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trade war

Trump’s sweeping new levies on U.S. trade partners threatens to fracture global systems of trade

Canada and Mexico exempt from new measures while European Union and China among those countries subject to new import taxes
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
analysis

Canada, Mexico spared from worst of Trump’s latest tariff blitz

Canada will fight Trump’s trade war with ‘purpose and force,’ Carney says

No reprieve for auto industry under Trump’s tariff plan

Opinion
opinion

Donald Trump’s tariff game show live from the Rose Garden

For the rest of the world, Trump’s liberation day will be the day they found out how many walls of their house the neighbour he was about to smash
Shannon Proudfoot
US President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order after delivering remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. Trump geared up to unveil sweeping new "Liberation Day" tariffs in a move that threatens to ignite a devastating global trade war. Key US trading partners including the European Union and Britain said they were preparing their responses to Trump's escalation, as nervous markets fell in Europe and America. (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion

Trump’s tariff bomb ignites global trade war. For now, the fallout on Canada is not what was expected

Campbell Clark
Campbell Clark
Election 2025

Conservatives drop candidate for endorsing shipping people to India to face retaliation from Delhi

Patel was removed as the party’s pick for Etobicoke North for liking a Facebook post about deporting ‘non-sense people’
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds an election rally in Kingston, Ont., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Poilievre defends campaign against critics, will continue to focus on affordability, illegal drugs

retail

Hudson’s Bay pitches plan to save six stores and e-commerce business

Retailer seeking buyer or investors to turn around operations that would require an $82-million investment in first year
Bay branded products are seen on display in the Hudson's Bay store in Toronto on Monday March 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

The Bay was ‘the last one standing’: A former fashion executive shares his ups and downs with the iconic retailer

film
film review

Cozy comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island is light and lovely if a bit overlong

The film, from writer-performers Tim Key and Tom Basden, sees lonely people find comfort and connection in harmony
Radheyan Simonpillai
This image released by Focus Features shows Carey Mulligan, left, and Tom Basden in a scene from "The Ballad of Wallis Island." (Focus Features via AP)
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Dreadful Minecraft Movie will make you want to block your memory of moviegoing

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Business and Finance

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opinion

Canada, be prepared for hardships not seen in generations

John Turley-Ewart

‘This is how you sabotage the world’s economic engine’: What market strategists are saying as stock futures plunge on Trump’s tariffs

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At the B.C.-U.S. border, a traffic rush goes quiet as tariffs are launched

The Canadian and U.S. flags wave outside West Coast Duty Free Store near the Surrey, B.C. border crossing on April 2, 2025.

As ‘Buy Canadian’ surges, companies trip over ‘maple-washing’ mistakes

EDMONTON, CANADA – MARCH 27: Close-up of 'Shop Canadian' poster displayed in a store in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on March 27, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Stress relief in watercolour: This Toronto entrepreneur picked up a paintbrush and found a creative outlet

'I don’t necessarily paint every day, but I think about it every day,' says Natalia Buia at her home in Toronto.

Opinion and analysis

The trade war and your investments: good news so far for people following this simple strategy

Rob Carrick
Rob Carrick

Donald Trump’s tariff war is a war on America’s future

Dimitry Anastakis
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 17: U.S. President Donald Trump walks though the Hall of Nations during a tour at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts where he also lead a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. After shunning the annual Kennedy Center Honors during his first term in the White House, Trump fired the center’s president, removed the bipartisan board of Biden appointees and named himself Chairman of the storied music, theater and dance institution. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

From food to money gifts to health care, our spending patterns change from our 40s to our 60s

Frederick Vettese
Frederick Vettese

Canada’s U.S. brain gain is risky without more foundational support for science

Peter Zandstra
Minister of Tourism Soraya Martinez Ferrada, left, is given a tour of the biomedical labs at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal by professor Gregory de Crescenzo in Montreal, Monday, May 6, 2024. The government of Canada announced $20.5-million in funding for the biomanufacturing initiative at Polytechnique Montreal to support local production of vaccines and biologic drugs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Carney, Poilievre, your tax cuts will lead to disaster, like in the U.K.

John Rapley
John Rapley

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explainer

Ten economic issues that will define the 2025 election, explained in charts

Pocketbook issues were set to dominate the conversation in this election cycle. Then along came a trade war

Canadian steel and aluminum suffer Trump’s ire while mining sector spared for now

Steel workers work at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

First Nation files lawsuit accusing Alberta of ignoring concerns over oil sands reclamation plans

Suncor's base plant with upgraders in the oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Monday, June 13, 2017. Three companies have been fined over a 2022 workplace fatality in northern Alberta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

AtkinsRéalis recruits preferred suppliers for modernized Candu reactors

AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as it announced the sale of its remaining stake in the company that owns the Highway 407 ETR toll highway north of Toronto. Company signage is shown in Montreal, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Nervous about crossing the border? Lawyers share tips for Canadians travelling to the U.S.

A car heads to the U.S. border crossing, Monday, August 9, 2021 in Lacolle, Que., south of Montreal. Canada and the United States are expected to announce enhanced co-operation today in the fight against trafficking of firearms across their shared border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

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More Canadians with Iranian backgrounds stopped from entering the U.S.

Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades

Quebec’s language law and Alberta’s power imports fuel U.S. trade grievances

Republican senators join push to block Trump’s Canadian tariffs

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Canada

President Donald Trump speaks at a reception in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Mark Schiefelbein

Alaska state resolution set to affirm Canadian sovereignty in rejection of U.S. threats

B.C. government grilled after January death of Indigenous teen in care

Montana electricity generators not treated unfairly: Alberta utilities minister

World

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her 'Mananera' daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on March 27, 2025. Mexico said on March 27, 2025, that it wanted preferential treatment if US President Donald Trump goes ahead with steep car tariffs, vowing a "comprehensive response" to Washington's duties. Sheinbaum said that tariffs were contrary to a North American free trade deal that has led to a booming auto industry in Mexico, which is home to several US-owned car plants. (Photo by Sergio Morales / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO MORALES/AFP via Getty Images)

Claudia Sheinbaum counters Trump’s tariffs with a ‘cool head,’ focus on continental trade

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Politics

Republican Randy Fine walks past a cut-out of President Donald Trump after the special election for U.S. House District 6 was called in his favor, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Ormond Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Despite Republican wins, the April election results should worry Trump

David Shribman

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Sports

Rogers Sports and Media President Colette Watson, left to right, Rogers Communications President and CEO Tony Staffieri, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly speak at a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan
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Rogers makes $11-billion gamble on hockey shifting back to Canada’s cultural centre

Cathal Kelly

Whitecaps settle for 1-1 draw with Pumas UNAM in CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal

'No-brainer': NHLers on the benefits of youngsters living with veteran teammates

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Health & Fitness

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everyday fitness

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Real Estate

From one of Canada’s tallest condo towers to bare tracts of land, residential development projects across the country are increasingly be pushed into receivership. The One condominium and hotel is pictured under construction at the intersection of Yonge St. and Bloor St in Toronto, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. The One was set to be Canada’s first supertall skyscraper, but was placed into receivership in October. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
the listing

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done deal

Price and presentation help move Etobicoke condo

the architourist

From parking lot to a new home - and a new start

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