Kitchen cabinet manufacturing is a $4.7-billion industry in Canada and Elias said the sector exports about $600 million worth of product annually. Company president Ralph Fehr said the 25 per cent tariffs are damaging but a 50 per cent duty would have been catastrophic. The American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance has accused Canada and Mexico of acting as conduits to circumvent those measures. Trump has said the tariffs on furniture are needed to "bolster American industry and protect national security." The trilateral trade agreement, widely known as CUSMA, is up for review this year and the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance is looking to strengthen rules-of-origin requirements.

A 77-year-old woman who went overboard on a cruise ship north of Cuba has not been located after an eight-hour search on Thursday, according to authorities. The woman was a guest on the Nieuw Statendam ship, part of the Holland America Line. The Line said it was “deeply saddened” to confirm the woman went overboard in a statement shared with National Post. “The captain and crew initiated search and rescue procedures and worked closely with the U.S. Coast Guard which deployed a cutter and helicopter to assist,” the statement said. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAccording to a post on X by the U.S. Coast Guard, crews searched for the woman approximately 40 miles northeast of Sabana, Cuba.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has suspended the licence of Goodfood — a Montreal-based meal kit and grocery delivery service. There is no recall associated with the suspension of the Safe Food for Canadians licence, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said in a news release published on Wednesday. Under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, food businesses that manufacture, process, preserve, or package food to be sent across provincial or territorial borders are required to hold a licence. “If corrective action is not taken within 90 days after the suspension, the licence may be cancelled,” the statement reads. According to the CFIA, Safe Food for Canadians licences can be suspended:For failure to comply with the SFCA, the FDA and their related regulations.

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A dog has died and a male pedestrian taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle in downtown Toronto on Friday, said police. Officers responded around 2:18 p.m. near Lakeshore Boulevard and Remembrance Drive to calls of a collision, said Toronto police on social media. The dog was pronounced dead and the pedestrian was taken to hospital, but later assessed to have non-life threatening injuries, said police.

In many areas in BC and in Canada public transit is delivered by the municipal and or regional governments. For a complete description read see Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransLink_(British_Columbia)For a history of public transit in B.C. Vancouver has always had 50 to 60% of the regional ridership, but now has very little say in the operation of our transit system. Equitable sharing and distribution of public transit costs with corporations and other entities benefiting from the service. Public transit authority that is transparent, open-minded, inclusive, respectful, empathic and accessible to all riders.

Inside this fake casino, researchers study what makes people keep gamblingNewsDuration 2:33Concordia University researchers and professors recreated a casino experience to study the impact of these environments on gambling and decision-making. The goal is to help those regulating the industry prevent problematic gambling.

Both Ontario’s New Democrats and Liberals suffered serious setbacks in 2025 after losing a snap election to Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives. And the weekend before that, former Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie said she would resign after achieving only 57 per cent support in a review. But he expects the Liberals will have a new party leader in place by the end of 2026. “We can expect exactly the same thing for whoever the next Liberal leader is,” Bird said. “All party leadership contests are quite divisive,” she said.

A spokesperson for the government of Newfoundland and Labrador said the province is looking at its remote work policy. Plan to come in 'sharper view'It's still not clear when federal public servants will have to increase their office presence, or by how much. Provincial and federal public sector unions have pushed back against return-to-office mandates. "If this government tries to make sweeping changes to remote work in the middle of bargaining, we will oppose them. "Having public servants spread out a little bit, that's good for all the economies of our local communities."

Just as Edmonton saw a sharp spike in snowfall this December, other parts of Alberta also recorded some of their highest December precipitation volumes in decades. “After years of sort of heartbreaking drought for some ranchers and farmers, it’s certainly different news that we’re seeing with this snow,” Lang said. While any precipitation is helpful, Lang cautioned that its benefit depends heavily on how the snow melts in the spring. Some Alberta farmers are hoping that significant snowfall in December will help mitigate drought concerns in the spring and summer. Lang said Albertans should be prepared for more snow in the days ahead, as the current pattern shows little sign of changing.

The year 2025 saw little slowdown in the barrage of anti-Israel propaganda peddled from many news media outlets, targeted towards the Canadian public. When anti-Israel groups accuse Israel of genocide, they receive predictable news coverage. Ignoring Inconvenient Reports: When an anti-Israel group published a report alleging Israeli malfeasance, they were almost guaranteed Canadian media coverage. Sanitizing Hate: For more than two years, many anti-Israel groups have not condemned Israeli policy, but engaged in overt anti-Israel and anti-Jewish hate speech, and even glorifying terrorism. In 2025, most news media outlets badly failed in telling the full story to Canadians, and practicing responsible journalism.

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Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementWhile the OECD has been looking at the PBO's office, and not any particular PBO, economists in Canada have been doing both. These economists say that should start with more numbers and less commentary from whomever is appointed to run the office and — when possible — they'd like to see an increased use of peer review for its reports. But issues around how the last PBO evaluated the carbon tax have prompted economists to suggest it could be used more widely. He said he's open to expanding the use of peer review, especially on reports that step into politically fraught territory but noted that won't eliminate all potential controversy. "The mandate of the office is to produce numbers for things that parliamentarians are debating and voting on.

The family of a man killed on Big Island Lake Cree Nation say they're struggling with shock as they try to understand why someone would have shot him. WATCH | Neil Wahpistikwan's father recounts learning about his son's death:Début du widget . Fin du widget . 'It hurts right here': Larry Wahpistikwan on the shooting death of his son, NeilDecember 30|Duration2:25Larry Wahipistikwan describes what unfolded on Big Island Lake Cree Nation Tuesday morning. Big Island Lake Cree Nation was placed under lockdown for most of the day after the shooting.

A man found unresponsive in an east-end Windsor parking lot has died in hospital Thursday, police say. “The Windsor Police Service regrets to confirm that the man who was found unresponsive has since passed away in hospital. Police say the man was found in a parking lot behind a commercial building in the 5100 block of Tecumseh Road East. The Windsor Police Service Major Crimes Unit has taken over the investigation and is working to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Windsor and Essex County Crime Stoppers at 519-258-8477 (TIPS) or online at catchcrooks.com.

TORONTO, Jan. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Toronto Star Short Story contest opens tomorrow and invites all aspiring published authors to take part. Now in its 48th year, the Toronto Star Short Story contest is one of the largest and longest-running short story contests in North America. Last year’s Toronto Star Short Story winner was Jessica Maheral-Wareing’s “Heaven Without.”This year’s judges include:Deborah Dundas, Toronto Star Opinion editor and feature writerRichard Ouzounian, Director and writer and former Toronto Star theatre criticMoe Hosseini-Ara, City Librarian, Toronto Public LibraryJean Marc Ah-Sen, Author and Toronto Star contributorCassidy McFadzean, AuthorWriters who are residents of Ontario are encouraged to enter. Deborah Dundas, Toronto Star Opinion editor and feature writer, said: “I’ve been lucky enough to be in the position to support Toronto and Ontario’s writers through many of my years here at the Toronto Star. The Toronto Star has been making a difference in the lives of children for more than 100 years through the Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund and the Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund.