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CHARLEBOIS: Canadians paid dairy farmers for competition consumers never got
Canada and the United States are once again negotiating under the threat of tariffs. Washington has temporarily postponed a proposed 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods while the two countries attempt to finalize a broader trade arrangement.
Dairy access, along with American alcohol sales in Canada, has emerged as a central U.S. grievance. The threatened tariffs are excessive, and their legal justification is debatable. But Ottawa cannot dismiss every American complaint as protectionist fiction. On dairy, Washington is asking Canada to demonstrate that the market access it promised when CUSMA took effect in 2020 is real.
Meet the Other Armed Civilians Who Saved Lives Before Jordan Salinas Made Headlines
The month of August kicked off in devastating fashion for residents of Twin Falls, Idaho, when a rifle-wielding gunman opened fire on employees and patrons outside of In-N-Out Burger restaurant, killing three and injuring seven before taking his own life. Video quickly surfaced, however, of an armed bystander engaging the gunman during the rampage, advancing toward him while returning fire with his own suppressed pistol. Police have since praised the bystander—identified as 35-year-old healthcare worker Jordan Salinas—as a “hero,” crediting him with saving “many lives” by diverting the gunman’s attention and allowing potential victims to escape.
Canada’s tech industry warns ‘entrepreneurs are leaving in droves’ for U.S.
Canada’s tech industry is warning that the country continues to lose its best and brightest entrepreneurs to the U.S., an issue that has taken on new urgency as tariff threats have prompted Ottawa to try to diversify away from the U.S. economy.
This week, various tech entrepreneurs, politicians and economists began to weigh in on data that show just how big the problem has become. According to recent figures, there are at least 517 U.S.-based tech firms with Canadian founders — or, entrepreneurs who were educated in Canada but later left for the U.S. — that have together raised more than US$400 billion.
Police Intercepting Boat Bound For Britain Attacked by Migrants
New footage shows migrants attacking police as officers move to prevent them from boarding a trafficker boat to enter Britain illegally, visuals that come just days after a security analyst warned Europe could be pushed to civil war-like conditions in the near-future by migrants violently resisting deportation.
Footage released by the UK's Border Security Command shows migrants clashing with police on a beach in northern France, with an officer slashing a small boat with a knife.
Sky's @joncraig looks at the context behind the incident.
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 20, 2026
Ukrainians see a different Zelensky – one who needs to be reformed
A word often applied to Volodymyr Zelensky by foreign leaders and commentators is “Churchillian.”
They’re referring, accurately, to the Ukrainian President’s ability to rally his people around acts of heartbreaking sacrifice, to marshal an international coalition to arm and support his country, and to embrace innovative technologies that have transformed the way the world arms itself.
Trump 86s military option, insists ‘Economic D-Day’ will force Iran to capitulate
“This is going to be the greatest coordinated economic isolation in the history of the world, and we are going to them and saying, you are either with us or against us,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an appearance on CNBC. “If you insist on doing business with them — either transferring money, buying their oil, doing seaborne ship transport first — then the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. government will put its full might and force toward enforcing against you.”
“We are going to squash the economy of this murderous regime, which will curtail their ability to project power through their proxies,” Bessent boasted. “So it is time for our allies and the rest of the world to make a decision.”
Treasury Secretary Bessent on Iran:
We are going to have the toughest sanctions in history, and I will tell you, this will work.
It worked in Venezuela once we put up the blockade. It is working in Cuba right now, and it is going to work in Iran, and we are going to collapse… pic.twitter.com/58PDaOM12x
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) August 20, 2026
Canadian travel boycott of U.S. may be bottoming out
After more than a year of political tensions and fractured trade relations that sparked nationwide movements to buy domestically and avoid travel to the United States, Canadians increased their trips south of the border this summer – but not by much.
In June, Canadian residents returned from 2.3 million trips to the U.S., marking a 5 per cent year-over-year increase, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.
Is America Still Capable of Enforcing the World Order?
Ever since President Trump’s return to office, America’s allies have been fretting about Washington’s intentions. Now, after the inconclusive war against Iran has eroded U.S. weapons stockpiles and laid bare the limits of American hard power, they also worry about American capabilities.
Can America still defend its friends, if it wants to?
The question that officials in allied—and adversary—capitals are asking themselves is whether industrial decline, strategic incoherence and political dysfunction have weakened the U.S. to the point where it would no longer wield decisive force in a multi-front conflict that may encompass Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It is a concern shared by many in Washington, too.
Ensuring the continued ability to enforce the World Order is perhaps the greatest single reason for the “Trade War”.
Secure supply lines are a necessity.
Crown fails to get longer sentence for Ontario man who shot at intruders who shot his son
Ontario’s top court has upheld a house arrest sentence for a man who grabbed a gun from armed intruders who shot his son and fired it at them from his porch while they fled.
The Crown tried to appeal Jason Munroe’s conditional sentence from the Ontario Court of Justice. But the province’s Appeal Court dismissed the case.
Captured Ukrainian-born soldiers tell BBC why they fought for Russia
In Western Ukraine, behind high walls and layers of locked gates, there is a camp full of men captured fighting for Russia.
Many of those crouching in the shade around the edges of the prison yard were recruited from big cities like St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, not far-flung and poorer regions like at the start of the full-scale invasion.
But not all the prisoners are Russian.
Amongst them are soldiers from Ukraine itself: the men who went to war with their own country.
Sword attack at school in Fagersta Sweden
Several people have been injured in a sword attack at Brinell School in Fagersta, according to the municipality.
The region has gone into a state of emergency.
According to Expressen’s information, the perpetrator was shot by police.
The alarm came in just after 2 p.m. A person with a sword had entered the Brinellskolan high school and “injured several people,” the municipality wrote in a press release.
The police state that they received an alarm about ongoing deadly violence and that the suspected perpetrator has been taken into custody.
According to Expressen’s information, the person was shot by police.
A major operation is underway, with the police searching the school, according to the municipality.
@fancypants_s https://t.co/ZSozPGu8Rh
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) August 21, 2026
Perp is detained, possibly shot by police who are not releasing his identity.
Note link is a Google Translate.
FBI arrests woman over alleged plot to bomb New York capitol building
The FBI has arrested a New York woman who was allegedly planning to bomb the state capitol building in Albany to kill lawmakers.
Prosecutors allege that Jessica Bowie, 35, had previously pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group (IS). She is charged with providing material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organisation.
Bowie had “repeatedly surveilled the building” in advance, and was carrying a fake bomb and a defective gun, which had been supplied to her by undercover agents, prosecutors said.
With 60 days left until Alberta’s referendum, stay and leave sides plot their course
Only 60 days remain until Albertans answer 10 questions that could shape the future of the province.
Nine focus on immigration and constitutional reform. But it’s the 10th question — whether Albertans want the province to remain in Canada or hold a second, binding referendum on separation — that is increasingly poised to animate town halls and rallies scheduled in the coming days.
British scientist plotted to cover up Covid lab leak
A British zoologist involved in risky bat coronavirus experiments in Wuhan is accused of plotting with a senior US health official to shut down the theory that Covid-19 leaked from a lab.
Dr Peter Daszak, the former president of EcoHealth Alliance, sent bottles of wine to David Morens, thanking him for his “behind the scenes shenanigans” and promising further gifts, such as dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants, US court documents state.