Canada is battling more than 700 active wildfires across the country, roughly two-thirds of which are burning out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC). Smoke billowing from the blazes has blanketed central Canada and the northern U.S., prompting widespread air quality alerts.

Air quality alerts are in effect on Tuesday in 10 states as toxic smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada continues to waft into the United States, creating hazy, gray skies over major metropolitan areas, including New York City.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will look for opportunities to remove some counter-tariffs against the US, despite winning an election in which he pledged to fight back against President Donald Trump’s trade war.

More than 85 percent of trade between the United States and Canada remains tariff free, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, days after President Donald Trump hiked levies on some

Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with his cabinet and the premiers today, less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump hit Canada with a baseline 35 per cent tariff.