A look at news events in August 2025: 1 - U.S President Donald Trump's 35-per-cent tariffs came into effect at 12:01 a.m., imposed after Trump accused Canada of failing to co-operate in curbing ...

The U.S. was under a government shutdown after lawmakers deadlocked and missed the deadline for funding the government. The ...

Markham-Unionville Liberal candidate Paul Chiang left the federal election race following his comments that a political opponent should be turned over to Chinese officials in return for a bounty. The ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney named Marc-Andre Blanchard as his permanent chief of staff. Blanchard was Canada’s former ambassador to the United Nations between 2016 and 2020 and most recently served as ...