By The Canadian Press

In the news today: Two campaigns shift to Saskatchewan, Trump’s trade war continues

Apr 9, 2025 | 1:15 AM

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…

Two party leaders heading to Saskatchewan today

The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan today as the federal election race nears the halfway mark.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to make an announcement and speak at the First Nations Summit in Vancouver, before making his way to Saskatoon for a campaign event.

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Liberal Leader Mark Carney is expected to make an announcement and meet with young supporters and volunteers in Calgary before heading to Saskatoon, where he will deliver remarks.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to hold a press conference in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., today, as well as a rally in Brampton, Ont.

Donald Trump’s trade war hits the world

Canada amped up its retaliatory measures against Donald Trump’s tariffs today as the United States president brought his trade war to the world.

A 10 per cent baseline tariff on imports to the U.S. from most countries, and higher duties on dozens of nations, came into force just after midnight following days of turmoil in global markets.

While Canada isn’t being targeted by Trump’s global tariffs, the country is being hit by U.S. automobile, steel and aluminum tariffs and still faces the ongoing threat of economywide fentanyl-related tariffs.

Ottawa added to its retaliatory measures today in response to the automobile duties by implementing similar tariffs on vehicles imported from the United States.

B.C. Chinese billionaire wants to buy Hudson’s Bay

A Chinese billionaire in British Columbia has taken to social media to announce her plans to buy dozens of Hudson’s Bay locations after she saw “Canadians feeling sad” over the collapse of the retail giant.

Entrepreneur Weihong Liu is the board chairwoman of Central Walk, a retail investment company that owns three shopping centres in B.C.

Liu has shared a series of videos on the Chinese social media platform RedNote, saying she wants to “restore The Bay to its glory.”

“Knowing that The Bay, this national brand that carries Canada’s history, will collapse, I can’t stand by and watch, you must do your best to do something, to save it, to let the Canadian spirit continue,” Liu said in Mandarin. “Let the young generation in Canada fall in love with The Bay again.”

Last N.L. budget under Furey expected today

The Newfoundland and Labrador government is expected to deliver its last budget under outgoing Liberal Premier Andrew Furey today.

As in the rest of Canada, the province is dealing with uncertainty from U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated threats of punishing tariffs, which could be especially hard on the fishing sector.

It is also is struggling to recruit and retain doctors and nurses, and to provide health-care services to its people, many of whom live in small, rural communities far from the capital of St. John’s.

The province had the fourth-highest poverty rate and the highest rate of food insecurity among the provinces in 2022, according to recent reports from Statistics Canada and a University of Toronto research group.

City of Vancouver to honour Holocaust survivor

A Holocaust survivor who dedicated her life to raising awareness about the horrors her family endured before moving to Canada is getting a special honour in Vancouver today.

The City of Vancouver will proclaim April 9 to be Ruth Kron Sigal Day to recognize her efforts to ensure younger generations know about the atrocities against Jewish people in Lithuania during the Second World War.

Sigal died in December 2008 at age 72, but the story of her life in the Shavl Ghetto lives on in a new edition of her memoir, called “Ruta’s Closet,” first published posthumously in 2011.

The book’s author, Keith Morgan, says he’s pleased to see Sigal’s life celebrated as Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches April 24 and as he re-releases her book with additional research and plans for a companion website and podcast.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 9, 2025

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