{"id":823218,"date":"2026-07-24T14:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/823218\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:31:12","slug":"canada-only-gordie-howe-bridge-opening-event-being-held-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/823218\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada-only Gordie Howe bridge opening event being held today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784903472_1_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Gordie Howe International Bridge is seen from River Rouge, Mich., connecting Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 24, 2026 | 7:06 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 A Canada-only ceremony is taking place today to mark the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, after a joint celebration with the U.S. was cancelled earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government said Tuesday that in light of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s latest tariff threats, Canada would not be celebrating the opening of the bridge in a joint event.<\/p>\n<p>Trump threatened Monday to hit an array of Canadian products with 50 per cent tariffs in 30 days. <\/p>\n<p>American officials said the new levies were a response to provincial bans on U.S. alcohol, Canada\u2019s supply-managed dairy system and quotas on American cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gordie Howe International Bridge is seen from River Rouge, Mich., connecting Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, Tuesday, July&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-823218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}