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The staycation goes Canada-wide: Scrapped U.S. trips could be a domestic boon; Michelle and Steve Gardner, seen here with their two children on the Stanley Glacier Trail in Kootenay National Park, July 2024, were set to take off on a family road trip through the U\.S\. when they decided to cancel in light of rising tensions between the U\.S\. and Canada\. Now, they'll be vacationing in Canada, part of a growing trend to support the country\.

The staycation goes Canada-wide: Scrapped U.S. trips could be a domestic boon

March 13 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Many Canadians aren't just cancelling trips to the U.S. in the wake of the trade war and threats of annexation — they're rebooking their vacations in Canada to support the Canadian economy. It's a movement provinces and territories are looking to capitalize on.

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Trump's threats leave Canadian Afghan war veterans feeling angry and betrayed; Pte\. Danny Drapeau, of Alpha Company 1st Battalion Royal 22e Regiment, waits to lowers the Canadian flag for the last time at Forward Operating Base Zangabad on Sunday June 19, 2011\. The base, in the former Taliban redoubt, was officially handed over to an American unit as the Canadian withdrawal from Kandahar hits full stride\.

Trump's threats leave Canadian Afghan war veterans feeling angry and betrayed

March 13 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Canadian veterans of the Afghan war are speaking out and have taken to social media to express their sense of betrayal at U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to annex Canada and the bullying of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Russia says it has retaken Kursk's biggest town from Ukraine as U.S. awaits ceasefire response; In this image made from video released by the Russian Presidential Press Service, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin accompanied by Russian Chief of General Staff Gen\. Valery Gerasimov, behind Putin, visits military headquarters in the Kursk region of Russia\. \(Russian Presidential Press Service via AP\)

Russia says it has retaken Kursk's biggest town from Ukraine as U.S. awaits ceasefire response

March 13 , 2025 at 07:46:12 a.m. EDT • :

Russian forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia's Kursk border region, officials claimed Thursday, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin's response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year war that Ukraine has endorsed.

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Parents of teen burned at Saskatoon school question how police, school officials handled multiple warnings; A Saskatoon Police Service vehicle sits outside Evan Hardy Collegiate Thursday\. Police responded to reports of an assault and fire at the school\.

Parents of teen burned at Saskatoon school question how police, school officials handled multiple warnings

March 13 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The parents of two 15-year-old girls at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon say they went to police and the school multiple times between June and August 2024 with concerns about escalating online threats from the student now accused of setting one of the girls on fire in a school hallway.

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How does Danielle Smith's tariff strategy measure up to that of other premiers?; FILE PHOTO: Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, speaks during a press conference with the premiers of Canada in Washington, D\.C\., U\.S\., February 12, 2025\. REUTERS/Craig Hudson/File Photo

How does Danielle Smith's tariff strategy measure up to that of other premiers?

March 13 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Premier Danielle Smith is returning to the U.S., this time to talk tariffs at a fundraising gala in Florida for a conservative group. Though her decision has raised some eyebrows, one expert says it fits with her strategy of diplomacy.

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WATCH | Ryan Wedding's path from Olympian to most-wanted fugitive; Ryan Wedding of Canada takes a practice run for the men's parallel giant slalom of the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Park City, February 13, 2002\.  

March 13 , 2025 at 01:06:03 a.m. EDT • :

WATCH | Ryan Wedding's path from Olympian to most-wanted fugitive

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Opening interprovincial alcohol trade could be 'disastrous' for 2 N.L. breweries, unions warn; Ran out of ideas for gifts\? There's always beer\.  

March 13 , 2025 at 04:30:00 a.m. EDT • :

Opening interprovincial alcohol trade could be 'disastrous' for 2 N.L. breweries, unions warn

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SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA's stuck astronauts after hydraulics problem; \(L/R\) Crew-10 mission Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain and JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi walk out of the Neil A\. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building en route to launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 12, 2025\. Crew-10 will conduct new scientific research to prepare for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit and perform  technology demonstrations and maintenance activities aboard the International Space Station microgravity laboratory\. \(Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP\) \(Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images\)           

March 13 , 2025 at 06:19:58 a.m. EDT • :

SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA's stuck astronauts after hydraulics problem

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A look at how the Canadian military is training for potential conflicts in the North; Troops from the 34th Canadian Brigade undergo a conflict simulation in Chisasibi Cree Nation in early March 2025\. The Canadian military is ramping up training in winter conditions amid geopolitical tensions over the Arctic\.  

March 13 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

A look at how the Canadian military is training for potential conflicts in the North

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Why plain old natural gas is the hottest thing at the 'Super Bowl' of energy; A 225,000-m3 storage tank, one of the largest in the world, is seen at LNG Canada's liquified natural gas facility in Kitimat, B\.C\., on Nov\. 19, 2024\.  

March 13 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Why plain old natural gas is the hottest thing at the 'Super Bowl' of energy

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March 13 , 2025 at 07:36:28 a.m. EDT • :

Wife of detained Palestinian Columbia student says she was naive to believe he was safe from arrest

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March 13 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Trudeau proposes way forward on 24 Sussex problem during final days in power

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March 12 , 2025 at 10:23:31 p.m. EDT • :

Ford talks to Carney, premiers ahead of trade meeting in Washington

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March 12 , 2025 at 05:41:59 p.m. EDT • :

Mark Carney aims for smaller cabinet, team planning to drop over a dozen ministers: sources

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March 12 , 2025 at 09:09:27 a.m. EDT • :

Canada hits U.S. with tariffs on $29.8B worth of goods after Trump slaps levy on metals

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