Trade war prompts Mayor Watson to decline U.S. ambassador's party invitation

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is known for his packed schedule of attending community events, especially ones involving VIPs, but the U.S. ambassador’s annual July 4 party isn’t making the cut this year.
Watson said he didn’t want to make the snub a big deal, but he acknowledged that he received and declined an invitation to the U.S. Independence Day party, this year hosted by Ambassador Kelly Craft, who was sworn in to the job last August.
“I politely declined because I’