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If poetry is your jam, you may want to check out Canadian Anne Carson, who was just awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

From the CBC article:

>The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded Thursday to Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.

>Carson, 76, was recognized for "her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new ‌forms for contemporary literature," the award-giving body said.

>The academy said Carson was in Reykjavik, Iceland, "listening to the wind" when its representatives made contact with her and she was surprised to learn she had won. The poet divides her time between Iceland and Ann Arbor, Mich., and holds Icelandic and Canadian citizenship.

If you've never seen one of these water bombers in action, they're quite spectacular! Here's a video titled CL-415 diving head on water bomb!

Hours before the ban took effect, Trump brushed off concerns by insisting that the Canadians "call us all the time" and would even offer to scrap their tariffs within weeks. Prime Minister Mark Carney has yet to issue a statement about relenting to Trump's demands.

Inu Manak, a member of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, issued a brutal warning about U.S. tariffs, calling them "unprecedented and a major deviation from US trade policy." Manak also commented that Carney is in no rush to make a deal ahead of the November midterm elections and added that Canada only banned U.S. alcohol after the president first threatened tariffs.

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has brought renewed attention to the issue, after the court ruled that the U.S. government does not need reasonable suspicion to conduct a cellphone search at the border.

"The U.S. percentage of crude oil shipments is declining ... as those global destinations for Alberta crude increase," he said in a phone interview from Canada Place, which overlooks Vancouver Harbour.

"China and other Asian destinations are playing a pretty significant role in that."

"Since March 2025, Ukraine has agreed to a full, immediate, and unconditional ceasefire. We call on Russia to finally do the same as a necessary step towards meaningful diplomacy and negotiations leading to peace," said a joint statement signed by 51 UN member states.

The United States has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Miami. The summit will take place in December, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who made the statement on the American television network One America News.

According to Rubio, the US has invited Putin to attend the G20 summit in Miami, scheduled for December 14-15, 2026.

Washington hopes that the Russian leader will accept the invitation and personally attend the meeting of the leaders of the Group of Twenty.

The EU has offered to make Canada an “associate member”, and while it is unclear what that means (the EU has no such category), it’s a depressing sign that the US’s historic allies are seeking new solutions for a world in which they can no longer trust the United States – for 80 years, the bulwark of the alliance.

That this was a blow to American prestige was immediately evident from Trump’s angry reaction on social media: he called the idea “laughable” and threatened, as always, to impose more tariffs. That will only accelerate the growing trend to pay no attention to him.

In contrast, Carney expressed himself with seriousness and purpose...

Some further details on the US/Greenland defence deal:

Explicit Guarantees:

• A State Department official said the deal "explicitly guarantees the United States the complete ability to do what it deems is necessary in Greenland in order to secure and defend the American continent."

Investment Screening:

• Under the agreement, the State Department official said, "only the U.S. and our allies can make sensitive investments in Greenland, eliminating the previous status quo in which adversaries have been investing in Greenland's sensitive sectors without investment screening."

One of the headlines coming out of the Canada Investment Summit last week that flew under the radar was Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement that the federal government is on track to balance its operating budget a year ahead of schedule.

When Carney took office in 2025, he reoriented the federal budget framework toward promoting capital investments in a bid to address Canada’s long-standing productivity shortfalls.

The Liberals also have outlined $60 billion in existing government spending they plan to trim over five years, in part by downsizing the federal public service.

The manager of Norway’s US$2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund has proposed significantly cutting its exposure to U.S. Treasuries as part of a wider shake-up of its bond investments to improve returns, according to a letter published this week.

Norges Bank Investment Management has recommended reducing its weighting to government bonds within its benchmark bond index to 50 per cent from 70 per cent, with U.S. Treasuries, the biggest holding, getting the biggest cut, according to the letter.

The changes would mean cutting nearly US$80 billion from the fund’s current holdings of about US$215 billion of U.S. Treasuries as of the end of June, according to Reuters calculations.

Government bond markets have been in turmoil recently, with long-term borrowing costs soaring as rising inflation and government debt levels spooked investors.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, owns on average 1.5 per cent of all listed companies globally. Its scale means that portfolio decisions can influence broader market flows.

Major US technology companies have tapped into the European far-right to help pressure the European Commission into stripping back regulations for its sector, according to a new report released on Wednesday.

The European Commission's deregulatory push in the Digital Omnibus – which delayed the AI Act and weakened GDPR protections – was also revealed to closely align with Big Tech’s lobbying demands, while seriously damaging EU citizens' digital rights.

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While U.S. tariffs were aimed at bringing manufacturing back home, some American businesses are taking production across the border instead. Massachusetts-based tech firm Wildlife Acoustics - which develops cutting-edge acoustic monitoring equipment for global wildlife - has begun moving manufacturing to Ontario to keep costs down. Wildlife Acoustics Founder and CEO Ian Agranat explains how trade policy is impacting supply chains and why shifting production to Canada makes economic sense for his business.

The countries signed a declaration to establish a 100-year partnership that stretches across defence and security, trade and investment, as well as energy and critical minerals.

"Canada will always stand in solidarity with Ukraine," Carney said alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Calgary.

"Canadians understand in our bones the importance of your struggle. There is no qualification to our commitment. Because your cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is our cause."

Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday after President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered ​by the American flag

In a statement to local broadcaster RUV, the foreign ministry said, "The position was clearly expressed that the post was completely inappropriate." Following the summons, official diplomatic channels remained largely silent, with neither the U.S. State Department nor European embassies immediately replying to requests for comment.