Vancouver Port Celebrates Completion of Freight Rail Project

A tugboat maneuvers through waiting freighters on the Columbia River near the Port of Vancouver in Vancouver, Wash. Port of Vancouver administrators, along with political and industry leaders, stood atop a small stage in a largely vacant marine terminal the morning of July 31 to celebrate the completion of the $251 million West Vancouver Freight Access project.

Man Claims to Be Woman to Get Insurance Discount; Canadian Government Complies

Via Allahpundit on Twitter comes this story that well illustrates the way that people can manipulate a "choose your own gender" society to their advantage: A Canadian man in his early 20s was unhappy with the high quote he got from his car insurance company, so he decided to do something about it: legally switch his gender from male to female. The cunning 24-year-old resident of Alberta, Canada, first detailed his insurance stratagem on Reddit back in April, boasting that changing his gender on paper saved him nearly $1,100 a year.

How will Donald Trump behave when he meets the Queen?

He has been described as approaching a handshake like an arm wrestle, in which he clasps the hand and pulls sharply, leaving the recipient off-balance. He yanked French President Emmanuel Macron's hand at the Bastille Day celebration in July 2017, holding on to it for nearly 30 seconds.

Why Trump’s trade war makes sense – if you’re Trump

The U.S., which just fired the first shot in a trade war with China, is threatening up to $500 billion US in tariffs that would cover nearly all of the trade between the world's two largest economies. If one word could sum up how many Canadians feel about the Trump-shaped piano dangling over the country's economy, it would likely be "disbelief."

Greenpeace Canada Blockade Reaches 30-hour Mark as Tanker Pulls Away from Terminal

The tar sands oil tanker, Serene Sea , has now pulled away from Kinder Morgan's Westridge Marine Terminal and is sitting at anchor as the 12-person blockade launched by Greenpeace Canada yesterday reaches its 30-hour mark. It's now been 30 hours since the climbers began their ascent yesterday and almost 25 hours since seven of them rappelled down into mid-air to prevent the Serene Sea from leaving the terminal.

From ketchup to toilet paper: Canada launching retaliatory tariff broadside

When Sen. Patrick Toomey looks at the future of the ketchup market in his home state of Pennsylvania, he sees real blood on the floor. On Sunday, Canada's $16.6-billion worth of retaliatory tariffs on dozens of U.S. products is set to kick in - the country's answer to the crushing steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

Doug Ford set to officially become Ontario premier, reveal cabinet

Ontario premier-designate Doug Ford leaves after announcing his commitment to keeping the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station in operation until 2024 in Pickering, Ont., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Doug Ford is set to officially become the premier of Ontario today, weeks after leading his Progressive Conservatives to a sweeping victory in the provincial election.

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Ontario premier-elect Doug Ford walks out onto the front lawn of the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto on June 8, 2018. Though he officially takes up the premier's mantle on Friday, Doug Ford has already set the wheels in motion for several of his plans for Ontario -- and one expert predicts the Progressive Conservative leader will move quickly on his agenda once he seizes the reins of the province.

The Latest: Aid ship taking tuneups from Sicily to France Source: AP

Portugal has offered to take in some of the more than 200 migrants aboard a rescue ship which has been idling for days in the Mediterranean Sea without a port to pull into. The center-left Socialist government says it will know how many people it will accept from the ship operated by German group Mission Lifeline if the ship docks in Malta, a destination Italy's premier announced on Tuesday.

US Success Could Be Reason Bureaucrats Rejected ‘Bonanza’ Star…

A panel of bureaucrats who decide whether Canadian personalities are significant enough to be remembered with an official plaque from the Canadian government has rejected actor Lorne Green - again - for that honor. Greene, who starred as iconic Ben Cartwright in the TV series "Bonanza" from 1959-73, was also in dozens of feature films, did Shakespeare on the Canadian stage and was called "The Voice of Doom" as a CBC Radio Second World War news anchor because of his deep baritone.

When Hitler met Hoover and eight other instances dictators scored presidential face time

In this May 24, 2018, file photo, people watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. President Donald Trump's slapdash, on-again-off-again summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday will hand the North Korean dictator a diplomatic coup that his father and grandfather never achieved.

Trump takes more swipes at Canada after arrival in Singapore

President Donald Trump took more swipes at Canada and its prime minister over trade issues as he settled in for a summit with North Korea in Singapore, contending that "Fair Trade is now to be called Fool Trade if it is not Reciprocal." Trump roiled the weekend Group of Seven meeting in Canada by agreeing to a group statement on trade only to withdraw from it while flying to Asia.

The Latest: Merkel finds Trump’s action sobering, depressing

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in the G-7 Working Session with Outreach Countries and International Organizations at the G-7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec on Saturday, June 9, 2018. LA MALBAIE, Quebec - The Latest on the trade fallout after the Group of Seven meeting in Canada : German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she finds President Donald Trump's tweet disavowing a common statement after the Group of Seven summit in Canada "sobering" and "a little depressing."