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Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canadian imports and governments’ response to them will have “severe repercussions” for Ontario’s housing sector. The warning from the Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA) Tuesday comes as the U.S. president finally followed through on his threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian and Mexican imports. Canadian energy was hit with a lower, 10 per cent levy. Meanwhile, China was slapped with a 10 per cent tariff.Ottawa and the provinces have vowed a strong response: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has said it will impose tariffs on $30 billion worth of U.S.…

Payton McNabb, a former high school girls volleyball player who was severely injured when a transgender opponent spiked a ball in her face, will be one of President Donald Trump’s guests at his joint address to Congress on Tuesday night.McNabb suffered the injury when she was a junior at Hiwassee Dam High School in Murphy, North Carolina, and has helped lead the charge to keep women’s and girls’ sports fair. She was one of the athletes who attended Trump’s event when he signed the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order. Payton McNabb was severely injured after being struck in…

A house has been engulfed in flames in Northam, prompting a warning for people nearby to stay inside.Firefighters were called to a house fire on Morrell Street near the intersection of Rockett Street, Northam just before 9pm on Tuesday.Morrell Street has been closed as firefighters work to put out the blaze.The house fire is causing smoke to be blown in a northerly direction towards the Avon River.As a precautionary measure, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services have urged people in the area to remain inside with doors and windows closed.Air-conditioners should also be switched off.People are asked to report…

The new head of the Food and Drug Administration division that regulates infant formula was in recent months a corporate lawyer defending a top formula maker from claims that its product gave rise to debilitating harm to premature babies.Kyle A. Diamantas joined the F.D.A. last month to lead the food division, leaving the law firm Jones Day, which has served as a pipeline of talent to both Trump administrations.As a partner in Jones Day’s Miami office, Mr. Diamantas’s recent work included defending Abbott Laboratories in a lawsuit accusing the company of failing to adequately warn parents that its specialized formula…

WASHINGTON: Mounting trade wars between the United States and its largest economic partners deepened on Tuesday (Mar 4) as US tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China kicked in, sparking swift retaliation from Beijing and Ottawa. Stinging US tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods came into effect as a deadline to avert President Donald Trump’s levies passed without the nations striking a deal – a move set to snarl supply chains. Trade war fears sent markets falling in Asia and Europe on Tuesday in response to what analysts said were its steepest tariffs on imports since the 1940s. Trump had announced -…

For years before she published “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee wrote short stories with themes that she would later explore in that now-classic novel: small town gossip and politics, tender and tense relationships between fathers and daughters, race relations.She tried and failed to get them published. Scholars and biographers have long thought the stories were lost or destroyed.But Lee was a meticulous archivist. She stashed the typescripts of the stories, along with the rejection letters, in her New York City apartment, where her executor discovered them after her death in 2016.This fall, those stories will be published for the…

The stars turned out for the 97th annual Academy Awards to honor the best films and performances of the year. The top nominees for the 2025 Oscars included “Emilia Pérez,” with a total of 13 nominations, and “The Brutalist” and “Wicked,” with 10 nods each. See a list of the winners here.Where to watch the Oscars with cableThe 97th annual Academy Awards were broadcast live on ABC stations, as well as on international outlets worldwide, at 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PST) on Sunday, March 2, 2025.How to stream the OscarsThe Oscars streamed live on Hulu for the first time. Other streaming services like…

When President Trump threatened tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China in January, saying those countries needed to do more to stop the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States, Canadian and Mexican officials raced to Washington, bearing charts and videos detailing their efforts to toughen their borders.Canada created a “fentanyl czar” and committed fresh resources to combating organized crime, while Mexico dispatched troops to the border and delivered cartel operatives into U.S. custody. As a result, Mr. Trump paused tariffs on America’s North American neighbors for 30 days.China never made these kinds of overtures and, in Mr. Trump’s…

Global stock markets and shares in European carmakers tumbled on Tuesday as President Trump’s broad tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China came into effect.European stocks slumped as investors weighed the prospects of a global trade war after China and Canada quickly retaliated with tariffs of their own. U.S. futures signaled that the S&P 500 would open slightly lower, after it dropped 1.8 percent on Monday, its worst day this year.The Euro Stoxx 50 index, which comprises the eurozone’s largest companies, fell as much as 2.3 percent, its worst performance in about four months. Germany’s benchmark index, the DAX, dropped as…

What to know about a Texas company’s successful commercial landing on the moon – CBS News Watch CBS News Over the weekend, a Texas aerospace company made history with the first successful landing on the moon by a private firm. It’s the second private mission to the moon but the first lander toppled over after touchdown. CBS News’ Mark Strassmann shows what the mission hopes to accomplish. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On