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European stocks tumble more than 4% and China retaliates with 34% tariffs on U.S. goods

A day after Trump announced sweeping global tariffs, oil prices were heading toward lowest close since 2021
FILE PHOTO: A trader wears a Donald Trump hat while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Countries worldwide faced with responding to tariffs that defy logic for economists and foreign leaders alike

Carney hits back at U.S. with Canadian tariffs on autos

In Manitoba’s Wheat City, uncertainty over tariffs is causing frustration for everyone

opinion

Carney and Poilievre have very different ideas for a new deal with Trump

Campbell Clark
Campbell Clark
Secret Canada

Canada’s medical records systems are unwell

Tech companies and governments are trying to fix the lack of information sharing among doctors, hospitals and patients
defence spending

Canada and NATO allies asked by Rubio to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she won’t speculate on whether Canada could reach that
From left: French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and Germany's Foreign Affairs Minister Annalena Baerbock talk with Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly at a NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels on April 3, 2025.
Retail

As it seeks sale, Hudson’s Bay mulls fate of trove of art, artifacts, including 1670 charter

Some of the company’s collection could be up for sale, while archivists are hoping artifacts like the charter end up in a public collection
Visitors to the Manitoba Museum by a map showing the route of the ship that launched the Hudson's Bay Company when it sailed from England in 1668 to trade for furs in Hudson Bay, in downtown Winnipeg, Canada, March 5, 2023. The storied retailer, North AmericaÕs oldest company and one of CanadaÕs most iconic, gave away its shuttered, six-floor downtown former department store to a group of indigenous First Nations, but was it a gesture of reconciliation or an empty gift? (Nasuna Stuart-Ulin/The New York Times)
Hockey
opinion

Ovechkin’s pursuit of Gretzky has affirmed hockey and politics as uncomfortable bedfellows

Ovechkin has long been tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin, while Gretzky is now seen as someone who is to Trump as Ovechkin has been to Putin
Roy MacGregor
FILE - Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) reacts during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

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Julien Aglukark has been joining his mother at the dog yard since he was six and is slowly learning by watching. Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, December 4, 2024. The Globe and Mail/Lisa Milosavljevic

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Business and Finance

Employees at steel producer ArcelorMittal Dofasco fasten a Canada flag to the side of their building in Hamilton, Ont, on April 3, 2025.
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Business Brief: Flying under the tariff radar

Why the White House’s math on country tariffs doesn’t add up

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump announced additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s trade barrage rattles global markets, triggering recession fears

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on April 3.

Apple’s billion-dollar tariff dilemma: raise prices or eat the cost of U.S. levies

Cases for Apple iPhones in display in an Apple Store in Pittsburgh Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Not all goods can easily become USMCA-compliant, leaving some businesses vulnerable

WINDSOR, CANADA - APRIL 1: Trucks make their way to the Ambassador Bridge to cross into the United States at Detroit on April 1, 2025 in Windsor, Canada. U.S. President Donald Trump has been referring to tomorrow, April 2, as "Liberation Day", when his administration will begin implementing sweeping new tariffs on goods imported into the United States from other countries. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Opinion and analysis

Let’s not retaliate against Trump’s tariffs. He can’t possibly keep them up

Fraser Johnson
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he walks before departing for Florida from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

2025 Globe and Mail ETF Buyer’s Guide Part Three: U.S. equity funds

Rob Carrick
Rob Carrick

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Tim Cestnick
Tim Cestnick

Improve your business writing by making sure it’s not a mystery

Harvey Schachter
Harvey Schachter

At this time of crisis, we must ask, where has Canada gone wrong?

Giles Gherson
Canadian and American flags fly at the Rainbow Bridge where the border crossing between the U.S. and Canada near Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada on, Nov. 22, 2023. A gathering of religious groups from across North America that was supposed to be held this year in Nova Scotia has been postponed indefinitely because of worries over U.S. border policies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carlos Osorio

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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs may dwarf disastrous Tariff Act of 1930

U.S. president’s bombshell will send America’s effective tariff rates to levels worse than those of Smoot-Hawley act that pummelled economy during Depression

Canadian hacker Cottle faces charges after allegedly stealing Texas Republican Party data

A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, symbolic of the hacktivist group "Anonymous", takes part in a protest in central Brussels January 28, 2012.

Still need to file your taxes? Globe reporters respond to your biggest questions ahead of the tax deadline

Here are some highlights from the Q&A, tackling topics such as capital gains, medical expenses and pension splitting.

A Canadian parent’s guide to the 2024 tax season

These Air Canada passengers faced the same flight disruption. So why did their compensation differ?

Inez Cook and Air Canada have partnered up to bring Indigenous cuisine to travellers at YVR.

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This B.C. riding broke ground for the Greens. But its mostly senior population is eyeing a change

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Alberta judge who mocked woman was harsh and disrespectful: judicial council

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More Canadians with Iranian backgrounds stopped from entering the U.S.

Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades

Quebec’s language law and Alberta’s power imports fuel U.S. trade grievances

Republican senators join push to block Trump’s Canadian tariffs

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New program gets Indigenous young people face time at major tech companies

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opinion

Mark Carney’s missed opportunity

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Liberal leader Mark Carney is seen during a campaign stop at the College of Carpenters and Allied Trades, Monday March 31, 2025 in Vaughan, Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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New biography Ripper delivers a searing and convincing critique of Pierre Poilievre

Charlotte Gray
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Business Brief: Farm to tariffs to table

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FILE PHOTO: An oil pump jack pumps oil in a field near Calgary, Alberta, July 21, 2014. Pump jacks are used to pump crude oil out of the ground after an oil well has been drilled. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo

Alberta oil well report updated after concerns over taxpayer backstop recommendation

Convoy organizers Lich and Barber found guilty of mischief

obituary

Federal government adviser James Hurley influenced generations of interns

World

In this photo released by Thailand's Foreign Affairs Ministry, Myanmar's military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, attends the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (6 th BIMSTEC) summit in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April 4, 2025. (Thailand's Foreign Affairs Ministry via AP)

Myanmar’s junta chief meets foreign leaders in Bangkok as earthquake death toll rises past 3,100

South Korea’s top court upholds President’s impeachment over failed martial-law decree

White House national security officials fired, sources say, in Trump’s first purge

Politics

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to media at Queen’s Park in Toronto, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Proctor

Premiers supportive as Carney responds to U.S. tariffs on auto industry

Poilievre distances himself from ex-Reform Leader Preston Manning’s comments on Western separatism

Chief wants Tories to drop candidate accused of denying residential schools history

Sports

Apr 3, 2025; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames left wing Blake Coleman (20) celebrates his goal with teammates against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images

Coleman rises to the challenge with two goals in Flames’ 4-1 win over Ducks

Oilers beat Sharks 3-2 despite losing Draisaitl to an undisclosed injury

Sens’ line of Pinto, Greig, Amadio play big role in shutting down opposition’s best

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Why fragrance is the ultimate travel souvenir

Health & Fitness

The Pulsetto, a device that's meant to stimulate the vagus nerve – a trend that has been taking off in wellness circles.
hope or hype?

Shock collars and cold plunges: Is vagus nerve stimulation worth the hype?

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Leslie Beck
everyday fitness

For aging and fitness, community is the most important part

Real Estate

Renderings of the purpose-built rental project at 450 Dufferin St., Toronto for Hullmark. Design by Superkul.

Toronto’s housing sector seeing change amid pivot to purpose-built rentals

done deal

Condo owner sells Corktown unit for $70,000 less than was paid in 2019

the listing

Mizrahi’s Ottawa insolvency case highlights perils of secret real estate loans

Drive

The S3 is a bland, inoffensive-looking sedan, but the big changes for 2025 are in the performance.
car review

A sportscar in disguise, Audi’s S3 is a treat to drive

After record-setting drive around the world, expedition hits the homestretch

road sage

It’s hard to find anything simpler to use than a stop sign, yet many struggle

Andrew Clark

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Canada’s health information institute pushing for countrywide standardization of patient data

A paramedic is seen outside ambulances parked at the entrance to the emergency department at Richmond General Hospital, in Richmond, B.C., Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

How transparent is your city? Audit of freedom of information requests finds vast differences

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