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Amazon says it’s not planning to display added tariff costs next to product prices on its site — despite a report that sparked speculation the e-commerce giant would soon show the new import charges, and the White House’s fiery comments denouncing the purported change. The Trump administration’s reaction appeared to be based on a misinterpretation…
As Canadians prepare to vote in the federal election on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump has resumed his attacks on the country’s auto sector and sovereignty, prompting Canada’s party leaders to once more stress they will fight to protect both. On Wednesday, Trump told reporters it was possible his 25 per cent tariffs “could go…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – U.S. retailers are feeling the blunt impacts of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports. Virginia toy store owner Amy Rutherford says 80 per cent of toys are made in China. “Even if we’re buying it from a French company, it’s made in China,” she said. Rutherford warns that Trump’s 145 per cent tariff…
U.S. President Donald Trump is blaming Volodymyr Zelenskyy for delaying the possibility of a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, arguing that the Ukrainian president could end the war if he agreed to formally hand over Crimea to Russia as part of a proposed peace deal. “Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory, but…
Firefighters are still battling a fast-moving wildfire that has burned more than 11,500 acres in southern New Jersey since Tuesday and prompted more than 3,000 evacuations, while briefly shutting down part of the Garden State Parkway, one of the state’s busiest highways. More than 1,300 structures were threatened and shelters were opened at two high…
Lori Vallow Daybell, who was convicted of the gruesome killings of her two youngest children and her husband’s former wife in July 2023, has now been found guilty of conspiring to murder her estranged fourth husband, Charles Vallow, in July 2019. On April 22, a Maricopa County Superior Court jury in Arizona found Vallow Daybell guilty…
When U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intention to put 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods on Jan. 29, Winkler-area potato farmer Juston Schmidt worked to ship as many potatoes to the States as possible before they came into effect Feb. 4, 2025. “We were a little concerned at first,” the vice-president of Schmidt…
A college student was arrested by federal authorities in Boston after being accused of throwing two Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership in Missouri in March. Owen McIntire, 19, who was in his hometown of Parkville, Mo., for spring break on March 17, is accused of driving to a Tesla dealership near Kansas City and…
Luigi Mangione was indicted on Thursday on federal charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a major step in the prosecution’s pursuit of the death penalty. Returned by a federal grand jury in Manhattan, the indictment includes a charge of murder through the use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the…
Opponents of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation’s democratic ideals. The disparate events ranged from a march through midtown Manhattan and a rally in front of the White House to a demonstration at…
Ryan Kelley thought he had a good shot at becoming Michigan’s governor in 2022. That is, until he was charged with misdemeanors for participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. His campaign sputtered and he finished fourth out of five candidates in the Republican primary. Three years later, Kelley says, people ask…
An ongoing trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s hunger for critical minerals have brought Canada’s rich mineral deposits into the spotlight, with federal and provincial politicians promising to accelerate natural resource projects. Interest in the country’s critical minerals surged after Trump started musing about annexing Canada, experts say, and grew as the president’s global…
A small U.S. community is trying to lure Canadians back across the border with a special Easter long weekend deal. The Point Roberts International Marketplace says this weekend it is offering a special exchange rate for Canadian cash at $0.80, meaning US$1 is CAD $1.25 this weekend and cash only. Ali Hayton, the owner of…
Students stood in prayer circles and piled balloons, candles and teddy bears along a sidewalk Friday near Florida State University’s student union, where two people were shot and killed and six others were wounded during a rampage lasting less five minutes. The gunman, identified as the son of a sheriff’s deputy, arrived on campus an…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Shares in computer chip makers slumped early Wednesday after Nvidia said tighter U.S. government controls on exports of computer chips used for artificial intelligence will cost it an extra $5.5 billion. The company, which announced Monday that it will produce its artificial intelligence super computers in the…
The recent turmoil on global financial markets, combined with the unpredictability of U.S. President Donald Trump and his tariffs, is wreaking havoc on the lives of many Canadian seniors. With many on fixed incomes and facing shrinking savings, their ability to afford necessities like groceries, rent and medications is being eroded, forcing some seniors to…
Canadians, don’t let Trump keep you from visiting California. That’s the message of a new tourism campaign launched by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Visit California. “Today we launched a new international campaign focused on encouraging Canadians to come visit the great state of California,” Newsom says in a video posted to social media. “The…
Toronto officials say businesses across the city are bracing for higher costs, supply chain issues, and possible job cuts as new U.S. tariffs threaten to shake up the local economy. About 75 per cent of Toronto businesses expect rising costs due to U.S. economic policies, according to a new survey report done by the city….
The federal government says it’s freezing more than US$2.2 billion in grants and US$60 million in contracts to Harvard University, after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. The hold on Harvard’s funding marks the seventh time President Donald Trump’s administration has taken the step at one…
A man suspected of setting fire to the family home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro early Sunday morning has been taken into police custody. According to investigators, Cody Balmer, 38, scaled a seven-foot iron-clad security fence at Shapiro’s Harrisburg mansion in the middle of the night on Sunday before setting it on fire. Court documents…
Meta Platforms Inc. faces a historic antitrust trial beginning Monday that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses. The looming antitrust trial will be the first big test of President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission’s…
World markets rallied Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said electronics such as computer chips, smart phones and laptops won’t face the same U.S. import duties as some other products, giving tech shares a boost. In early European trading, Germany’s DAX gained 2.4 per cent to 20,857.54, while the CAC 40 in Paris was up…
United States President Donald Trump had an annual physical Friday and concluded, “I did well,” praising his own heart, soul and cognitive ability while noting medical reports from White House doctors may not be ready until the weekend. The 78-year-old, who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president, spent nearly…
With Canadian travel to the U.S. still plummeting, some cities south of the border are begging visitors to come back. Vacation hotspot Palm Springs, Fla., is making sure Canadians know they are welcome. Banners with the Maple Leaf in a heart have been hung in the city’s downtown strip and in the airport. “The Maple…
The Trump administration has yet to land on a formula for tariffs on automotive parts, according to one of Premier Doug Ford’s top cabinet ministers who suggested the unfinished calculation is the primary reason why the sector was previously spared. On April 3, Canadian-made cars and trucks shipped to the United States were hit with…
Prime Minister Mark Carney is shifting his focus from the federal election campaign once again to address the impact of an escalating global trade war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney, who retains his caretaker role as prime minister during the campaign, is back in Ottawa to convene a meeting of the cabinet committee…
U.S. inflation declined last month as the cost of gas fell, a sign that price growth was cooling even as President Donald Trump ramped up his tariff threats. Consumer prices rose just 2.4 per cent in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday, down from 2.8 per cent in February. That is…
The nation’s top trade representative said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are already getting results, bringing other countries to the negotiating table to discuss reducing their trade barriers, but acknowledged American consumers and businesses may face short-term challenges. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer addressed the Senate Finance Committee a day after global…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Stock markets in Canada and the U.S. were up in late-morning trading on Tuesday, but off their highs for the day, following the big losses triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs announced last week. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 134.97 points at 22,994.43. In New…
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday to discuss launching a Team Canada approach to support workers in the forestry sector in response to the latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties. The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Friday that it has determined a combined…
