James McCarten
Washington correspondent, The Canadian Press
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What Canada learned during Trump's first term
It's a truism in foreign policy circles that the world learned some hard lessons from Donald Trump's volatile first term as president.
Trudeau at White House summit to talk trade, migration
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in the U.S. capital today to represent Canada at the inaugural Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity summit.
Canada using 'outdated' treaty to do end run around Indigenous rights in U.S.: court documents
The argument comes from a recent flurry of filings in district court in Wisconsin, where the energy transmission giant is locked in a battle with a U.S. Indigenous band over the future of the cross-border conduit.
Canadian firefighters steal the show at UN climate talks
The federal government is hoping Canada's devastating wildfire season sparks momentum for carbon pricing at the United Nations.
It's Wednesday. Time to save the world at the UN General Assembly
If you think your Wednesday is going to be busy, pour one out for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Climate, development, India on Trudeau's agenda as he travels to UN General Assembly
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to the UN General Assembly with the planet at a climate crossroads — and Canada facing an ever more fraught relationship with the world's fastest-growing economy.
Ottawa urged to back U.S., not TC Energy, in lawsuit over demise of Keystone XL
A progressive public policy think tank is urging the federal government to side against oil and gas transmission giant TC Energy in its ongoing dispute with the United States over the ill-fated Keystone XL project.
Enbridge given 2026 deadline to cease Line 5 operations on Wisconsin's Bad River land
The controversial Line 5 pipeline can keep moving fossil fuels through an Indigenous band's territory in Wisconsin for now, but operations on that property "must cease" on June 16, 2026, a U.S. judge says.
High-tech Pentagon program from U.S. helps Canada detect, suppress new wildfires
The U.S. Department of Defense has deployed a new high-tech fire detection system to help Canada battle one of its worst wildfire seasons on record.
Chinese hackers targeted Canadian and U.S. infrastructure, warn Five Eyes
State-sponsored hackers from China have been targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, cybersecurity officials from around the world, including Canada, warned Wednesday in a co-ordinated effort to root out the perpetrators.