U.S. to impose steel and aluminum tariffs next week
Canada and Mexico condemn the move as crippling CUSMA with 25 percent duties on steel and aluminum. Verheul and Ramos warn the accord is effectively suspended while Trump pushes reciprocal tariffs and contemplates broader targets. The coalition for North American trade forms to defend the pact.
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Mexico
Ken Smith Ramos
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White House
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Indigenous housing funds stuck amid delays claim group
An Ottawa advocacy group says 2.8 billion in Indigenous housing funds, budgeted January 2024, remains unadministered delaying shovel-ready projects. The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association urges timely action to address over crowding, unsafe housing, and homelessness, especially in Thunder Bay where hundreds wait for social housing and many are Indigenous. Ottawa officials and CMHC were asked for responses.
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Indigenous Caucus
District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board
Thunder Bay
Housing and Renewal Association
United Nations
Ottawa
Association
Indigenous Services Canada
Patty Hajdy
Thunder Bay-Superior North
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp
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Canada must pivot with big bang reforms to withstand tariffs
Economist Mintz warns tariff spillovers hit Canada hard with 14.2 percent of value added lost in manufacturing if Canada Mexico China and Canada impose equal tariffs. He urges dramatic policy shifts, tax reform, regulatory overhaul, and a flatter personal income tax to diversify trade and boost productivity.
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Carnaval de Quebec comes to Claude E. Garton students
Claude E. Garton Public School grade 7 and 8 French immersion students celebrated Carnaval de Quebec with traditional activities including a calé dance maple taffy and a student prepared cultural lunch. They also tried sledding snowshoeing tug of war and hockey at Hammarskjold High School culinary arts program.
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Tanya Gouthro
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Woman charged with fraud over $5000 in local hockey group
Thunder Bay police say a 69 year old woman from Thunder Bay faces fraud over $5,000 charges after an Eco nomic Crime Unit investigation into a local youth hockey organization revealed funds diverted from accounts. She will appear in court at a later date. Four Bearskin Lake residents face multiple charges after eight firearms cocaine and cash were seized in a drug trafficking probe. Police say warrants executed with NAPS OPP and Lac Seul K9 led to arrests and releases with conditions pending court dates.
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Thunder Bay
Bearskin Lake First Nation
Nishnawbe Aski Police Service
NAPS
Ontario
Lac Seul Police Service
Bearskin Lake
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