Tariff relief, interprovincial alcohol, butterfly populations, and more

U.S. President Donald Trump changes his mind on tariffs – again. Trump says trade that falls under CUSMA will be exempted for another month.

Ottawa says it will pause its next phase of retaliation, but won’t lift existing retaliatory tariffs. And Ontario’s premier is going a step further – saying he will add a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity going to the U.S., starting Monday.

And: Ottawa and most provinces and territories have an agreement to smoothing out a long-term irritant in interprovincial trade: alcohol sales. The new agreement makes it easier to sell booze across boundaries.

Also: Researchers say they are shocked by the latest study of butterfly populations. The decline is much worse than previously thought. Some species declined more than 50 per cent in 20 years.

Plus: Canadian businesses try to adapt to the quicksand climate, the mother of a Canadian teen sitting in a Polish jail says he should have been prevented from leaving the country, and more.