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Poilievre wants to impose 50 per cent metal tariffs on U.S. after latest Trump threat

Poilievre wants to impose 50 per cent metal tariffs on U.S. after latest Trump threat

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday Canada should hit the U.S. with matching tariffs on steel and aluminum in reply to U.S. President Donald Trump's latest trade war escalation.
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S&P/TSX composite, U.S. stocks continue to fall amid North American trade tensions

S&P/TSX composite, U.S. stocks continue to fall amid North American trade tensions

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index continued its losses Tuesday, while U.S. markets also fell as tariff tensions between the two countries mounted.
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Confused about tariff deadlines? Here's what we know right now

Confused about tariff deadlines? Here's what we know right now

OTTAWA — The trade war between the U.S. and Canada took another turn Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to double the tariff on steel and aluminum imports coming from Canada.
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Loblaw, George Weston settle bread price-fixing class-action lawsuits

Loblaw, George Weston settle bread price-fixing class-action lawsuits

Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company George Weston Ltd. have executed a settlement over a pair of class-action lawsuits related to an alleged industry-wide scheme to fix the price of bread. The $500 million settlement was announced last year.
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Canada's dairy industry says tariffs less scary than threats to supply management

Canada's dairy industry says tariffs less scary than threats to supply management

MONTREAL — Canadian dairy farmers say they are less worried about the threat of steep U.S. tariffs than about a looming battle over supply management. U.S.
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Trump doubles tariffs on Canadian metals, causing Ontario to back down on electricity price hikes

Trump doubles tariffs on Canadian metals, causing Ontario to back down on electricity price hikes

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada, a retaliation that prompted the provincial government of Ontario to back down on its planned surcharges o
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Northern Pulp seeking $2.5 billion in private-public funding to build new pulp mill

Northern Pulp seeking $2.5 billion in private-public funding to build new pulp mill

HALIFAX — Northern Pulp, the company behind a Nova Scotia mill that shut down four years ago amid environmental shortcomings, says it will cost $2.5 billion to build a new, cutting-edge plant on the province's southwest shore.
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Carney's win kills Liberals' much-delayed plan to change capital gains tax

Carney's win kills Liberals' much-delayed plan to change capital gains tax

OTTAWA — Mark Carney's victory in the Liberal leadership race put the final nail in the coffin for Ottawa's controversial plan to hike the inclusion rate on capital gains.
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Slower B.C. real estate sales blamed on U.S. tariff uncertainty, association says

Slower B.C. real estate sales blamed on U.S. tariff uncertainty, association says

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Real Estate Association says tariff uncertainty has slowed housing activity. A board report says there were 4,947 residential sales in the province last month, down 9.7 per cent from the same time last year.
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UK police arrest a man on suspicion of manslaughter over North Sea ship collision

UK police arrest a man on suspicion of manslaughter over North Sea ship collision

LONDON (AP) — British police arrested a man Tuesday on suspicion of manslaughter as they searched for answers about why a cargo ship hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England, setting both vessels ablaze.
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