Toronto Star
New concession food items at the Rogers Centre for the 2025 Blue Jays season
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- New concession food items at the Rogers Centre for the 2025 Blue Jays season
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- 4:13
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Toronto Star food reporter Karon Liu tries out the new food items at the Rogers Centre for this Blue Jays season.
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- Hudson’s Bay liquidation sales begin in Toronto
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The liquidation comes after the company filed for creditor protection earlier this month, saying it was facing financial difficulties stemming from lower consumer spending, reduced downtown traffic and trade tensions between Canada and the U.S.
Video: Andrew Wallace
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- The rise of Islamophobia in Canada and fighting hate: A conversation with Amira Elghawaby
- Runtime
- 28:29
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In early March, Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia Amira Elghawaby released a new guide on tackling Islamophobia at a time when tensions appear to escalating in the country. She talks about it in a candid interview.
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/combatting-islamophobia-canada/resources/guide-combatting-islamophobia.html
https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/in-conversation-with-amira-elghawaby-on-the-rise-of-islamophobia-in-canada-and-fighting-hate/article_e6f22279-d1b3-48ae-986f-c99c8a40c359.html
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- Amira Elghawaby on challenges she's faced as Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia
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- 3:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Amira Elghawaby on challenges she's faced as Canada's Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia.
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- Jagmeet Singh launches NDP election campaign kickoff event in Quebec
- Runtime
- 0:53
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Loud cheers for Singh as he walks in — and he’s already referencing former NDP leader Jack Layton’s success in the province as he addresses the crowd in French. (Mark Ramzy / Toronto Star / March 23, 2025)
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- Mark Carney triggers federal election for April 28
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Liberal Leader Mark Carney triggered Canada's 45th general election with a visit to Rideau Hall to ask Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament. Carney says he is offering solutions instead of anger and division. (March 23, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Toronto goes "Elbows Up!" at Nathan Phillips Square rally
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Attendees carried a massive Canadian flag as they gathered to make a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump's annexation threats Saturday afternoon. (Reagan McSwain / Toronto Star / March 22, 2025)
Read "Elbows were up at Nathan Phillips Square as hundreds turn out in solidarity against Donald Trump" at https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/elbows-were-up-at-nathan-phillips-square-as-hundreds-turn-out-in-solidarity-against-donald/article_ee078e12-ee1f-4f0f-81e1-5a2cfdb6979c.html.
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- Fire official speaks at Beaches fire scene
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Paul O'Brien, division commander with Toronto Fire Services, speaks at a news conference at the Beaches fire scene early on Saturday evening. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star / March 22, 2025)
Read "Man in life-threatening condition after three-alarm Beaches fire at multiple homes" at https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/man-in-life-threatening-condition-after-three-alarm-beaches-fire-at-multiple-homes/article_90cfa469-dc1c-46aa-a3a3-53cc73bd747f.html.
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- Man, 60, found dead on University of Toronto campus
- Runtime
- 4:09
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Update: Toronto police have arrested and charged a suspect with first degree murder.
Toronto police say a 60-year-old man who was found dead on University of Toronto’s campus on Thursday morning was attacked “without any warning or provocation.”
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- They have a league of their own, should they play in it?
- Runtime
- 4:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Star columnist Ed Keenan chats with his daughter about playing alongside boys and in all-girls environments as both a hockey and baseball player.
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- What Sarah Nurse can teach girls playing on the boys’ team
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Hockey star Sarah Nurse can be a lesson for any girl playing on a boys’ team: a good player is a good player, regardless of gender.
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- The story behind Rodney the tree
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Jamie Beurklian made a Google Maps tourist attraction for the tree in his front yard as a joke. It has since taken on a life of its own.
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- Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli strikes across Gaza that killed hundreds are 'only the beginning'
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday's airstrikes in Gaza were "only the beginning" and that all ceasefire negotiations will take place "under fire." (AP Video / March 18, 2025)
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- Mothers of Israeli hostages among those worried for their safety by new attacks on Gaza
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The mothers of hostages held in Gaza feared for their children's safety after Israel launched a barrage of surprise strikes early Tuesday. (AP Video / March 18, 2025)
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- Israel launches deadly wave of airstrikes across Gaza after ceasefire talks stall
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, striking dozens of Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire took effect in January. Palestinian officials reported at least 69 deaths. (Production: Wafaa Shurafaa / AP Video / March 18, 2025)
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- Palestinians mourn loved ones killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Palestinians mourned their loved ones outside morgues in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday who were among hundreds killed in an overnight Israeli bombardment of the territory. (AP video: Abdel Kareem Hana, Mariam Daqqa, Mohammad Jahjouh/ Production: Wafaa Shurafa / March 18, 2025)
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- Israel launches new strikes against Hamas after talks stall
- Runtime
- 0:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Israel launched new strikes against Hamas early on Tuesday and promised ‘increasing military force’ after talks on on further hostage releases stalled. (AP Video / March 18, 2025)
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- The sound of explosions, screams and sirens signal resumption of Israeli operation in Gaza
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Drones whined overhead and explosions rattled the night as Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 400 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to local health officials. (AP Video / March 18, 2025)
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- AP explains the latest Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was striking dozens of Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire took effect in January. Palestinian officials reported at least 69 deaths. (AP Video / March 18, 2025)
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- The Ontario Science Centre's weekly DNA fingerprinting lab for high school students is back
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
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- Mark Carney wraps first trip as Prime Minister with Iqaluit visit
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Prime Minister was welcomed by Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok. Carney has pledged $253 million in new funding for Indigenous reconciliation initiatives in the North as well as plans to boost Canada's military footprint in the Arctic. (March 18, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Inflation rate jumps to 2.6% in February as tax break ends
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The annual rate of inflation accelerated sharply to 2.6 per cent in February as the federal government’s temporary tax break came to an end mid-month. That marks a sizeable jump from the 1.9 per cent in January and the 2.2 per cent economists had been expecting. Economists say the trade war with the U.S. to drive prices higher in the months to come, though Ottawa's move to strike the consumer carbon price as of April 1 will take some steam out of the inflation figures next month. (March 18, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Is this the end of Hudson's Bay?
- Runtime
- 0:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Shoppers at Hudson's Bay in downtown Toronto are seeing some empty shelves as company seeks to liquidate all 96 stores in Canada.
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- Taste testing McDonald's new veggie burger
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Star's food reporter, Karon Liu, tastes McDonald's new veggie burger, available in some restaurants in Canada for a limited time from March 18 to April 14. (Toronto Star Video / March 18, 2025)
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- Hudson's Bay plans full liquidation
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Shoppers say it’s sad to see what’s happened to the venerable Canadian department store Hudson’s Bay. Canada's oldest company is waiting for court approval on a full liquidation, which could begin a few days from now and last for up to 12 weeks, but Hudson’s Bay is still holding out hope that it will find a lifeline. (March 17, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Manitoba premier comments after second set of remains identified in landfill
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A second set of remains found in a Winnipeg-area landfill have been identified as Marcedes Myran, who died at the hands of a serial killer in 2022. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says it shows the search for Myran and Morgan Harris, whose remains were identified earlier, was feasible. (March 17, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- St Patrick's Day Parade in Toronto
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- (Michelle Mengsu Chang / Toronto Star / March 16, 2025)
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- How my Ozempic exposé got turned into an online ad
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Morgan Sevareid-Bocknek investigated a website that sold her Ozempic that she should not have qualified for. Now it's using her in its ads.
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- Canada's new prime minister outlines his priorities as country deals with Donald Trump's trade war
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Former central banker Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday, and will now try to steer his country through a trade war brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, annexation threats and an expected federal election. (AP Video / March 14, 2025)
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- Mark Carney promises action against Donald Trump's tariffs in first speech as prime minister
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Mark Carney says his new government will focus on two priorities: fighting the U.S. tariffs under President Donald Trump and growing the economy. He says he will travel to Europe next week after being invited by the president of France and prime minister of the United Kingdom. (March 14, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Mark Carney officially sworn in as prime minister
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Mark Carney has been officially sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister. Carney took the oath of office in a ceremony at Rideau Hall. (March 14, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- The Piper Arms shooting and tow truck turf wars in the GTA: is there any connection?
- Runtime
- 3:14
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Star reporters discuss how Tik Tok played a role the night before the Piper Arms shooting. Listen to the full podcast episode from "This Matters" https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/this-matters/these-guys-just-looked-at-the-crowd-and-opened-fire/article_8ab1690c-00e3-11f0-a78b-63562cdb1239.html
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- Kevin Donovan talks with Chris Sheriffe behind bars -- From the Murder on Mount Olive podcast
- Runtime
- 1:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Watch this bonus video footage, where Kevin Donovan sits down with Chris Sheriffe in prison at Collins Bay. Listen to episode 3 of Murder on Mount Olive, Gladiator School, for more from this interview. Listen and subscribe to the Toronto Star at https://www.thestar.com/murderonmountolive
Murder on Mount Olive
Chief Investigative Reporter Kevin Donovan, who brought you the Billionaire Murders, is back with Murder on Mount Olive, an investigation of a crime the courts closed the book on in 2012. On a sunny day in August, 2009, a man is shot three times at a barbecue. What happens that day will put a budding young soccer star turned carpenter behind bars for life for a crime he says he didn’t commit. This is the story of Christopher Sheriffe and his fight for justice.
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- This Matters | Ontario’s ER crisis is pushing patients to the brink
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- 7:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- recent report by the Ontario Patient Ombudsman reveals a record-breaking 4429 patient complaints —the highest since the office was created. Almost 1 in 5 complaints were about emergency room experiences, highlighting growing concerns about patient care in hospitals. In this short edition of This Matters, Saba Eitizaz and Kenyon Wallace unpack what you need to know.
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- Mike Wilner and Gregor Chisholm discuss Vladdy's leaked $500M demands on the Deep Left Field podcast
- Runtime
- 4:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- This week on the Toronto Star's baseball podcast, Gregor Chisholm and Mike Wilner open the mailbag and tackle your Blue Jays questions. But first, they touch on the leak of Vladdy’s contract demands in this segment. To listen to the whole episode and subscriber to the Toronto Star for $1 for 6 months, visit https://www.thestar.com/deepleftfield
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- Ontario Premier Doug Ford to suspend electricity export tax amid upcoming discussions in Washington
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Premier Doug Ford suspended Ontario’s 25 per cent electricity export tax after Donald Trump’s key advisors on tariffs agreed to meet in Washington Thursday and talk through the ongoing trade war and a “renewed” Canada-U.S.-Mexico deal.
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- White House discusses Trump’s 50% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum
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- 4:09
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt discusses Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium, and on Canada becoming the 51st state.
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- Title
- Donald Trump says tariffs 'are going to make our country rich again'
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump, on board Air Force One on Sunday, said tariffs "are going to be the greatest thing we've ever done as a country," and are going to make the U.S. "rich again." (AP Video / March 10, 2025)
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- Ontario moves ahead with surcharge on electricity to U.S.
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the surcharge will add an estimated $100 per month to the average bills of affected American ratepayers, and it will generate $300,000 to $400,000 in revenue for the province each day. Ford says Ontario will use that money to reduce electricity bills for ratepayers in the province. (March 10, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Doug Ford makes good on threat to slap 25 per cent export tax on electricity to the U.S.
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The “tariff response charge” will be paid by utilities in New York, Michigan and Minnesota importing power from Ontario generators of electricity.
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- Mark Carney is the new leader of the Liberal party
- Runtime
- 2:37
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Liberals choose Mark Carney to lead party into the next election. (Mar. 9, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- 12 people injured by 3 men shooting randomly at Toronto pub customers
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A dozen people were injured in a shooting at an eastern Toronto pub in what the police chief called "an incredibly brazen act of violence" by three men who entered the bar and fired randomly without warning. (AP Video / March 8, 2025)
Read more at https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/scarborough-pub-shooting/article_8905b9bc-fbd6-11ef-9921-1b94a6d4c83a.html
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- 12 injured in Toronto mass shooting at Scarborough pub
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and Scarborough Centre Councillor Michael Thompson spoke to media in reaction to a mass shooting at a newly-opened pub in Toronto's east end. Three masked men — one armed with an assault rifle and the other two with handguns — opened fire after walking into the bar, injuring 12 people, including six with serious gunshot wounds. (March 8, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
Read more at https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/scarborough-pub-shooting/article_8905b9bc-fbd6-11ef-9921-1b94a6d4c83a.html
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- Alcohol vs weed: Which is worse for you? Here's what science has to say
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Recent research suggests both alcohol and cannabis can pose serious risks to our health if used too much. Here's how they stack up against each other.
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- Liberals pledge safety net to avoid 'maximum peril'
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The federal government is unveiling a $6-billion aid package to support Canadian businesses through the trade war with the United States. Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon says Ottawa will be there to support Canadian workers and companies, as the U.S. proposes varying and contrasting measures that are hurting investment in Canada's economy. (March. 7, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
Read more at https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/trudeau-government-reveals-6-5b-plan-to-help-businesses-and-workers-impacted-by-trumps-tariffs/article_fa8a0de4-fb9b-11ef-94b0-ff7b5a6c9cf2.html
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- Canada announces aid package for businesses to mitigate impact from US tariffs
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Canada's federal government announced measures to protect businesses and workers from the possible effects of U.S. tariffs. (AP Video / March 7, 2025)
Read more at https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/trudeau-government-reveals-6-5b-plan-to-help-businesses-and-workers-impacted-by-trumps-tariffs/article_fa8a0de4-fb9b-11ef-94b0-ff7b5a6c9cf2.html
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- Mélanie Joly on Marco Rubio, Trump, and world trade: 'We talk about trade...Ukraine...geopolitics'
- Runtime
- 9:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly sat down with the Toronto Star to discuss her US counterpart, executive orders, and world trade. The truth you need: $1 for 6 months https://www.thestar.com/subscribe
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- 'Canada has been ripping us off for years on lumber, on dairy prices'
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- On March 7, U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll hit Canada with reciprocal tariffs on dairy. The previous day, on March 6, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly discussed dairy with The Toronto Star.
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- Trump’s tariffs and Canada: Donald Trump says he’ll hit Canada with reciprocal tariffs on dairy
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump, in the White House, has once again complained about Canada’s dairy tariffs, lumber exports, saying “they make it impossible for us to sell dairy products and lumber into Canada.”
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- One person and dog killed, another person injured in early morning Markham shooting
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A shooting in Markham early Friday morning has left one person and a dog dead, as well as a second person injured, according to York police.
The shooting took place around 6:30 a.m. at a residence on Solace Road, a residential area between Castlemore Avenue and Swan Park Road.
Read more: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/one-person-and-dog-killed-in-double-shooting-at-markham-home-the-sixth-gun-related/article_b0b21720-fb5f-11ef-96d1-f3e1d8be61ea.html
