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Many Israelis have reacted with joy after US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he had brokered a deal to return all of the remaining hostages kidnapped by Hamas in 2023 when the terror group started a devastating war with its neighbour. That war – which has led to tens of thousands of deaths and enormous levels of destruction in Gaza – will also be ended, at least temporarily, as part of the deal.
I congratulate @POTUS on this historic peace plan that releases all the hostages.
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) October 8, 2025
Now, enduring peace in the region is possible.
Our parties are different but we have a shared ironclad commitment to Israel and its people. pic.twitter.com/iGb1PE93VH
The US will no longer buy Canadian-made cars and the decades-old system of free trade in North America is now at an end, according to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The close ally of Trump's told the BMO Eurasia US-Canada Summit in Toronto that the US is putting itself first in all things, but Canada can be granted the privilege of being "second" and accrue all of the benefits that entails. In his own address to the same conference, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the progressive integration of the North American economies is over and "nostalgia isn't a strategy." Another speaker at the conference, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, was less guarded, warning: "You aren’t going to annihilate manufacturing in Ontario." Ford said he'd cut off energy and mineral sales to the US in retaliation.
No going back to former free trade system, Lutnick says, as U.S. aims to dominate https://t.co/0jCFo2G4Jh
— The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) October 8, 2025
Due in part to legislation they themselves demanded, traditional news outlets in Canada were outshone during April's federal election by "influencers," according to a new report from the Canadian Digital Media Research Network. The study found that, with news banned from Facebook as a consequence of the Online News Act, individuals posting on social media ended up having the "loudest voice" as Canadians went to the polls. In separate but related news, a coalition of media outlets has urged the federal government to spend a "minimum" of 25 per cent of its advertising budget on Canadian news organizations, rather than on "Big Tech companies in California."
Influencers had the "loudest voices" online in this spring’s federal election, overtaking news outlets and politicians, says a new report. #CdnPoli https://t.co/LqKJ4gZSIM
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) October 9, 2025
There's been more news dribbling out to the masses about the supposed pledge made by Mark Carney to resurrect Donald Trump's beloved Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Nebraska. According to – you guessed it – an anonymous source, Trump was "very receptive" to the idea of the pipeline, killed on two occasions by Democrat presidents, being revived. South Bow Corp, which owns the inchoate infrastructure, said it is "supportive of efforts to find solutions that increase the transportation of Canadian crude oil." Former Canadian ambassador to the US Frank McKenna, meanwhile, said the deal could appease Alberta, adding: "I can't imagine [Danielle Smith] could move the goalpost again and say, 'I not only want more oil pipelines, I want two, not just one.'"
Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the Keystone XL pipeline project with U.S. President Donald Trump as part of a pitch on linking energy cooperation and support for Canada’s steel and aluminum sectors.#carney #trump #keystonexlhttps://t.co/sjiTxSK00z
— 980 CJME (@CJMENews) October 8, 2025
One of the world's most famous bankers has warned that there's a serious risk that US stocks will fall in the next six months to two years. Jamie Dimon, who leads JP Morgan Chase, said he was "far more worried than others" that there could be a correction in the market, while he was also "a little worried" about inflation in the US.
“I am far more worried about that than others.”
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) October 9, 2025
Jamie Dimon, chief exec of JP Morgan Chase, tells @bbcsimonjack there is a higher risk of a serious fall in US stocks than is currently being reflected in the market.#R4Today