It seems that the secret ingredient to help save Shenul Williams’s small Pickering, Ont., condiment business was a healthy dash of Canadian patriotism. With sales down, and fears that she may have to close shop, a posting on a “Buy Canadian” Reddit […]
Faced with tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, some countries have, so far, responded by turning the other cheek, and not retaliating with their own duties. Canada, however, continues to hit back in the trade war with its neighbour to the
While Elon Musk is certainly not in any danger of struggling to make ends meet, his wealth has taken a major hit over the past few months. Just recently, for example, Musk lost $29 billion US in a single day after shares
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On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Howard Lutnick took his five-year-old son to school for his first day of kindergarten, causing the Wall Street CEO to be a little late getting to work at his World Trade Center office in New York City.
Canadians’ pocketbooks will likely be the victim of a prolonged trade war with the U.S., with the prices on consumer goods potentially rising over the next weeks, some analysts say. “We will see prices across the board going up,” said Andreas Schotter, a
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The deadly vehicle attack in New Orleans launched by a man the FBI claims was “100 per cent inspired by ISIS” has sparked questions about the extent of his affiliation with the militant group and adherence to its ideology. The FBI has said they
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An investigation by Indian officials that alleges dozens of Canadian colleges and universities might be linked to a scheme of illegally ferrying students across the Canada-U.S. border, reveals the “staggering” extent to which holes in the immigration system can be exploited, some experts
As the U.S. Congress scrambled to come up with a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump shocked many lawmakers by demanding that any such bill must also increase the country’s debt ceiling. He insisted that any deal must include
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The solution to Canada Post’s financial woes and murky future, according to one observer, is just two words: Sell it. “I’m not sure you can do any tweaks,” said Vincent Geloso, an assistant professor of economics at George Mason University in Fairfax,
Syrians seeking to chart their own political course, free from outside interference, following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad may be thwarted by the geopolitical ambitions of their neighbours, who already have a foothold in the country, experts say. “We all want this to be a moment
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