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Canadians Stand Their Ground Amid New Trump Tariffs and Expanding U.S.-Canada Trade War

Business owners are preparing for financial pain after the latest U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed. But many Canadians are embracing a show of resistance.

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Of Canadian politicians’ responses to the trade war, perhaps the most colorful came from Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, on Monday.
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A Shooting at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto Exposes a Neighborhood’s Guns-for-Hire Network

A shooting at a U.S. Consulate has thrust a neighborhood with a troubled past into the center of an emerging criminal phenomenon: young guns for hire as gig workers in the underworld economy.

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Outside 15 Martha Eaton Way in Toronto.
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After 2 Plasma Donor Deaths, Company Pauses Clinics in Canada

Grifols, a Spanish company, said “unfounded attention” on its blood plasma business in Canada had led it to temporarily end collections at 17 clinics.

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Donating plasma for Grifols at a hospital in Barcelona in 2020. The company has suspended collecting plasma in Canada because of scrutiny over two deaths.
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The ‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Hudson Williams Uplifts a Canadian Tire Bag

After the actor Hudson Williams was photographed carrying a plaid reusable shopping bag, priced under $2, the tote has become a viral fashion accessory.

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Hudson Williams, who plays the gay hockey player Shane Hollander in “Heated Rivalry,” at the Golden Globes in January.
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Canada’s WestJet Cancels Trips Amid Strike By Flight Attendants

Labor talks resumed on Sunday between the airline and union representing 4,400 flight attendants, who want improved wages and compensation for unpaid work.

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WestJet flight attendants walking a picket line at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Sunday.
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