30 h. ago Top Ten Canadians to watch in NCAA’s March Madness tournament

March Madness is here, and with several Canadians looking to leave their mark. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins Tuesday with the First Four, followed by 32 first-round contests on Thursday and Friday. The Final Four will be April 5, with the title game on April 7 in San Antonio, Texas. The NCAA women’s tournament […]

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30 h. ago Laid off amid the trade war? What Canadians should know about severance, EI

As layoff fears rise across Canada amid U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, many may be wondering: what should you do in those first days after a layoff if it happens to you?

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7 d. ago Airline cuts promo of U.S. destinations as 'Canadians may view this negatively'

Porter Airlines said it's shifting its marketing focus and reducing promotions for its U.S. destinations.The airline, headquartered in Toronto and launched in 2006, currently flies to 16 cities in the U.S. However, with the uncertainty brought on by the U.S.-Canada trade war, Porter Airlines said it's cutting back on promoting its destinations in the U.S.In an email statement, a representative said, "We've scaled back marketing our U.S. destinations, as some Canadians may view this negatively."A quick look at the airline's social media reveals a shift in focus toward promoting domestic destinations in the past few weeks."We are at the point of the winter season when capacity transitions to summer schedules, where 75 per cent of our peak capacity is planned for domestic routes," they stated.In response to tariffs and U.S. President Donald Trump's comments about Canada becoming the 51st state, several Canadians have said they've cancelled their U.S. trips.Travel agency Flight Cen...

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1 week ago Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes aim at Canadian hockey fans, snowbirds

Oh, no, he did NOT. Tensions between the United States and Canada have mounted in the last several weeks as Canadians have become increasingly patriotic amid President Donald Trump’s attacks. Canadians have embraced the “buy local” movement and are doing what they can to keep their money up north, from groceries to clothing to how […]

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1 week ago Canada is pulling U.S. booze off shelves. Here’s what Jack Daniel’s maker said

Several Canadian provinces have taken U.S. liquor off store shelves as part of retaliatory measures against President Donald Trump's tariffs.

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2 w. ago ‘It’s going to be bad’: Economists paint bleak picture as trade war erupts

North American trade war is expected to have severe consequences for the Canadian economy

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2 w. ago Ontario’s housing sector in for ‘severe repercussions’ with Trump’s tariffs: builders

Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canadian imports and governments’ response to them will have 'severe repercussions' for Ontario’s housing sector.

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2 w. ago Excitement for Canadian company as Firefly’s Blue Ghost lands on moon

MONTREAL — The head of a Quebec aerospace company says he’s thrilled by the confirmation that a private lunar lander has touched down on the moon with his company’s technology aboard. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost successfully descended from lunar orbit on autopilot early Sunday morning, carrying experiments for NASA and several Canadian-based technologies. Jean de […]

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2 w. ago Shoppers find grocery stores are mistakenly labelling U.S. products as made in Canada

Canadian customers are on high alert amid the threat of tariffs between Canada and the U.S.With U.S. President Donald Trump vowing to slap 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico on April 2, calls to support Canadian-made products grow stronger.Over 23,000 have signed a petition urging "Product of Canada" labels in grocery stores.While some companies like Empire Company Limited (owner of Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, FreshCo and Foodland) and Metro Inc. (owner of Ontario and Quebec grocers like Food Basics and Super C) have pledged to promote made-in-Canada goods, some Canadians are claiming stores are mislabelling products.Several grocery shoppers have shared photos on Reddit showing how some items are labelled as products of Canada on store signage, but upon a closer look, they're actually U.S. products."Heads up to anyone who shops at the Regent St. Sobeys in Fredericton. I just popped in cause I needed a refill on coffee and discovered a bunch of the Coffe...

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3 w. ago E. coli concerns prompt cheese recall in several Canadian provinces

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the recall alert for Morbier de Scey and Raclette de Scey cheeses sold in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Quebec.

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3 w. ago Canadian Tire signs deal to sell Helly Hansen to Kontoor Brands for $1.3 billion

TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. says it has signed an almost $1.3-billion deal to sell Helly Hansen to a U.S. owner of several clothing brands. Canadian Tire says the agreement announced Wednesday will see the sportswear company wind up in the hands of Kontoor Brands, which owns Wrangler, Lee and Rock & Republic. Canadian […]

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