Canada

Listeners from Vermont and Quebec shared their feelings about the current state of U.S.-Canada relations for a joint broadcast with the CBC's Radio Noon.

Dmitrii Georgiev was on vacation when he said his GPS led him to a U.S. port of entry in Vermont. By the time he realized that, it was too late. He'd spend months in a black hole of ICE custody and felt he was "not in America."

Penny’s new novel, The Black Wolf, imagines Canada being pressured to become the 51st U.S. state. She canceled all U.S. book tour appearances — except this one — when those ideas started feeling real.

A nail-biter of a referendum in 1995 nearly led the province to declare sovereignty. Quebeckers can still feel the repercussions of the vote today.

Vermont is hoping that state-level diplomacy will alleviate the strain that U.S. foreign policy has put on the state’s business ties with Canada.

Nike has its swoosh. McDonald’s, its golden arches. But what would Vermont’s signature brand mark look like? The state’s tourism department is working to figure that out.

Canadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% decline over the same month in 2024, according to Statistics Canada.

Vermont just passed a law banning the use of some pesticides that are known to kill bees. Quebec has had a similar law on the books for years. So we headed north of the border to see what we can learn from our Canadian neighbors.

Business owners say they're hearing less French and seeing fewer visitors from across the border. State data backs up their observations.

The increased tariffs the Trump administration imposed this month on goods coming from Canada won't apply to heating oil and gasoline many Vermonters rely on for energy.