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Group behind downtown Kingston stadium proposal drops plans

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Flash freeze warnings covered most of Ottawa-Gatineau area

Lawsuit against convoy organizers moves forward

Stolen vehicle hits police cruiser and crashes on Highway 401, OPP say

Supreme Court won't hear Chelsea's case in Gatineau Park dispute

Former youth justice worker convicted of sex crimes involving boys under 16

'Elbows up' rallying cry evokes memories of Mr. Hockey

Man charged with manslaughter after death of 78-year-old woman

Soup company sees sales surge as shoppers buy Canadian to protest tariffs

Alistair Steele

Writer and editor

news

canada

ottawa

Before Gordie Howe became Mr. Hockey, he was known as Mr. Elbows. Now, Canadians are borrowing Howe's signature move and turning it into a slogan against their increasingly bellicose neighbours to the south.

Canada's rallying cry 'elbows up' evokes memories of Mr. Hockey

Howe, 50 at the time this photo was taken, delivers one of his well-known elbows to the head of Quebec Nordiques forward Curt Brakenbury in 1978. An oft-repeated, but incorrect, explanation of a 'Gordie Howe hat-trick' is a fight, a goal and an assist. 

Famous elbows

Nathan Fung

At Ottawa grocery stores, consumer anger toward U.S. President Donald Trump is sending shoppers in search of Canadian products.

Ottawa shoppers eager to buy Canadian groceries amid U.S. trade war

Someone shops for meat at a supermarket in Ottawa March 27, 2023.

grocery store food cost inflation meat 2023

Given the U.S. tariffs placed on Canadian goods, these shoppers say they will avoid American goods when grocery shopping. 

Shoppers in Ottawa are focused on buying local 

Olivia Stefanovich

Senior reporter

politics

Ottawa has reached a deal with the majority of provinces to allow Canadian booze to flow more freely across the country just as U.S. liquor is pulled from their store shelves. 

Ottawa, provinces agree to open the tab on Canadian booze

Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand is announcing that the federal government will eliminate more than half of its exceptions from the Canada Free Trade Agreement. 

Anita Anand

Ottawa, provinces agree to open the tap on Canadian booze

Emma Loop

Digital Reporter/Editor

windsor

That quick trip across the border you had planned to pick up groceries at Meijer or clothes from Target might now cost you significantly more when you return to Canada.

Shopping in the U.S.? You might need to pay more coming home

Vehicles are seen at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont. on Nov. 22, 2023.

Ambassador Bridge windosr

Canadians have taken Donald Trump’s threats of trade action — now realized — very personally. Understandably and justifiably so. But the American president’s treatment of Ukraine — not to mention his administration’s larger withholding of foreign aid — demonstrates that Canada is far from alone.

Trump wants to go back to 1913. Canadians and Americans will suffer the consequences

Stocks racked up more losses on Wall Street Tuesday as a trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated, with a brief bounce-back in technology stocks failing to reverse overall losses amid shaky global markets. 

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