The U.S. Capitol Building, photographed in 2022.

Manitoba opens awaited Washington trade office

Manitoba’s promised trade office in the U.S. capital will be headed by former reporter Richard Madan

Manitoba’s promised trade office in Washington, D.C., will improve trade footing with the U.S. and will be headed by former CBC reporter Richard Madan, provincial government says





U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

G7 farm groups on governments to support rules-based trade, innovation

Increasingly volatile geopolitical, economic, environmental landscape pressuring farmers say groups

Farm organizations from the G7 countries called for governments to support stable rules-based trade, modernized regulations and other measures to help farmers weather “unprecedented pressures,” the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said in a joint news release, Monday.