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The Toronto Police Service says its hate crimes unit is investigating an incident that occurred Sunday in Toronto, when a man with a megaphone was recorded allegedly making antisemitic comments near Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue West, a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood in the north of the city. Videos shared on social media show the man…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ottawa and Washington have been engaged in a rhetorical tit-for-tat over tariffs since talks broke down and the U.S. imposed Section 338 duties on hundreds of Canadian imports over the weekend. Prime Minister Mark Carney explained why he pulled his team back and promised retaliatory tariffs , while President Donald Trump posted…

Fifty per cent tariffs on billions of dollars of Canadian goods went into effect over the weekend after Canada-United States trade talks collapsed on Friday. The list of targeted goods features a diverse range of items, from natural honey to hockey sticks, jewellery, cut flowers, wine and a variety of other goods, many produced by…

OTTAWA — The federal government announced it will match tariffs dollar for dollar on U.S. products on Tuesday, marking a tit-for-tat escalation in the trade conflict with Canada’s largest trading partner. Canada will impose 15, 25, and 50 per cent tariffs on products drawn from those targeted by U.S. Section 338 and Section 232 tariffs,…

With the recent and dramatic blowup of trade tensions between the United States and Canada, it’s easy to forget that an interest rate decision is just days away. The Bank of Canada will announce its rate on Wednesday, Sept. 2, and while a hold is almost certain, the storm brewing between Ottawa and Washington could…

U.S. President Donald Trump says his administration is giving “serious consideration” to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America . In a Truth Social post on Tuesday morning, the president wrote, “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect…

U.S. tariffs that went into effect on Saturday are likely to slow Canada’s economic growth, but it’s the risk of escalation on both sides of the trade war that poses a bigger threat to country’s outlook, economists said Monday. Minutes before Friday’s midnight deadline for a deal to avert the new 50 per cent U.S.…

United States President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he plans to raise tariffs on Canadian autos and auto parts to 50 per cent starting in January, marking the latest escalation of trade tensions between the two countries. “On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel,…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has accused Canada of “unfair” trade practices and vows the U.S. will “fight back” after trade negotiations fell apart last week. Vance made the comments in a question-and-answer session following a speech he gave at a manufacturing company in Brewer, Maine, on Monday. When asked about tariff negotiations, Vance said…

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney told Canadians that he ended trade talks with the Americans because the gap between the two countries was simply “too wide in recent days” to strike a deal. In reality, however, sources say, it was really just one late-to-the-party American negotiator, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who scuppered the…