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China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google
BEIJING (AP) - China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google on Tuesday, just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by U...
Feb 04, 2025
New Brunswick post-secondary education minister diagnosed with brain tumour
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's minister of post-secondary education, training and labour says she has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. In a social media post, Alyson Townsend says she was diagnosed ...
Feb 04, 2025
Uncertainty, turmoil persist with tariff delay: Canadian Chamber of Commerce
OTTAWA - The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to delay the implementation of tariffs on Canadian goods headed to the U.S. leaves businesses, workers, and fam...
Feb 04, 2025
Despite tariff pause, uncertainty hangs over Canadian economy
OTTAWA - Uncertainty still hangs over the Canadian economy despite U.S. President Donald Trump announcing a 30-day pause in tariffs that were to take effect today. The temporary reprieve halts - at le...
Feb 04, 2025
From Musk to mushrooms, buyers let money talk amid tariff turmoil
VANCOUVER - Finance worker Michael Atkinson is a fan of electric cars, but lately he found himself embarrassed to drive his Tesla Model 3 around Vancouver. Dismayed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his asso...
Feb 04, 2025
Ontario election 2025: Where the party leaders are on Tuesday, Feb. 4
Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are on Tuesday, Feb. 4: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Ottawa: Ford will make an announcement at 11:45 a.m. in Ottawa. He will a...
Feb 04, 2025
Ford aims to keep tariff focus in election as Liberals, NDP tout health, education
Ontario's Liberals and NDP are using a pause in the tariff threat from the United States to begin a new chapter in the provincial election, focusing on issues such as health care and education, but Do...
Feb 04, 2025
Trump is leveraging tariffs. Is he ready for potential fallout? Are consumers? Here's what to know
ATLANTA (AP) - President Donald Trump has taken executive action to impose or threaten new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. The moves fulfill certain campaign promises but also have r...
Feb 04, 2025
Interprovincial trade barriers: What they are and how to cut them
OTTAWA - The Trump administration's on-again, off-again threat to impose damaging tariffs has boosted an old idea for driving economic growth in Canada: eliminating interprovincial trade barriers. "Th...
Feb 03, 2025 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said he'd prioritize tackling a patchwork of trucking regulations, arguing it should be the easiest way to get more Canadian goods moving across provincial borders. (980 CJME file photo)
Yukon, Nunavut halt plan to pull American alcohol from shelves amid U.S. tariff pause
The Yukon and Nunavut governments said Monday they were halting their plans to remove American alcohol from store shelves in retaliation against proposed U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. Prime Minister...
Feb 03, 2025
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