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Liz Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus made for one of the more memorable couplings of the year.

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Instagram posted photo showing Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau. Undated. Image via Instagram / @katyperry

Katy Perry goes ‘Instagram official’ with Justin Trudeau amid romance rumours

The pop star posted photos and videos on Instagram of herself and the former Canadian PM posing cheek to cheek and exploring Japan.

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The couple thought to be Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau from a distance.

Katy Perry, Justin Trudeau and the grainy photos that have tabloids frothing

Pop singer Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada, have been photographed kissing. Maybe. Or maybe not.

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Canadian conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat at the election.

Canada’s conservative leader was a shoo-in for PM before Trump. He couldn’t even hold his seat

Mark Carney’s rival, populist Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, was in the lead until US President Donald Trump took aim at Canada with a trade war and threats to annex the country as the 51st state.

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Supporters of Mark Carney outside a federal leaders’ election debate in Montreal.

The other poll where Trump looms large

Canadian voters will choose their next government largely based on who they think is the best person to deal with the upheaval, threats and animosity being thrown at them from Washington.

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Justin Trudeau finishes his speech at the Liberal leadership announcement in Ottawa, Ontario.

How Trudeau stood up to Trump - and brought his party back from the brink

Just two months ago, Canada’s prime minister was in trouble. Then along came the US President.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlines Canada's response to the US decision to impose tariffs on Canadian goods.
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Canada reacts to Trump tariffs

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlines Canada's response to the US decision to impose tariffs on Canadian goods.

Justin Trudeau calling Donald Trump’s tariff’s a “very dumb thing”.

Trade war kicks off as Canada retaliates against Trump’s ‘very dumb’ tariffs

In a pointed barb, Trudeau said the US was starting a trade war with its closest allies at the same time as it was “appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying, murderous dictator”.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, greets Melania Trump as she arrives for a family photo with US President Donald Trump, during the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France in 2019.

What’s behind Trump’s love-hate relationship with Canada

Theories include the president’s failed hotel ventures, his transactional view of the world – and a 2019 photograph that seemingly showed a dashing Justin Trudeau poised to kiss the first lady.

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Bartenders Teo Diaz and Will Hanbidge at their Bar Leonor in Montreal.

‘Trendy to be patriotic’: Canadians everywhere are hitting back at Trump

In a subterranean bar in Montreal, Wil Hanbridge has just restocked his shelf – this time without American whisky.

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