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AP journalist Zeke Miller contributed to this report from Washington.VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Making the trip from Vancouver to Seattle to watch baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays play the Mariners has been a tradition for Peter Mulholland and his wife, but not this year.
Mulholland was already frustrated over U.S. President Donald Trump’son imported goods from Canada and talk about the country. The final straw came when Trump referred to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a dictator.
“We were starting to get leery,” said the 69-year-old, semiretired Vancouver resident. “The tariffs he’s trying to do is going to hurt both countries, that’ll become evident eventually, but it’s going to hurt us more.”Mulholland is one of a growing number of Canadian who are choosing not to vacation in the U.S. this year.
McKenzie McMillan, a travel consultant with the Vancouver-based Travel Group, said some of his clients have canceled trips that were already booked.
February is usually a busy month for the retail travel agency which specializes in both corporate and premium leisure travel as Canadians make plans for spring break vacations.NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenlanders have been pushed
in the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump said America could take over their Arctic homeland. Most say they don’t want to be American. Many are worried and overwhelmed by the comments and the attention. But also hopeful. They say Trump’s comments have ignited unprecedented interest in full independence from Denmark — a key issue in a parliamentary election on March 11. Here’s a look at various elements of Greenland’s remarkable circumstances:Greenland is vital to the world, though much of the world may not realize it.
its strategic location in the Arctic; its valuable rare earth minerals trapped under the ice needed for telecommunications; its billions of barrels of untapped oil. There’s also potential for shipping and trade routes as the ice that covers most of Greenland keeps retreating because of climate change. If that ice melts, it would reshape coastlines across the globe and potentially shift weather patterns.Greenland is massive — about one-fifth the size of the United States or three times the size of Texas. Its land mass is part of North America, and its capital city is closer to New York than to Copenhagen.