Canada

Millions of Canadians are expected to cast their ballots today in a pivotal election that will decide who will lead the country through a trade battle with the United States.

The 36-day campaign has been nothing short of remarkable for the leading contenders: Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

Just a few months ago, polls suggested Poilievre was all but guaranteed to snap up the majority government he'd long been waiting for, after Canadians soured on former prime minister Justin Trudeau.

At a rally in London, Ontario, on Friday, the crowd booed as Mark Carney delivered his core campaign line about the existential threat Canada faces from its neighbour.

"President Trump is trying to break us so that America could own us," the Liberal leader warned.

"Never," supporters shouted back. Many waved Canadian flags taped to ice hockey sticks.

Similar levels of passion were also on display at the union hall where Pierre Poilievre greeted enthusiastic supporters in the Toronto area earlier in the week.

Today is election day in Canada. A new federal government will be chosen, but none of the party leaders fought the election he expected.

Canada’s federal election is on April 28. How leaders might manage an erratic White House is a major campaign theme; repairing the economy after nearly a decade of disastrous mismanagement under Justin Trudeau is another. One issue that deserves more attention, however, is how the next prime minister will deal with China and what is going on in the electoral district of Markham-Unionville, in the Greater Toronto Area.

Canada’s brief election season is already coming to an end after just five weeks of campaigning.

The Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is hoping to maintain its mandate. The Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, are hoping to seize power after a decade of sitting on the sidelines.

The family of the mentally disturbed driver accused of killing at least 11 people at a Vancouver block party Saturday tried to get him help just hours before he allegedly plowed through the crowd of festival-goers, a report revealed Sunday as police identified the suspect as Kai-Ji Adam Lo.

Lo, a Vancouver resident whose brother was killed last year, is facing eight charges of second-degree murder so far after his alleged rampage at the Lapu Lapu Day festival — a celebration of the Filipino community — Saturday night, according to a report.

Canadians will vote for a new government on Monday in an election that has been upended by U.S. President Donald Trump ‘s trade war and his threats to make Canada the 51st state.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and the governing Liberal Party appeared poised for a historic election defeat until Trump slapped heavy tariffs on Canada and began threatening its sovereignty.

Canada says it has started imposing a 25% tariff on certain vehicle imports from the US, retaliating against a similar measure from its neighbour.

The tariffs - or import taxes - will be paid by Canadians who buy some automobiles or their parts from the US.

Confirming that the new taxes would apply after midnight on Wednesday, Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said his country was responding to "unwarranted and unreasonable" tariffs.

“He’s definitely a very, very, very good player,” the Washington Capitals’ director of amateur scouting, Ross Mahoney, told reporters on the night of the NHL entry draft in June 2004. He was talking about Alex Ovechkin, who the team picked first overall that night. “How good will he be?” Mahoney asked. “Time will tell.” Now, nearly 21 years later, time has had its say.

It was a cold January night at Moscow’s famed Luzhniki Palace of Sports, just 21 years ago but in a completely different world.

George W. Bush was in the White House. He had just looked into the eyes of Russia’s new President, Vladimir Putin. Afterward, Mr. Bush infamously said he’d seen into Mr. Putin’s soul and decided this was someone he could trust.