19, 2026
Few details but Trump keeps talking farmers and autos …
Trump says he’s brokered a ‘very good deal’ with Canada after pausing 50% tariffs
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies announced Wednesday that they are investigating senior officials in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, a day after the country’s recently fired defense minister called for national elections despite the ongoing fight against Russia’s invasion.
The revelation brought another test of Zelenskyy’s political resilience as Ukraine’s war with its bigger neighbor stretches into its fifth year.
Another Sikh Canadian activist has been issued a “duty to warn” letter, casting further doubt on the Carney government’s claims that it has dealt with the issue of Indian government foreign interference and transnational repression.
Inderjeet Singh Gosal says he received the letter on Friday, Aug. 14, after RCMP contacted him by phone in Caledon, Ont.
Duty to warn letters are issued by police when they possess credible intelligence that there is a threat to the life of a citizen. They typically do not provide information on the nature of the threat.
He shouldn’t be in Canada. Remigration now.
A former adviser to infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the Covid-19 pandemic.
David Morens, who had worked under Fauci as a senior official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the pandemic, entered his plea, to a conspiracy charge during a hearing in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pause on his proposed 50 per cent tariffs against Canada brings “relief” for businesses, but the uncertainty over the trade relationship continues, some industry groups said.
“Let’s be clear: the tariff delay provides relief on both sides of the border. Businesses may not be closing up shop with this news, but an extension doesn’t bring the certainty that a signed interim deal would,” said Candaice Lang, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in a statement.
Trump sure thinks he has a deal!
Trump: “We’ve come to a deal with Canada … Canada was charging us tremendous tariffs. We no longer have any tariffs … it’s all subject to the finalization of documents” pic.twitter.com/0Sppuf1ffH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 19, 2026
Trump’s prediction accuracy has been a bit light of late (Iran). This deal announcement may well prove premature.
My statement on ongoing Canada-U.S. trade negotiations: pic.twitter.com/rzWZJFYe8e
— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) August 19, 2026
A second suspect has been arrested in relation to the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions in 2022, German prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Croatian police, acting on a European arrest warrant, detained a Ukrainian national in Pula.
“The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office had Ukrainian Vladimir Z. arrested in Pula (Croatia) by local police forces,” prosecutors said.
They said that the man, a trained scuba diver, “is strongly suspected of jointly causing explosions.”
“Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow declined to endorse involuntary treatment, and instead said she will continue backing other methods, pointing to supportive housing models that also offer mental health and addiction services, like Dunn House.”
OTTAWA—The mayors of some of Ontario’s largest cities are pleading with the province to explore options for involuntary addiction treatment as a tool to fight the current homelessness and drug crisis.
“We need to not be afraid of having the difficult conversations,” said Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward, also chair of the Ontario’s Big City Mayors caucus, which represents 29 of the province’s largest municipalities.
“We are ready to have a conversation without prescribing what the outcome of that conversation will be,” she added, noting that provinces like Alberta have introduced involuntary treatment models that could be looked at.
