Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc sent a video describing Canada's border security efforts to the man U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen to oversee his tariff agenda — part of Canada's pitch to avoid devastating duties that could come as soon as Saturday.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says while she doesn't want to assume anything after her meeting with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence over the weekend, Canada needs "to be prepared" that threatened tariffs are on the way.

Canadian leaders expressed relief that sweeping tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency and that he did not mention America’s major trading partner

With Canada continuing to face pressure from the United States to beef up border security, the RCMP says a Black Hawk helicopter started patrolling the Alberta-U.S. boundary on Tuesday. Helicopter patrols will travel along the Prairie border searching for illegal activity, including illegal migration, human smuggling and drug trafficking.

Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.

Donald Trump has reiterated that the U.S. does not need Canada’s oil, gas, autos or lumber. Quite obviously the tariffs are coming. Our leaders can wring their hands and structure retaliatory tariffs of their own, but this will only be a short-term solution, if even that.

Trump said he would likely decide by the end of the day Thursday whether to put a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian oil imports that would take effect on Saturday.

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed today he’ll follow through on his threat to impose punishing tariffs on Canadian imports on Saturday, despite efforts by the federal government to address the commander-in-chief’s concerns by fortifying the border.

The latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET.0950 ET – Oil futures are steady with the market starting to wonder how OPEC and its allies may respond to President Trump’s call for the group to help lower prices at their meeting next week.

The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau. The deadline for registering to vote in the leadership contest passed on Jan.

The race to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is now set, with former central banker Mark Carney and former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland the two biggest names to have declared their candidacy.

But there’s a golden rule for politicians in this province: if it’s a battle between Alberta and the Liberal Party of Canada, you choose the Grits at your peril. Nenshi just ignored it and now puts at risk his provincial political career before even taking a seat in the legislature.