US President Donald Trump set an August 1 deadline for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to sign a new trade deal. Negotiations have reached a serious impasse, and there’s no resolution in sight, with the president signing a late night executive order on Thursday increasing tariffs on Canada to 35 per cent.

The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada plans to recognise a Palestinian state in September, becoming the third G7 nation to make such an announcement in recent days. Mr Carney said such a move would depend on democratic reforms,

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported Friday that air quality in Iowa will be at levels “unhealthy for sensitive groups” through Saturday, due to smoke from wildfires in Canada. The National Ambient Air Quality Standards advise that fine particulate matter should not exceed averages of 35 micrograms per cubic meter in a 24-hour period.

Winds from the northwest are blowing cool dry air—but also wildfire smoke—into the Midwest from Canada Smoke from wildfires blazing across Canada is once again wafting over huge portions of the Midwest and worsening air quality,

A proposed U.S.-Canada trade deal could still be weeks away, Ottawa's chief negotiator said on Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed higher tariffs on imports from Canada.

President Donald Trump late Wednesday threatened the potential of a trade deal between the United States and Canada, after Ottawa said it would recognize a Palestinian state.

The federal minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade says Canada won’t accept a bad deal from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and that there was no viable deal on the table this week.