President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States and Canada will not restart trade talks but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney apologized to him for an Ontario political ad using former President Ronald Reagan saying tariffs spell disaster.

China and Canada's leaders opened on Friday their first formal talks since 2017, with Xi Jinping meeting Prime Minister Mark Carney in South Korea, Chinese state media reported.But in her first policy address last Friday,

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have taken steps to mend their countries' fractured ties.

Canada's gross domestic product contracted in August against widespread expectations of no growth, data showed on Friday, but an advance estimate suggested the economy might escape a recession in the third quarter.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government will soon announce more than 20 investments in critical minerals projects, with a total value of about C$2 billion ($1.4 billion).

Canada eliminated measles in 1998. The U.S. followed two years later, in 2000. There are multiple criteria for losing an official measles elimination status, including the declines in vaccination rates observed in both countries. But the most significant factor is having ongoing measles transmission for a full year.

Canada recorded a higher C$11.07 billion ($7.89 billion) budget deficit for the first five months of the 2025/26 fiscal year as government expenditures grew faster than revenues, the finance ministry said on Friday.

In Canada, Sportsnet – which has rights to all World Series – has broken viewership records throughout the Blue Jays’ postseason run, peaking at 7.7 million viewers for Game 1, a mark that almost certainly will be broken as the Blue Jays aim to clinch their first title since 1993 this weekend.