Dan Karpenchuk

Carney is in Malaysia for the ASEAN summit and has not spoken to Trump.

For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpinchuck in Toronto.

In a social media post, Trump said, quote, Canada cheated.

And the ad fraudulently uses remarks from a 1987 radio address by then-President Ronald Reagan.

Trump announced that he was calling off trade talks with Canada.

The move is seen as a serious setback for the Canadian economy.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is paying for the $75 million ad campaign.

Ford says the intention was always to begin a conversation about the impact of the tariffs and get Trump to take notice.

But after speaking to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ford agreed to pull the ads beginning on Monday.

However, they will still run during televised coverage of the first two games of the World Series.

For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto.

For those not fortunate enough to scoop up tickets for the game at Toronto's Rogers Centre, they can still watch the game at home and in pubs, restaurants and sports bars.

Most of those bars are already booked.

Fans from across Canada and the US have been arriving for the first two games.

It's not clear yet just how much money will be made, but hotels have been filling up, flights to Toronto are full...

and retailers, especially those selling Blue Jays gear, are finding it hard to keep stock on their shelves.

The tourist marketing agency Destination Toronto says it's expecting millions of dollars to flow into the local economy.

So no matter who wins the series, the city will come out a winner financially.

For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto.

The Canadian government denied an export permit that would allow Marineland to send the 30 belugas to an aquarium theme park in China.