In a Truth Social post Tuesday evening, Trump wrote: “I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL! The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long ago killed by Sleepy Joe Biden, may be awoken from the grave! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP” | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada was less definitive about what the intense talks produced, saying ‘important work’ remained. | NYT (🎁 link)
Statement by Prime Minister Carney on ongoing Canada-U.S. trade negotiations | Prime Minister of Canada
Gasoline prices are highly volatile and vary across regions. While retail prices are visible to consumers, the factors that determine them are less apparent. Crude oil prices are the major driver of gasoline prices (see Figure 1); however, other factors also influence the final price at the pump. | Library of Parliament
“Yes, a Parti Québécois government will consult Quebecers on Quebec independence during its first term if it is elected,” he said. “A Parti Québécois government will not hold a referendum as long as Donald Trump is president of the United States.” St-Pierre Plamondon said the issue would not come to a vote before Jan. 20, 2029, the end of Trump’s second term at the White House. | Globalnews.ca
Le Parti Québécois recrute une avocate de la commission d’enquête publique sur le fiasco SAAQclic, Marie-Claude Sarrazin. La procureure devra toutefois se départir de son cabinet, puisque son associé Nicolas Plourde fait quant à lui le saut... chez les libéraux. | TVA Nouvelles
The provincial seat in Scarborough Southwest is currently a political catch. The New Democrats desperately want to hold onto the riding they consider their own, claiming it was the party’s ground game that led to Begum’s provincial winning streak since 2018 (although that doesn’t account for her election as a federal Liberal in the byelection last April, when she easily beat Shaban). In the 2025 general federal election, Shaban lost to Bill Blair, whose appointment as Canada’s high commissioner to London launched the Scarborough Southwest shakeup. | TorStar
Ward 19 Beaches-East York is one of two city council seats that currently have no incumbent running, though it was previously held by Brad Bradford who is challenging Mayor Olivia Chow for her position. There are currently 10 candidates registered for the ward, including former journalist Natalie Johnson and former bureaucrat James Dann. | Globalnews.ca
Pressure is mounting on U.S. President Donald Trump to reach a peace deal with Iran, as his war on the country is contributing to his lowest approval rating since returning to office in 2025. Amid those calls to end the conflict, Trump is again making more big declarations about who will control the Strait of Hormuz. Jackson Proskow reports on how Trump now says the strait is “new U.S. territory,” among other claims. | Global National
State Representative Angie Nixon, a progressive firebrand who ran such an underdog campaign that she could not afford a single television ad, won the Democratic Senate nomination in Florida on Tuesday in a shocking upset. With her defeat of Alex Vindman, a candidate with establishment backing who raised more than 16 times as much campaign money, Ms. Nixon, a democratic socialist, continued the left’s winning streak this year in Democratic primaries. | NYT (🎁 link)
Ukraine’s recently ousted defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections in a bombshell address on Tuesday evening, stating that the wartime nation faced a crisis of governance, in the biggest internal challenge to President Volodymyr Zelensky since 2022. Fedorov’s call, delivered in a video address posted on YouTube, is the first such demand by a major Ukrainian political figure since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. The law in Ukraine prohibits the holding of elections during wartime. | CNN
Most editors start as reporters. At some point, either because there’s an opportunity, an urgent need, or sometimes both, those reporters become editors. And in most newsrooms, that’s about it. Edit to Elevate’s lead faculty, Tom Huang, answered a few questions about his reporter-to-editor experience. Learn more about the online course, which begins with an introductory session on Monday, Aug. 31, here. | Poynter
To be eligible, the committee must verify its sending domain with Campaign Verify, use Google’s Postmaster Tools to monitor the email-sending operation, and keep its spam rate below 0.3% over a 14-day average. Gmail users remain in full control of the emails they receive. They can continue to mark messages from any user, including political committees, as spam, block them, or unsubscribe from their mailing lists. | PCMag
1030 ET : Shippagan, NB - LPC MP Serge Cormier inaugurate a Coast search-and-rescue lifeboat.
1100 ET - Charlottetown - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters.
1200 ET : Dartmouth, NS - LPC MP Darren Fisher makes an infrastructure funding announcement.
1230 ET : Whitehorse - Health Min Marjorie Michel makes a funding announcement
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… in 1988. Sc 1216 Les Forges du Saint-Maurice. Design: Michèle Cayer.
Issued to mark the 250th anniversary of the Canada’s first industrial complex, Les Forges du Saint-Maurice, near Trois-Rivières, QC.
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