Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is "concerned" about U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose increasing tariffs on several European countries until they accede to his demand to purchase and control Greenland. "We're concerned about this escalation," Carney told reporters at a press conference in Doha, Qatar on Sunday morning. "Decisions about the future of Greenland are for Greenland and Denmark to decide." But Carignan, whose interview was taped before Trump's new tariff threat, expressed optimism that NATO will persevere. Carney said after years of stalled negotiations, Canada aims to finalize the Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement with Qatar by this summer.

January 18, 2026 16:16 UTC

TLDRThis CBC Climate Change News article discusses the recent buzz around nuclear fusion, highlighting milestones from Canada's General Fusion and China's EAST reactor. The article explores the potential of fusion as a limitless, clean energy source, the challenges in creating operational fusion power plants, and the significant private investment in fusion startups. It also covers the establishment of a new Centre for Fusion Energy in Ontario and the global efforts to develop fusion technology.

January 18, 2026 16:08 UTC

28 at MTL (DETROIT)WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOWSunday’s game will be the first PWHL game played in Washington, D.C. Montréal has won both of its Takeover Tour games so far this season with a shootout win in Halifax over Toronto and a 1-0 victory over Vancouver in Québec City. In its first Takeover Tour game of the season, the Sirens scored a 4-3 win over Seattle in Dallas. New York has scored four goals in each of its last two Takeover Tour games, also doing so last March in a 4-1 victory over Minnesota in Detroit. Washington, D.C. is one of seven new cities on this season’s Takeover Tour along with Calgary, Chicago, Dallas, Halifax, Hamilton and Winnipeg.

January 18, 2026 16:00 UTC

The federal government has unveiled the next steps in its national gun buyback program — and Canadians will have about two months to declare their interest in participating in order to receive compensation for turning in outlawed firearms. At a news conference on Saturday afternoon, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said that "the compensation program is voluntary, but compliance with the law is not." Compensation payments will be issued within 45 business days of a successful validation of the outlawed firearm. The official said the pool of funding is $248.6 million — which will let the government pay for about 136,000 outlawed firearms from individual Canadians. "Anybody who cares about liberty or property rights or just public safety in general, the focus should be removing this government from power," Wilson said.

January 18, 2026 15:47 UTC

The side of an abandoned fish sauce plant in St. Mary's, N.L. Mayor Steve Ryan said he learned the front of the building had collapsed early Saturday morning. With the side of the building exposed, Ryan said the smell is “unbearable.” and it’s unclear whether there are health concerns from the odour. St. Mary's mayor, Steve Ryan, says much the former fish sauce plant's front wall has been torn away by high winds. (Town of St. Mary's Council/Facebook)With the local school only about 300 metres away from the plant, he said the town is also considering the possibility of cancelling classes on Monday.

January 18, 2026 15:17 UTC





Trump threatens tariffs against European nations over Greenland supportNewsDuration 4:41The United States will impose increasing tariffs on several European countries until the U.S. is able to purchase Greenland, President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform on Saturday. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland would face the tariff, Trump said.

January 18, 2026 14:56 UTC

Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blames Trump for inciting anti-government protestsNewsDuration 11:50Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has acknowledged that thousands of people were killed during anti-government protests over the last two weeks, but blamed the U.S. for the death toll. He also called President Donald Trump a criminal for supporting the protests, which have been countered by tens of thousands of pro-government demonstrators. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said it has verified 3,090 deaths, including 2,885 protesters, and over 22,000 arrests. CBC News speaks to exiled Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad about the demonstrations.

January 18, 2026 14:53 UTC

The Financial Times reports Sequoia is joining Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and U.S. investor Coatue in a proposed funding round for Anthropic that aims to raise $25 billion and would value the artificial intelligence company at $350 billion. Reuters and other outlets relayed the FT account, while Reuters said it could not immediately verify the report and that Anthropic, Sequoia, GIC and Coatue did not respond to requests for comment. According to the FT’s description, GIC and Coatue would each commit roughly $1.5 billion to the round. The FT names Sequoia as part of the investor group but does not specify how much cash Sequoia would contribute in the accounts summarized by Reuters. The size and ambition of the proposed round would accentuate debates about governance, safety and market concentration in advanced AI.

January 18, 2026 13:57 UTC

The acting mayor of Smiths Falls, Ont., says the town acted appropriately when it suspended two councillors after one was caught on a hot microphone uttering profanities about a colleague. The town's council meeting on Jan. 5 had just wrapped up when Coun. The next day, a "mortified" Brennan emailed an apology to council, McKenna said. At the town's next meeting on Jan. 12, council decided to suspend Brennan from council and committee meetings for 45 days with pay. Smiths Falls councillor Jay Brennan was heard uttering profanities during the livestream moments after the council meeting on Jan. 5 ended.

January 18, 2026 13:19 UTC

I’ve gone back and forth on the Cowboys defensive coordinator search more times than I can count, and I keep circling back to Daronte Jones. Daronte Jones coaches the defensive backs and helps shape the passing-game plan, and that influence shows up every week. Each of these coaches have experience as a defensive coordinator at the college level, but Daronte Jones has a larger body of work. Daronte Jones may have a few more skins on the wall and that experience may be better suited as a defensive coordinator. From where I’m sitting, Daronte Jones may be the leader for the defensive coordinator position with the Dallas Cowboys.

January 18, 2026 13:02 UTC

Research conducted by “word unscrambling experts” at the website unscramblerer.com has revealed that thousands of Canadians google “Wordle hint” or variations of that phrase every day. Across Canada, the hardest Wordle word of 2025 landed on June 1, and it was ROUGH. “Wordle players in Canada are 25 times more likely to search for ‘Wordle hint’ than ‘Wordle Solver,'” a spokesperson for the site said. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementQuebec also had the lowest number of “Wordle hint” searches for the year with fewer than 60,000. For those keeping track, Canada’s hardest Wordle puzzle of the previous year was BRAWN on Dec. 22, 2024.

January 18, 2026 12:47 UTC

But commercial nuclear fusion reactors are not yet available. WATCH | Bob McDonald explains nuclear fusion: Bob McDonald explains nuclear fusion | Duration 6:16 The host of CBC's Quirks & Quarks explains the process of getting clean energy from nuclear fusion, and points to Canadian and French projects that are also underway. Fusion reactors need to keep hydrogen extremely hot and condensed, in the form of plasma, as it's found in the sun. In other Canadian fusion news, a new Centre for Fusion Energy in Ontario was announced less than two months ago. WATCH | Fusion energy inside a reactor: Fusion energy inside a reactor | Duration 0:16 Video from inside a reactor as European scientists set a world record for producing fusion energy.

January 18, 2026 12:40 UTC

Only 2 of 18 municipalities want southeast Manitoba regional libraryNewsDuration 2:21Steinbach and Niverville are the only two out of 18 municipalities, with a total population of about 111,000, to confirm continued interest on a proposed southeast Manitoba regional library system.

January 18, 2026 12:04 UTC

The United States will impose increasing tariffs on several European countries until the U.S. is able to purchase Greenland, President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform on Saturday. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland would face the tariff, Trump said. The latest:Thousands protest in Greenland, Denmark over U.S. pressure. Macron seems to equate Trump threat to Putin's war in Ukraine. PHOTOS | Thousands protest in Greenland, Denmark amid Trump threats:"There are many small countries.

January 18, 2026 11:01 UTC

Gamers battle it out old school at Quebec pinball championshipsNewsDuration 2:25The best pinballers in Quebec competed in two provincial tournaments to be crowned pinball king and queen. The winners of the men's and women's tournaments will go to the U.S. to compete against the best in North America.

January 18, 2026 10:50 UTC