Canada’s birthday present to America; why Canadians move to the U.S.; and more

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Prime Minister Mark Carney at a G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on June 16, 2026. Photo by Evelyn Hockstein - Pool/Getty Images

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It’s Thursday, July 2. Here are the top stories we’re following today.

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What we know (and don’t) about Canada’s ‘tightly guarded secret’ gift for America’s 250th birthday

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What did Canada get our neighbour for their 250th birthday, despite an ongoing trade war, a blocked cross-border bridge, and the president’s talk of making this country the 51st state? We are told it involves “a Maple Leaf, Niagara Falls, lights, and themed colours.”

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A Canadian and American flag are shown along the Detroit River in Windsor on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Photo by Dan Janisse /The Windsor Star

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Canadians hate being called the 51st state. But they don’t mind moving south of the border, study says

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Researchers correctly expected job opportunities to be the main reason Canadians were emigrating to the U.S., but were surprised that “health-care access and quality was a very close tie.”

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Women who put off having children say they are not having as many kids as they’d like. Photo by Getty Images/iStockphoto

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Kate Marland: Anti-family propaganda has devastated a generation of women

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“A generation of women were indoctrinated to believe that pregnancy was a burden, only to be undertaken after fully self-actualizing, and with full awareness that it could be a career ending move,” Marland argues. And now those women “are becoming increasingly aware that their lives are missing something.”

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Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson speaks during question period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Thursday, June 18, 2026. Photo by HYUNGCHEOL PARK/Postmedia

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Feds admit they haven’t enacted any policies toward advancing promise to release 23.6 million barrels of oil

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The Liberal government made the promise in March as part of the International Energy Agency’s move to release 400 million barrels of oil in an effort to drive down skyrocketing energy prices following Iran’s seizure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Homegrown strawberries are selling at high prices in Canada. Photo by Julia Wilson/X.com

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Canadians shocked to see strawberries selling for more than $10 a basket. Why the high price?

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The are several reasons for the spike in strawberry prices, including softer-than-usual California production due to weather and supply issues, local crops still ramping up and strong demand, according Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab.

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