Monthly Archives: November 2025

Weather

Weather Nov 16

Here’s today’s weather for Saint John, NB in three languages — English, French, and Ukrainian:

🇬🇧 English

  • Conditions: Light rain, around 4 °C (39 °F)

  • Afternoon: Rain continuing, warming up to 6–7 °C (42–45 °F)

  • Evening: Cloudy with some rain again, cooling to 4–6 °C (39–43 °F)

  • Late night: Possible mix of rain and snow around 2–3 °C (36–37 °F)

🇫🇷 Français

  • Conditions : Pluie légère, environ 4 °C

  • Après-midi : Pluie persistante, température jusqu’à 6–7 °C

  • Soirée : Nuageux avec pluie périodique, baisse à 4–6 °C

  • Tard dans la nuit : Mélange de pluie et de neige possible, 2–3 °C

🇺🇦 Українська

  • Погодні умови: Легкий дощ, близько 4 °C

  • Після обіду: Досягне дощу, потеплішає до 6–7 °C

  • Вечір: Хмарно з періодичним дощем, охолодження до 4–6 °C

  • Пізньої ночі: Можливий дощ з мокрим снігом, 2–3 °C

Якщо хочеш прогноз на кілька днів — скажи, і я подивлюсь!

sports

GAME DAY ALERT

📣 GAME DAY ALERT 🏈
It’s happening this Sunday — the championship showdown of the year in Canadian football!

📍 Where: Princess Auto Stadium, Winnipeg, MB
🗓️ When: Sunday, November 16, 2025 · Kick-off at 6 : 00 PM ET
👥 Who: Montreal Alouettes (home) in navy & blue 🔵 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders (visitor) in green & white 🟢
🔗 Both teams bring business — the Alouettes with their passing-arsenal, the Roughriders with a rock-solid defence.
🇨🇦 Big one for Canadian football — a must-watch!

Get loud for your team — may the best team hoist the Cup!

#GreyCup #CFL #112thGreyCup #Alouettes #Roughriders #Winnipeg #FootballSunday #CanadianFootball #GoBig #GameDay

Quiz

Canada–U.S. Tariffs Quiz

🇨🇦🇺🇸 Canada–U.S. Tariffs Quiz

Multiple Choice

  1. What is a tariff?
    A) A limit on the number of goods allowed to enter a country
    B) A tax on imported goods
    C) A government subsidy for domestic producers
    D) A type of trade embargo

  2. Which major trade agreement between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico replaced NAFTA in 2020?
    A) TPP
    B) CETA
    C) USMCA (CUSMA in Canada)
    D) CPTPP

  3. In 2018, the U.S. imposed tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum under which justification?
    A) Environmental protection
    B) National security (Section 232)
    C) Currency manipulation
    D) Anti-dumping

  4. Which Canadian industry has frequently been involved in long-standing tariff and trade disputes with the U.S.?
    A) Aerospace
    B) Softwood lumber
    C) Fisheries
    D) Telecommunications

  5. Under USMCA/CUSMA, tariffs on most goods traded between Canada and the U.S. are:
    A) Eliminated
    B) Cut by half
    C) Only charged during peak seasons
    D) Applied to agricultural goods only

True or False

  1. Tariffs are used by governments to protect domestic industries from foreign competition.

  2. Canada and the U.S. are each other’s largest trading partners.

  3. Retaliatory tariffs are tariffs imposed by one country in response to tariffs from another.

  4. All Canadian dairy products enter the U.S. tariff-free.

  5. Tariff disputes between Canada and the U.S. can be settled through panels under USMCA/CUSMA.

Short Answer

  1. Name one economic impact tariffs can have on consumers.

  2. What is one reason a country might impose tariffs on imports?

  3. Name a Canadian product besides lumber that has faced U.S. trade disputes.

  4. What does the term “trade war” generally refer to?

  5. How can tariffs affect prices for businesses that rely on imported materials?

Answer Key

Multiple Choice

  1. B — A tariff is a tax on imported goods.

  2. C — USMCA (called CUSMA in Canada) replaced NAFTA in 2020.

  3. B — The 2018 steel and aluminum tariffs were imposed under Section 232 national security grounds.

  4. B — The softwood lumber dispute is long-running and well-known.

  5. A — Under USMCA/CUSMA, most tariffs between Canada and the U.S. are eliminated.

True or False

  1. True — Tariffs are often used to protect domestic industries.

  2. True — They are each other’s largest trading partners.

  3. True — Retaliatory tariffs respond to another country’s tariffs.

  4. False — Canadian dairy is heavily protected, and many products face U.S. tariffs or quotas.

  5. True — USMCA/CUSMA includes mechanisms for dispute resolution panels.

Short Answer (Sample acceptable responses)

  1. Higher prices for imported goods or goods made with imported materials.

  2. Protect domestic industries, reduce reliance on foreign supply, respond to unfair trade practices, or raise government revenue.

  3. Examples: Dairy, beef, aluminum, steel, aerospace (e.g., Bombardier disputes).

  4. A back-and-forth escalation of tariffs or trade barriers between countries.

  5. Tariffs increase input costs, which can raise production costs and final prices.

Canada, Politics

Why are Canadians avoiding U.S. travel?

Canadians changing their travel plans

Recent surveys show a significant shift in Canadian travel behaviour when it comes to visiting the United States:

  • One poll found that over 65% of Canadians said they have changed their travel plans this year to avoid travelling to the U.S. — with ~35.7% cancelling their trips completely, and ~29.5% choosing a different country instead.

  • Another survey reported that among Canadians who had planned a U.S. trip, 56% had either cancelled or modified it.

  • A February 2025 poll showed that 48% of Canadians said they were “less likely” to visit the U.S. this year compared to last.

  • According to the Travel Health Insurance Association (THIA), about 70% of Canadians intend to avoid travel to the U.S. this year.

Actual travel numbers backing the shift

It isn’t just intentions — the data show real declines in travel:

  • For April 2025, return trips of Canadian residents from the U.S. by vehicle dropped ~35.2% compared with April 2024; by air they dropped ~19.9%.

  • In May 2025, automobile return trips from the U.S. dropped ~38.1% year-over-year.

  • For August 2025, Canadian-resident return trips to the U.S. were down ~29.7% overall; vehicle trips fell ~32.6%.

Why are Canadians avoiding U.S. travel?

The various sources point to a mix of factors:

  • Political tensions and trade disputes between Canada and the U.S. — for example, Canadians citing tariffs and a sense of being treated unfairly.

  • A weak Canadian dollar vs. the U.S. dollar making travel to the U.S. more expensive.

  • A preference for alternatives: more Canadians are choosing to travel domestically (within Canada) or to other international destinations instead of the U.S.

What this means

  • The U.S., which has historically been the top destination for Canadians travelling abroad, is seeing a noticeable pull-back in Canadian visitors. For example: in 2024 Canadian-resident trips to the U.S. totaled around 39 million, representing ~75% of all Canadian-resident travel abroad.

  • For U.S. tourism and border-economies that count on Canadian visitors, the drop is significant — both in visitor numbers and likely in spending.

  • For Canada, this means more of the tourism “dollar” may stay at home or go to other destinations — which could benefit domestic travel sectors.

  • For travellers: if you were planning to go to the U.S., this might be a good time to reassess exchange rates, border conditions, and perhaps compare alternatives.