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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is once again lashing out at three of his biggest irritants: foreign steel, foreign aluminum and Canada. Trump on Wednesday will effectively plaster 25% taxes – tariffs – on all steel and aluminum imports. And on Tuesday the president said the U.S. would double the forthcoming levy on the […]

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals and the Conservatives are running neck-and-neck in voter support, a new Leger online poll suggests. The poll of Canadians’ voting intentions has both parties sitting at 37 per cent. It shows a drop of six points for the Conservatives and a seven per cent jump for Liberals since Feb. 24, […]

WASHINGTON — Premier Doug Ford says U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick committed to dropping U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff on Canadian aluminum and steel back to 25 per cent after Ontario agreed to pause a surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Earlier Tuesday, Trump posted on social media that he would double the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ‘s threat on Tuesday to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada led the provincial government of Ontario to suspend its planned surcharges on electricity sold to the United States. As a result, the White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said the […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index continued its losses Tuesday, while U.S. markets also fell as tariff tensions between the two countries mounted. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 132.51 points at 24,248.20 on Tuesday. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 478.23 points at 41,433.48. The S&P 500 index was down […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford agreed Tuesday to suspend the province’s surcharge on electricity it exports to three states after a top American official extended an “olive branch” in the form of a meeting in Washington to talk free trade. Ford called Tuesday for cooler heads to prevail in the United States’ trade war […]

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — U Sports will allow incoming student-athletes who have played professional hockey to participate immediately in men’s hockey without a waiting period. The change starts with the 2025-26 season, U Sports announced Tuesday. The previous rule required former pro players to wait 365 days before becoming eligible to play university men’s hockey. […]

TORONTO — It was a hot debate in the Toronto Raptors’ locker-room. Was that Jamal Shead’s first dunk of the season? The rookie guard cleared the Raptors bench as they rushed to congratulate his rim-rattler in Toronto’s 119-104 win over the Washington Wizards on Monday. But once the game was over, the team’s leaders were […]

WASHINGTON — Ontario has agreed to suspend a surcharge on electricity exports to the United States after President Donald Trump escalated his trade war Tuesday by vowing to double threatened tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports. Trump said 50 per cent tariffs would be placed on Canadian steel and aluminum on Wednesday in response […]

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 on electricity sold to the United States. Tuesday’s escalation and retreat in the ongoing […]