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Posthaste: Tariff ‘double whammy’ headed straight for these Canadian businesses, report says
Canadian sectors already reeling from United States tariffs now have to contend with a hit from Canadian counter-levies, possibly resulting in a “double tariff shock,” says a new report by Desjardins Group. “Our analysis confirms that several manufacturing sectors will face a double shock,” Florence Jean-Jacobs, principal economist at Desjardins, said in the report on…
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Feds ‘open’ to loosening rules banning nicotine pouch sales at convenience stores
OTTAWA — The federal government is considering loosening some of its rules around the sale of nicotine pouches that could see the increasingly popular product sold in Canadian convenience stores, National Post has learned. One senior federal government source told National Post that the “openness” to change existing regulations comes amid pressures from certain provinces…
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Born on 9/11: Canadians turning 25 mark a day of both happiness and mourning
When Monica Spoletini tells people she was born on Sept. 11, 2001, “Nine times out of 10 I get a look and … nine times out of 10 the second question is ‘on the year? On 2001?’ “And I just smile and (say) yep,” she says. 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the hijacked airplane…
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History lessons: Trump’s threats have reignited the debate over what kids learn about Canada’s past
Andri Ruel, 19, a recent graduate of Garneau Catholic Secondary School in Ottawa, wasn’t impressed with his history classes in high school. “I really, really hated anything to do with Canada because it was just so boring. It was constantly the same thing over and over again,” he says. “We had the War of 1812…
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Rwandan imprisoned for hate speech fails in bid for Canadian intervention
A Quebec judge has dismissed the case of a former senior Rwandan politician who was deported from Canada and ended up in prison for his role in the central African country’s genocide more than three decades ago. Léon Mugesera, 74, is serving a life sentence in Rwanda for hate speech aimed at stirring up killings…
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Canadians support hard line against U.S., but don’t want to pay for it
While Canadians remain broadly supportive of “holding firm” in a trade war with the United States, a new poll finds that this support drops off a cliff the moment Canadians are asked to pay for it. The survey conducted by the think tank Build Canada found a clear majority said they would not support any…
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Toronto police and mayor outline safety plans for upcoming Jewish High Holy Days
Toronto Chief of Police Myron Demkiw and Mayor Olivia Chow have provided an update on safety plans for the Jewish High Holy Days, with the police chief outlining a host of measures that will be in place this year. In a press conference Tuesday afternoon at Toronto Police Headquarters, Demkiw said the Toronto police would…
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Tim Houston: Now is the time for Canadians to find common ground and get things done
The relationship between the United States and Canada runs deep and is steeped in history. We are neighbours, friends and share similar values, but it’s actually much deeper than that. In many ways, we are like cousins. And like all families, we don’t agree on everything. Sometimes our cousins do things that don’t make sense,…
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Canada promises trade ban on goods from ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements in new joint statement
OTTAWA — Canada says it intends to ban all trade with goods tied to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, joining several European countries in a joint statement promising harsher measures against Israelis the governments say are undermining a two-state solution. In the statement, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and her counterparts in the U.K.,…
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How much would renaming Lake Ontario cost the U.S.? CBO points to the ‘closest precedent’
Renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” will come at a cost to federal agencies in the U.S. that are responsible for updating maps and databases, and a previous report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) offers insight into how expensive this could be. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of…