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• ‘We can’t run our businesses’: Canadian companies react to U.S. tariffs

  23-08-2026 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian businesses are bracing for higher costs and uncertainty as new tariffs take effect following the collapse of Canada-U.S. trade talks.
  
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• Collapse of Canada-U.S. trade talks a ‘nightmare scenario’ for B.C. small businesses

  25-08-2026 00:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trade talks between Canada and the U.S. broke down late on Friday night, with both sides blaming each other for last-minute changes.
  
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• Work begins to build public housing project near Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park

  24-08-2026 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Monday, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow stood alongside federal officials at the site to promote the milestone for a project the city says will bring 74 new homes.
  
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• 1 in 3 Ontario children are living in food-insecure homes: Breakfast Club of Canada

  24-08-2026 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  New data from Breakfast Club of Canada is showing students across the country are coming to class with an empty stomach, reflecting a larger issue of food insecurity in households.
  
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• Meet Howard Lutnick: Is this the man who killed the trade talks?

  24-08-2026 23:26 via nationalpost.com
  
  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 talks with a series of last-minute demands on Canada.Those new demands, which reportedly included the U.S. gaining control over which o
  
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• JD Vance calls Canada a U.S. state in 'Freudian slip,' vows to fight back against 'ridiculous tariffs'

  24-08-2026 22:30 via nationalpost.com
  
  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 that “Canada and China have been the two worst countries when it comes to trade policy anywhere in the world.”While
  
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• Edmonton woman sentenced to 12 months for defrauding vulnerable client of more than $73,000

  24-08-2026 22:22 via cbc.ca
  
  An Edmonton woman has been sentenced to 12 months in jail after pleading guilty to defrauding a vulnerable client of more than $73,000.
  
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• What we know about why Canada's trade deal with America fell apart

  24-08-2026 22:12 via nationalpost.com
  
  The trade war between Canada and United States is news, and not just within our two countries. Here’s what the world is saying. Why did the deal fall apart? According to analysis by Bloomberg , the U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed over a range of issues where the text of a potential deal was at odds with what Canada believed it had agreed to.Quoting Mark Wiseman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., the news agency said it wasn’t a single issue that led talks to collapse late Fri
  
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• What do we know about the reasons Canada's trade deal with America fell apart?

  24-08-2026 22:12 via nationalpost.com
  
  The trade war between Canada and United States is news, and not just within our two countries. Here’s what the world is saying. Why did the deal fall apart? According to analysis by Bloomberg , the U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed over a range of issues where the text of a potential deal was at odds with what Canada believed it had agreed to.Quoting Mark Wiseman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., the news agency said it wasn’t a single issue that led talks to collapse late Fri
  
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• ‘Bring it on buddy’: Everything Ontario’s Doug Ford said about President Donald Trump

  24-08-2026 22:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Over the course of 45 minutes, Doug Ford said Donald Trump could 'kiss my ass,' calling him a 'dictator,' a 'loser' and the 'king of bankruptcies.'
  
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• Here's how Canada and the U.S. can find an off-ramp and avoid a tariff war

  24-08-2026 21:51 via nationalpost.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — What a difference a few days make. Rather than cutting the deal U.S. President Donald Trump hailed early last week, the United States and Canada entered an escalating tariff conflict over the weekend that threatens to become a full-blown trade war.Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled his negotiating team back from Washington late Friday and has threatened dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs in response to the newly imposed 50 per cent Section 338 tariffs Washington place
  
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• Ahead of Quebec election, here's how party leaders want to tackle Canada-U.S. trade war

  24-08-2026 21:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Days after failed Canada-U.S. trade talks and renewed tariff threats by President Donald Trump, Quebec provincial party leaders are outlining their plans to face the current economic situation ahead of the upcoming provincial election this fall.
  
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• Rare muskox with fur like a 'magical grass skirt' spotted in Labrador West

  24-08-2026 21:27 via cbc.ca
  
  What Sabrina and Junior Hunt thought was initially a large pile of wood began moving, and revealed itself to be an incredibly rare sight in Labrador West on Saturday.
  
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• Vance calls Canada a U.S. state in ‘Freudian slip’ as trade fallout grows

  24-08-2026 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vance, speaking at a political event in Maine, claimed talks were still ongoing despite Prime Minister Mark Carney pulling Canada out of the negotiations late last week. 
  
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• OPP warn of scammers pretending to be police, spoofing phone numbers

  24-08-2026 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Scammers are repeatedly calling Ontario residents claiming to be OPP officers, with some using technology to spoof the phone numbers of OPP detachments.
  
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• Latest tariffs will stop Canadian honey travelling south, beekeepers commission says

  24-08-2026 20:12 via cbc.ca
  
  The latest round of U.S. tariffs will "essentially stop all honey heading into the U.S. from Canada," according to the president of the Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission. Meanwhile, a distillery says the tariffs are opening consumers' eyes.
  
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• Trump's tariffs could put 87,200 Canadians jobs at risk; Ontario and Quebec to be hit the hardest: report

  24-08-2026 20:01 via nationalpost.com
  
  An economist has put the job losses from the new U.S. tariffs at an estimated 87,200.Trevor Tombe, a professor of economics at the University of Calgary, estimated in an analysis published by The Hub that the tariffs put a little over 87,000 Canadian jobs at risk. He said in an email to National Post that his model produces 87,200, and that he does not want to portray false precision in a number carrying that much uncertainty. “87K is no different than 90K.”The analysis said losses
  
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• N.B. premier says she’ll work with Ottawa to hit back at U.S. ‘where it hurts’

  24-08-2026 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Holt says New Brunswick wants Canada’s response to have the highest impact on the U.S. and the smallest impact on the province and the country.
  
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• ‘Put on the damn helmet’: Vancouver comedian urges safety following e-scooter collision

  24-08-2026 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jessica Pigeau was riding north on Alder Street between West 11th and West 12th Aves on July 19, when she said the driver of a southbound SUV suddenly turned left in front of her.
  
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• Carney unveils $11B in funding to make 6 icebreakers in Quebec

  24-08-2026 19:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney said the federal government will pour $11.3 billion into Quebec's shipbuilding industry to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, fulfilling a promise made in 2019.
  
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• Carney commits $11B to build 6 icebreakers in Quebec

  24-08-2026 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The new ships will replace the Canadian Coast Guard's aging heavy and medium icebreakers, fulfilling a promise first made in 2019.
  
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• 76% of Canadians think country did ‘right thing’ by ending U.S. trade talks: poll

  24-08-2026 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The findings also state that 59 per cent of surveyed Canadians has 'not very much' or 'no control at all' on whether an acceptable agreement would be reached.
  
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• Most Canadians say Carney government 'did the right thing' on trade talks, but fear repercussions

  24-08-2026 19:08 via nationalpost.com
  
  Across the country and even across political lines, most Canadians say that ditching trade talks with the United States was the right move for the Carney government to make, according to new polling by Angus Reid .In a poll that was conducted over the weekend, nearly 1,500 Canadian adults were asked: “Overall, based on what you have seen, read or heard so far, do you think Canada did the right thing or the wrong thing by refusing the terms being offered and ending negotiations without a t
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford to speak amid U.S.-Canada trade war

  24-08-2026 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford is once again threatening to cut off electricity exports to the United States amid an escalating trade war that will have significant impact on steel and autos.
  
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• Ford calls Trump a ‘loser’ and ‘dictator’ after president posts about Ontario premier

  24-08-2026 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford is once again threatening to cut off electricity exports to the United States amid an escalating trade war that will have significant impact on steel and autos.
  
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• Poilievre asks Carney to reconvene Parliament 'without delay' after trade talks collapse

  24-08-2026 18:15 via nationalpost.com
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to reconvene Parliament, so that MPs can scrutinize the failed U.S. trade deal and the government’s response to the fallout.In a letter to Carney dated Sunday and shared on social media Monday morning, Poilievre wrote: “Canadians elect Parliament to defend their interest and decide the hard questions. Those questions can no longer wait.”He added that the official opposition has a duty to hold the gov
  
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• Trump threatens 50% tariff on Canadian autos, trucks by Jan. 1

  24-08-2026 16:51 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 50 per-cent tariff on Canadian autos and trucks on Monday, the latest escalation in the trade war between Canada and the U.S., after trade talks collapsed late last Friday.“On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel, will be increased to 50%,” said Trump, in a post on Truth Social. “Build in the U.S. and there are ZERO TARIFFS. Canada will be treated li
  
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• Carney says U.S. needs to change its 'attitude,' after Trump threatens 50% tariff on Canadian autos, trucks

  24-08-2026 16:51 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 50 per-cent tariff on Canadian autos, trucks and auto parts on Monday, while Prime Minister Mark Carney said it would require a change in “attitude” from the U.S. to restart negotiations after trade talks collapsed late last Friday.“On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel, will be increased to 50%,” said Trump, in a post on Truth Social. &ldquo
  
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• 8-year-old found dead in the water at Saskatchewan beach

  24-08-2026 16:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Officers said they were called to the scene shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday after receiving a report of a 'water-related emergency.'
  
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• Trump threatens more tariffs on Canadian automotive industry and steel

  24-08-2026 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened additional tariffs onto Canadian automobiles, car parts and steel amid the trade war between the two nations.
  
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