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Two people are critically injured, including a police officer, after a shooting outside a Belleville, Ont., synagogue Sunday night. Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said a Belleville police officer was near the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in the area of Victoria and Bleecker avenues at approximately 7 p.m. when there was an “exchange of gunfire” with a man who was...
The union representing auto workers at the General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ont. says the company is planning to reduce shifts, citing U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Unifor, which represents about 3,000 employees at the Oshawa facility, said the shift reduction is “reckless” and that the move will “ripple through” the auto parts supplier network. It is not immediately clear...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he was “shocked” Canada wasn’t included in U.S. President Donald Trump’s 90-day tariff pause. “We were shocked that we weren’t part of the group, per se. And you know, (we’re the United States’) number one customer -- we’re both each other’s number one customer -- and we need to get through this and bring certainty...
Ontario’ s premier said he’s “very, very grateful” that Canada has been spared from new U.S. import tariffs. During a Wednesday evening appearance on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis, Doug Ford said his focus going forward is on “building relationships” and “always communicating” with the U.S. administration. “That’s what we’ve done, at least myself with (U.S. Commerce) Secretary...
In the face of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump’s threat to acquire Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is touting the strength of the province’s energy supply to generate revenue and jobs on both sides of the border. “With a new administration set to take office in the White House, our government has an ambitious plan to build up Fortress Am-Can...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has a message for Mexico as the threat of tariffs by incoming president Donald Trump hangs over both sides of the U.S. border. “Mexico has to make a decision: you're either with Beijing or you're with Washington. I'll tell you what Canadians are with. They're with Washington,” Ford said in an interview on CNN Tuesday night...
MPP Sarah Jama was asked to leave the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by House Speaker Ted Arnott on Thursday for wearing a keffiyeh, a garment that is banned at Queen’s Park. Jama, however, refused to leave the chamber. “Sarah Jama you are named. You must leave the chamber,” Arnott told the Independent representative for Hamilton Centre during question period. Arnott...
