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Canada “can’t keep rolling over for President Trump,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters in Charlottetown as he entered a meeting with his fellow premiers. He was responding to the announcement of plans for new tariffs from U.S. President Trump on Monday . “We can’t back down. We need a full Team Canada approach. Everything…

A gym in Windsor, Ont., has become a talking point online after a Sikh man posted a video of an employee asking him to leave for wearing a kirpan. Here’s what to know. What was the incident? In a video posted to TikTok by a Sikh fitness influencer posting under the name “dreambodygurp,” an unseen…

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney did not rule out retaliation in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat on a number of Canadian goods, part of the latest escalation of the U.S.-Canada trade conflict. “We have a situation where the American tariffs, the 338 tariffs, will come into effect in 29 days,…

Three Mexican nationals living illegally in the United States have pleaded guilty to being part of a crime organization that smuggled people from Mexico, Central and South America into Canada and then across the border into the U.S. According to court documents, Ignacio Diaz-Perez, 37, Samuel Diaz-Perez, 27, and Salvador Diaz-Diaz, 34, were part of…

The Trump administration is staying out of the upcoming referendum on Alberta’s future in Canada, the U.S. ambassador to Canada says. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said during a podcast interview in Edmonton on Monday that the Oct. 19 referendum vote is a matter for Albertans alone to decide. “The vote that’s going to happen in October…

A city in Quebec has reinstalled its monument to Samuel de Champlain in a new location, almost a decade after it was originally taken down for maintenance. The monument to the French explorer was relocated to the parc de la Francophonie, in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday. Previously, the statue was installed at the intersection of…

There’s a new threat on the horizon that could soon sweep the world, raising food and energy prices and disrupting supply chains at a time when the world is least able to cope. It’s called El Niño and forecasts are calling for the one of the strongest on record in the fourth quarter of this…

Ask Rebecca is smart, honest advice to readers’ questions about life, family and relationships by columnist Rebecca Eckler. Got a question for Rebecca? Submit it anonymously on the form here. You can also send an email to NPadvice@postmedia.com. Dear Rebecca: I turned 60 recently, and I’m embarrassed to be writing this because it feels so…

OTTAWA — The recently unveiled southern route for a proposed new West Coast oil pipeline is facing criticism from a surprising corner: provincial Conservatives in B.C. They say that the southerly route, which cuts through B.C.’s highly fertile Fraser Valley , places an unnecessary strain on already dwindling prime farmland in the area. The planned…

The United States is imposing a new, 50 per cent tariff on a range of Canadian goods next month, the latest escalation in a years-long trade dispute that has hammered cross-border sales of vehicles and alcohol. On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed three proclamations that could add sweeping new tariffs, which the White House…