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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Canadian auto market officially opened to Chinese-made electric vehicles on March 1. But that doesn’t …

When Edmonton police arrested Arshdeep Singh for shoplifting at West Edmonton Mall last November, they launched an investigation that ultimately put the young Indian national at the heart of a network believed responsible for the extortion crisis plaguing Canadian communities. Singh’s phone held a cache of images and messages linking …

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Stellantis and one of its Canadian auto suppliers are battling in court over the price of brake rotors in a dispute that threatens to shutter multiple auto …

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump to make a case he did not want to hear: The automotive industry he said he wants to save was being hurt by his tariffs. The Democrat came with a slide deck to make her points …

Canada’s largest private-sector union says former Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove has died. He was 81. In a statement Sunday, Unifor says Basil (Buzz) Hargrove was “a beloved and iconic figure in Canada’s labour movement” who “was a tireless advocate for working people and a deeply respected leader.” Hargrove was …

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on auto tariffs on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a news briefing. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declined to give any further details but said the coming measures would help “substantially” with the goal of restoring manufacturing jobs in the U.S. …

With a licence plate and set of keys in hand, Jerry Chen gets into the new Toyota Highlander his family decided to purchase before U.S. President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs kicked into gear. Chen and his wife, who have two children, bought the vehicle from a Toyota dealership in Bloomfield Township, …

A report from a Japanese news outlet that Honda is considering moving some of its production out of Canada to the U.S. is not accurate, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and a spokesperson for federal Minister of Industry Anita Anand said.  Nekkei newspaper reported Tuesday that Honda is working on plans to switch some car …

If looming 25 per cent tariffs on the auto industry go ahead on April 3 as previously announced by the U.S. government, experts say they’ll have a huge impact on the price of cars for Canadians. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration announced last week that a 25 per cent tax …

One trade war down, two to go — maybe more. U.S. President Donald Trump has dialled back his tariffs against Canada after rattling the economy from the markets, to factories, to the borders.  But that was this week’s battle. There’s another one next week when his steel and aluminum tariffs take …