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Baby Dies Amid Canada Measles Outbreak

Premature baby was born to unvaccinated mother

(Newser) - A baby born prematurely to an unvaccinated mother has become the first measles patient to die in a measles outbreak that started in Canada last year. The infant died in Ontario, where nearly 2,000 cases have been reported, more than in the Texas and New Mexico outbreak, reports AFP...

Half of Canada's Wildfires Are 'Out of Control'

In some cases, officials are simply watching the land go up in smoke

(Newser) - The equivalent of 4 million football fields have been consumed by fire in Canada, where 203 wildfires were active Wednesday. About 68 are contained and another 24 are likely to be contained, but half are considered "out of control." Most are expected to keep growing even as firefighters...

Trump's Punishing Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Kick In
Trump's Punishing
Steel, Aluminum
Tariffs Kick In
the rundown
Jun 4, 2025 7:53 AM CDT

Trump's Punishing Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Kick In

President announced jump from 25% to 50% on Friday

(Newser) - Steel and aluminum imports into the US just got hit with a heavy blow, with President Trump doubling tariffs to 50% at 12:01am Wednesday and challenging America's trading partners to strike last-minute deals or face stiffer penalties in July. The heightened duties, which CNN reports were announced...

Wildfires Drive Evacuations in 3 Provinces

Air quality worsens in portions of states along the border

(Newser) - More than 25,000 residents in three Canadian provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air quality in parts of the country, as well as the US, according to officials. Most of the evacuated residents were from Manitoba, which declared a state of emergency...

Friday Could Be a Smoky One for the Midwest

Wildfires in Canada are pushing smoke down into Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan

(Newser) - Wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have led to a state of emergency and the evacuation of around 17,000 residents in Manitoba, in what that province's premier is calling its largest evacuation in recent memory. What that means for the United States: Friday and Saturday are going to...

RFK Jr. Pleads for Ostriches Awaiting Death in Canada

US officials back family in seeking to prevent cull of 400 birds exposed to avian

(Newser) - US officials have offered to assist a Canadian farm fighting to keep its flock of 400 ostriches alive, though a cull may be coming regardless. The Universal Ostrich farm in southeastern British Columbia was ordered to cull its flock after an outbreak of avian flu killed 69 birds in December...

Canadian Province Declares Wildfire Emergency

Manitoba blazes force 17K evacuations

(Newser) - With wildfires raging across western Canada, Manitoba has declared a province-wide state of emergency and ordered the biggest evacuation in decades. "I can tell you everybody has to be out by midnight, and that includes me," the mayor of Flin Flon, population 5,000, told the CBC on...

Trump: Canada Still 'Considering' Statehood

By joining the US, Canada will get Golden Dome for free, he says

(Newser) - Canada's participation in President Trump's $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense project will cost the country $61 billion—or nothing, Trump announced Tuesday. As King Charles III told Canada's Parliament that a "confident Canada" can "give themselves far more than any foreign power can ever...

Murderer's Bail Breach Costs Her Mom Dearly

Yun Lu 'Lucy' Li's mom will have to forfeit half the bail she pledged

(Newser) - It's a wild footnote to the story of Yun Lu "Lucy" Li, who is serving a life sentence in Canada for murder and attempted murder of her business partners: Her mom has to pay up $1 million because Li breached her bail terms years ago. As the...

King: Canada Is Facing a 'Critical Moment'

The 'True North is indeed strong and free,' he says in speech opening Parliament

(Newser) - King Charles III said Canada is facing unprecedented challenges in a world that's never been more dangerous as he opened the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday with a speech widely viewed as a show of support in the face of annexation threats by US. Trump's repeated suggestion that the...

King Arrives in Canada
King Arrives in Canada
May 26, 2025 5:17 PM CDT

King Arrives in Canada

Charles drops puck to start street hockey match on first day of brief visit

(Newser) - King Charles III dropped a ceremonial puck to start a street hockey game on the first day of a visit to Canada intended to emphasize the country's sovereignty. The king—Canada's head of state—also took part in a tree-planting ceremony after arriving in Ottawa on Monday, the...

How Eliminating the Penny Will Change Cash Transactions

They'll be rounded to the nearest nickel once banks run out of rolls

(Newser) - America's penny is facing its final minting days as the US Treasury sets plans to halt production in early 2026. But don't expect the coin to vanish right away. The roughly 114 billion pennies already out there—enough to fill a 13-story cube, per estimates—will stick...

Canada's New Leverage With Trump: Golden Dome

President's hope for a missile-defense system requires cooperation from Canada

(Newser) - President Trump unveiled his plans this week to put up a missile-defense system to protect the continent. And given that the continent includes Canada, Politico points out that America's neighbor to the north suddenly has leverage with Trump.
  • "(W)hether he realizes it or not, Trump suddenly finds himself
...

Closer Look at Bird Feeders Shows 'Evolution in Action'

Study links feeder use to migration north, beak shape and size changes in Anna's hummingbirds

(Newser) - A new study finds that human-provided hummingbird feeders aren't just helping hummingbirds survive—they're changing the physical traits of the birds themselves. Researchers focused on a species called Anna's hummingbirds, also finding that the feeders have helped the birds expand northward, from California to British Columbia,...

The UK Is Cracking Down on Israel
The UK Is
Not Happy
With Israel
May 20, 2025 9:50 AM CDT

The UK Is Not Happy With Israel

Britain yanks free-trade talks, slaps sanctions on Israel over actions in Gaza, West Bank

(Newser) - The British government is suspending free-trade negotiations with Israel and has leveled new sanctions targeting West Bank settlements as it criticizes Israel's military actions in Gaza. Tuesday's actions came a day after the UK, France, and Canada condemned Israel's handling of the war in Gaza and its...

8-Year-Old Finds a Shipwreck
8-Year-Old
Finds a
Shipwreck
May 16, 2025 6:07 AM CDT

8-Year-Old Finds a Shipwreck

Scientists say boy may have discovered St. Anthony, schooner that sank in Lake Huron in 1856

(Newser) - A metal detector turned out to be quite the birthday gift for a Canadian 8-year-old—he seems to have found a nearly two-century-old shipwreck. Back in 2023, Lucas Atchison was testing out his new acquisition at Point Farms Provincial Park, along the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, when he...

Border Checkpoint Searches Turning Off More Canadians
Canadians Are
Balking at US Visits
May 13, 2025 2:08 PM CDT

Canadians Are Balking at US Visits

'I've never had that happen ever before,' one BC resident notes of search at border he calls invasive

(Newser) - Travelers crossing into Canada say they're alarmed by the appearance of extra security checkpoints on the section of border separating Washington state and British Columbia, with some complaining of invasive searches. Drivers leaving the US say they've had vehicles searched by US Border Patrol officers and sniffer dogs,...

Scientists Solve Mysterious Brain Disease in Canada

Basically, there isn't one; researchers conclude patients suffered known conditions, were misdiagnosed

(Newser) - A new study doesn't entirely rule out the possibility that a mystery disease has struck hundreds of people in Canada, but it puts the risk at roughly one in a million. Published Wednesday in JAMA Neurology , the evaluation of 14 living and 11 deceased patients identified as part of...

Search for Missing Siblings Scaled Down as Hope Fades

Lily and Jack Sullivan, ages 6 and 4, haven't been seen since Friday in Nova Scotia

(Newser) - Police in Nova Scotia are scaling back the search for a pair of young siblings missing since Friday, with a RCMP staff sergeant saying the likelihood Lily and Jack Sullivan are still alive is "very low," given the outdoor conditions and the length of time since they were...

Carney: Trump Is 'Willing to Negotiate'

Trump says meeting with Canadian PM was 'great'

(Newser) - President Trump complained once again about the US "subsidizing" Canada in a Truth Social post before his meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday—but both men sounded upbeat about US-Canada relations after the meeting. At a press conference at the Canadian embassy, Carney said that after "...

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