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With no more duty-free shipping of small packages to the U.S., Canadian online retailers will have to make a tough gamble: pay pricey fees on low-value shipments to get a holiday sales boost from American customers, or lose those customers altogether? For nearly a century, international packages valued less than …

Peter Mandelson, Britain’s smooth-talking ambassador to the U.S., was sacked on Thursday after his long-term association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became a further distraction for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Mandelson, dubbed the Prince of Darkness for his behind-the-scenes manoeuvring during the last Labour government, was forced from the most …

The U.S. Commerce Department has decided to hike anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood to 20.56 per cent, with B.C. lumber organizations calling them unjustified, punitive and protectionist. The hiked softwood lumber duties come amid the growing trade war between Canada and the U.S., and represent the latest blow to B.C.’s …

U.S. customs duty collections jumped again in June as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs gained steam, topping $100 billion US for the first time during a fiscal year and helping to produce a surprise $27-billion US budget surplus for the month, the U.S. Treasury Department reported on Friday. The budget data …

U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials and then-U.S. vice-president Mike Pence to try to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in a court filing made public on Wednesday. The 165-page filing is likely the last opportunity for …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 28, 2024 1:22 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto city staff are looking into what legal requirements the province may have to operate or maintain the Ontario Science Centre, after Premier Doug Ford’s government abruptly shuttered the …