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Indigenous and environmental groups in the U.S. are pressuring a federal judge to shut down work on the disputed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Nebraska less than two weeks after it started, because of fears over workers spreading the coronavirus and worries about a future spill.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to let Donald Trump down gently on Thursday, April 16, 2020, warning that Canada is still a long way from being ready to agree to relax mutual travel restrictions along its border with the United States.

Canada and its G7 allies confronted U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, April 16, 2020, over his decision to cut funding to the World Health Organization, as they stressed solidarity with a key international organization during the COVID-19 crisis.

President Donald Trump signalled on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, that he's prepared to support easing travel restrictions along the Canada-U.S. border sooner rather than later — although the feeling may not be mutual, given the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.

In the time of the novel coronavirus, Canada and the United States seem to be playing to type: the friendly apologizers of the Great White North coming together against a common enemy, America's combative revolutionaries threatening to tear each other apart.

In war, as the saying goes, truth is the first casualty. In a global pandemic, it seems trust doesn't fare too well either.

Long-haul truckers are playing an important role in bringing supplies into Canada, but some people are concerned not enough is being done to ensure they aren't transporting COVID-19 with them.

Canada's relationship with the United States has always required "constant gardening," but never more so than in the throes of a global pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, as she cheered the partial arrival of a shipment of face masks.

The CEO of TC Energy Corp. says the company is fine-tuning its plan to guard against the spread of COVID-19 as it moves ahead with site preparation for the US$8-billion Keystone XL Pipeline project.

The federal government is stepping up efforts to produce ventilators, face masks and surgical gowns in Canada, while it continues to try to get millions of pieces of equipment ordered from international suppliers actually shipped to the country.

Americans and Canadians alike are used to seeing gauzy, pastel-coloured pitches for medicines, therapies and treatments on cable television. They're less accustomed to hearing them delivered live from the White House briefing room.

One of America's largest manufacturers of medical face masks rode to Canada's rescue on Monday, April 6, 2020, forging an agreement with the White House that allows it to provide millions of its precious N95 respirators to the U.S. market without sacrificing supply bound for north of the border.

When the mayor of a village in southern Alberta stares across the border, he sees family and friends who just happen to call Montana home.

Premier Jason Kenney is calling on "Alberta spirit” to overcome the COVID-19 crisis after United States President Donald Trump announced on Friday, April 3, 2020, he would be banning the export of medical supplies.

Faced with a White House-ordered ban on exports of key COVID-19 medical supplies to Canada and abroad, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trying a more diplomatic approach with U.S. President Donald Trump, hoping to convince him such a ban will harm Americans and Canadians alike.