America's anger, frustration and discord boiled over in Minnesota's Twin Cities and spread across the country on Friday, May 30, 2020, at a remarkable moment in the history of the United States, sparked by the collision of racial injustice, freedom of expression and the worst public health crisis of the last 100 years.

Joe Biden's campaign lobbed a spanner into Alberta's post-pandemic economic recovery strategy on Monday, May 18, 2020, with a promise to rip up U.S. President Donald Trump's approvals for the Keystone XL pipeline if the former vice-president succeeds in taking over the White House next year.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney added his voice to the anti-China chorus on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, savaging the communist republic's handling of the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak and urging Canada and the United States to join forces in bringing manufacturing capacity back to North America.

The federal government is planning stronger measures to deal with a looming influx of people arriving from the United States, a clear sign Canada is bracing for the realities of life after lockdown while living next door to the world's largest COVID-19 hotspot.