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Premier Doug Ford says Ontario will suspend its surcharge on electricity exports to the U.S. and he will travel to Washington, D.C., for trade negotiations. More coming. The Canadian Press

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say a man has been taken into custody after a woman was fatally stabbed in Brampton, Ont. Peel regional police say officers were called to an apartment building in the area of Kennedy Road South and Glidden Road just after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. They say officers arrived at the scene […]

WASHINGTON — Prime minister-designate Mark Carney says he will keep Canadian retaliatory tariffs in place until “Americans show us respect” and commit to free trade again. Carney is reacting after U.S. President Donald Trump moved today to double tariffs coming into effect Wednesday on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50 per cent. Trump’s latest tariff […]

Provincial police say they’ve charged two people from Mississauga, Ont., after seizing more than 4,000 illegal cannabis plants in the Niagara region. Police say officers responded to a location on Highway 3 in Wainfleet on Feb. 26, after a referral from Health Canada inspectors who said that cannabis was being illegally grown. They say officers […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Canada will pay a “financial price” after vowing Tuesday to double the tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum imports in response to Ontario’s surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. “They will pay a financial price for this so big that it will be read about in […]

OTTAWA — The trade war between the U.S. and Canada took another turn Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to double the tariff on steel and aluminum imports coming from Canada in response to Ontario’s surcharge on electricity exports. Trump said 50 per cent tariffs will be placed on Canadian steel and aluminum starting […]

FORT ERIE, Ont. — The $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes, the second jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, will be held Sept. 9 at Fort Erie Racetrack. The racetrack made the announcement Tuesday. The 1 3/16-mile dirt race will follow the $1-million King’s Plate, which will be held Aug. 16 at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack. […]

OTTAWA — Mark Carney’s leadership campaign says he has given a “full and robust conflict of interest management plan” to the country’s ethics commissioner. In a media statement, the campaign says that as part of that plan, Carney has divested all of his assets other than personal real estate into a blind trust. The campaign […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will “respond appropriately” to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation. Ford was speaking in an interview on MSNBC today, moments after Trump said he would double an imminent tariff on steel and aluminum from Canada in response to Ontario placing a surcharge on electricity it sends to three […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will double the tariff on steel and aluminum imports coming from Canada in response to Ontario’s surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Trump said 50 per cent tariffs will be placed on Canadian steel and aluminum on Wednesday. In a post on social […]