Auto industry analysts and labour leaders on both sides of the border have warned the two new U.S. trade frameworks with the European Union and Japan are ominous for the Canadian auto industry – and even problematic for the U.S. Both agreements announced over the past week will impose a 15-per-cent tariff on imported vehicles […]
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ack in the spring, Julia Tunks made the longest-standing record in Canadian track and field obsolete. This week in Ottawa, the 19-year-old London Western track and field club member will try to get back the national senior women’s discus title. Tunks threw a career-best 62.95 metres in April at Mullican Field in Ramona, Okla., to […]
Toyota will assemble electric batteries at its Ontario plants, adding to the concentration of electric vehicle investment in Southwestern Ontario.
The last known 1st Hussar from London who fought in the Netherlands and Germany during the Second World War has died.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla made a two-day visit to Canada this week to open the 45th parliament of his Canadian domain.
Toyota Canada will be making a new vehicle at its Southwestern Ontario plants, but with a very familiar look. The RAV4 vehicles now assembled at Canada’s largest automotive manufacturer in Woodstock and Cambridge will be hybrid-only beginning early in 2026, the automaker announced. It now assembles both gasoline-powered and hybrid RAV4s as well as Lexus […]
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The U.S. nuclear guarantee, the foundational doctrine of NATO’s deterrence strategy, was an article of faith for all members. Now it’s gone.
The cost of many new vehicles on dealership lots across Canada will soon climb. Canada’s counter-tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles will hike the price about $5,000 to $6,000 on average when they hit lots here, with amounts ranging from $2,500 to $12,000, depending on the vehicle, industry experts say. “Every automotive manufacturer is meeting with dealers, […]
Trump's "tariffs on everybody" policy offers a glimpse of what may come: the U.S. against the world, with Russia its only great power ally
Get ready for the sticker shock slowdown. The price of Canadian-made vehicles hitting U.S. dealer lots after tariffs are applied will rise between $2,500 and $15,000, depending on the model, says a recent report from a U.S. business consulting group. That price jump may slow sales of vehicles made here, and see automakers cut production […]
