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OTTAWA — To justify his executive order imposing stiff tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, U.S. President Donald Trump cited an "extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault welcomed news that Canada would not be hit with United States tariffs for another month, but he said Monday that uncertainty continues to hang over the economy like a "dagger over our heads.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Despite tariff pause, uncertainty hangs over Canadian economy Uncertainty still hangs over the Canadian economy despite U.S.

Some Canadians are rallying around their identity by "making more conscious choices about the brands that they support."

VICTORIA — A wide shadow of uncertainty has been cast over Canada's forestry sector by U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25-per-cent tariff on its lumber products, a measure now delayed by a month.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is pausing its response to threatened tariffs by the United States after a 30-day reprieve was negotiated, but Premier David Eby says they'll keep planning to shift the provincial trade relationship away from America.

VICTORIA — Canada's chief justice said he wanted to "bring the Supreme Court closer to Canadians" at a time of increasing misinformation, as he and other justices launched a cross-country tour to mark the court's 150th anniversary.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has granted a man convicted of sexually assaulting his wife a new trial because messages between the pair about a consensual "rape role-play" scenario were wrongfully excluded as evidence.

Following a phone conversation Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that U.S. President Donald Trump is pausing threatened 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods. Trudeau says he and Trump discussed Canada's $1.

Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is defending simultaneously wearing two hats — campaigning in a snap election he called and taking anti-tariff actions as premier.