Canada’s tariffs on imported U.S. goods — everything from strawberry jam to sleeping bags — could steer consumers to seek out cheaper, made-in-Canada alternatives, but domestic industry players are fearful that input costs will rise and American politicians could retaliate in kind. Gerhard Latka, president of Canadian jam maker Crofter’sRead More

TORONTO – Ontario’s election is all but down to two parties, if the polls are correct, but more than two dozen are actually competing, including those targeting the vegan vote, the anti-sex-ed vote and the no-vote vote. Beyond the usual Progressive Conservative, NDP and Liberal suspects exists a grab bagRead More

HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will work with Canadian steel and aluminium companies hit by punishing U.S. tariffs to make sure jobs and workers north of the border are protected. In a CBC radio interview in Halifax this morning, Trudeau said he had spoken with steel andRead More

TORONTO — Only the New Democrats can prevent the Progressive Conservatives under Doug Ford from forming government in Ontario next week, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Friday in her most direct pitch yet to Liberal voters. Speaking at a campaign stop in Toronto, Horwath said she expected a close electionRead More

SAULT STE MARIE, Ont. — Doug Ford won’t say whether he’ll march in Toronto’s annual Pride parade if elected Ontario premier, prompting his rivals to question the Tory leader’s support of the LGBTQ community. Ford said Friday that he has not yet decided whether he will attend and participate inRead More

WASHINGTON — Now they put their noses to the grindstone and get back to the North American Free Trade Agreement. But it is shaping up to be a complicated, uphill slog. Mexico and Canada have renewed their commitment to the bare-knuckled NAFTA renegotiation after absorbing the blow of the TrumpRead More

LONDON, Ont. — Doug Ford says he isn’t breaking a promise to release a fully costed platform because a list of his pledges contains dollar figures beside each item. Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives quietly released a compilation of their campaign promises on Wednesday without saying how they would pay for them.Read More

TORONTO – Canada Goose is flocking to China with a plan to open two stores in Beijing and Hong Kong, e-commerce operations in partnership with Alibaba Group and a regional head office in Shanghai. The Toronto-based luxury retailer that is known for its high-end parkas says the stores and e-commerceRead More

TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index and the loonie slipped in mid-morning trading after the U.S. announced tariffs on metal imports from Canada. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was down 14.20 points to 16,034.46, after 90 minutes of trading. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average wasRead More

Ontario: A new poll suggests Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have pulled ahead of the Ontario NDP Party. The Forum Research poll, conducted on May 28 and May 29, randomly sampled 2602 Ontario voters and found that 39 per cent of decided and leaning respondents said they support the PC Party.Read More