The Bradley Creek wildfire, burning northwest of Vernon, British Columbia along Westside Road, tore through the Okanagan Indian Band community during powerful winds and has destroyed an estimated 230 homes, including 30 on reserve land; a second major fire, Pear Lake near Clinton, has burned 1,246 square kilometres and destroyed structures on about 120 properties; British Columbia's wildfire service warned of an 'explosive and extremely dangerous situation' with dry heat and low humidity forecast for the southern interior
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer arrived in Mexico City on July 23 for the third bilateral review round of the USMCA, meeting Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard and President Claudia Sheinbaum; Greer signalled the US will seek provisional arrangements with Mexico before end-2026 and said renewal of the agreement depends partly on Mexico's cooperation on water-sharing and border security
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on July 21 that new US tariffs on Canadian goods violate the CUSMA trade agreement, while agreeing in a phone call with Trump to intensify trade discussions; Canadian provinces agreed to cut barriers on cross-provincial alcohol sales in a concession aimed at defusing Trump's latest move
US President Donald Trump on July 20 signed three proclamations under Section 338 of the Tariff Act imposing 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian exports, set to take effect in 30 days; the move extends to goods previously shielded by the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, a sharp escalation of the ongoing trade dispute
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand will arrive in Islamabad on Monday, July 20, at the invitation of Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and FM Ishaq Dar; the visit is the first by a Canadian foreign minister to Pakistan in 20 years and will focus on trade, investment, education and Indo-Pacific partnerships.
Canadian Armed Forces began airlifting all 600 residents of Fort Hope in northwestern Ontario on July 18 as intensifying wildfires brought the total area burned to 955 active fires; smoke drifted south across the US border, putting more than 100 million Americans under air quality alerts and prompting a Trump demand that Canada explain its forest management
US President Donald Trump on July 17 accused Canada of 'willful negligence' in forest management and said the cost of pollution from Ontario wildfire smoke 'must' be added to existing tariffs on Canadian goods; Ontario Premier Doug Ford told Republican politicians to stop 'chirping' and send help as Canada had done for the US
Massive smoke plumes from more than 800 wildfires burning across Canada poured into the United States from July 13, bringing hazardous air quality to more than 120 million people across the Great Lakes region and northeastern US states, with AQI readings exceeding 1,000 in Marquette, Michigan; the smoke was forecast to persist through at least Saturday July 18
Canada's central bank held its key interest rate steady at 2.25% on July 15, marking its first pause after three consecutive cuts, and flagged the Iran-US war as a tail risk that could force rate hikes if a Hormuz supply shock reignites inflation
Two people were killed and at least six others wounded when two gunmen opened fire at one another during Toronto's Salsa on St. Clair festival on the evening of July 11; police warned of an active shooter situation on St. Clair Avenue West as emergency services responded; the annual street festival celebrating Latino culture in the city drew large crowds when the shooting erupted
Two wildfires burning simultaneously in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon triggered evacuation orders for communities along the route and forced the closure of Highway 1, the main trans-Canada highway through the canyon, though the road reopened on July 11 as firefighters got a weather break with cooler temperatures and lighter winds; the fires are the largest to threaten the canyon since at least 2023.
The Regional District of East Kootenay placed 72 properties in British Columbia's Premier Lake area under an evacuation alert after the Lussier River fire grew on Saturday July 12, reaching 1,200 hectares; a brief weather reprieve that had helped crews ends as hotter temperatures return; the Brunswick Creek wildfire north of Boston Bar also remains active
Canada's federal government confirmed the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan will open July 27, after the US and Canada resolved a dispute that had caused the cancellation of a June ribbon-cutting; Canada is set to forgo more revenue than originally planned as part of the deal, which followed public criticism from US President Donald Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on July 9, the first visit by a Canadian leader to Saudi Arabia in 26 years; the two sides announced a partnership across trade, education, technology and critical minerals; a Canadian business leader called the outcome a high-water mark for Canada-Saudi relations
More than 830 wildfires burning across Canada and Minnesota on July 15 pushed hazardous smoke plumes from western Ontario into the Great Lakes, New England, and beyond, with health advisories in effect across the region
Azzedine Ounahi scored twice and Soufiane Rahimi added a third as Morocco eliminated co-hosts Canada at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey; the Atlas Lions face France in the quarter-finals on July 9
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and First Lady Araneta-Marcos departed Manila July 1 for a four-day visit focused on a bilateral Philippines-Canada FTA, critical minerals and defense ties; the last Philippine presidential visit to Ottawa was in 2015
Eustaquio strikes in the 90th+2 as Davies returns from injury; Bafana Bafana's first World Cup since 2010 ends in the Round of 32
Canada's 24th Prime Minister, a former central bank governor whose career spans Goldman Sachs, two G7 central banks, and the UN climate finance chair.
The trilateral trade agreement governing roughly US$1.8 trillion in annual North American commerce, currently under a decade of annual reviews after the US declined to extend it in July 2026.
The Building Canada Act's debut fast-track designation pits Arctic sovereignty against Indigenous consent
Spot prices stall on muted utility buying even as mine restarts slip and the long-term reactor-fuel gap widens
A bilingual Prairie 'institutionalist' fills the Western seat left by Justice Martin
Canada's PM banks 13 critical-minerals partnerships and a France intelligence pact, while caught reassuring Trump over Chinese EV imports
Washington forgoes the joint extension, leaving ~$2 trillion in North American trade under prolonged uncertainty