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Canada freezes rebate payments to Tesla, bars it from future programs due to tariffs

Canada has frozen all rebate payments for Tesla and banned the electric-vehicle maker from future EV rebate programs, Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday. No rebate payments will be made until each claim is individually investigated and determined to be valid, Freeland said in an emailed statement shared by her office. Freeland also directed […]

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In Canada’s most Conservative-voting province, Liberals’ rising fortunes stir anger

As punishing Chinese and American tariffs threaten Canada’s exports, Sask. farmers expressed anger and frustration over what they called U.S. President Donald Trump’s “stupidity.” But for all the vitriol they have toward the U.S. leader, they also showed disdain for former prime minister Justin Trudeau and his successor, Mark Carney. “Everything is for the east,” said Carl Jensen,

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Chinese EV giant BYD overtakes Tesla with annual sales topping $100 billion US

Tesla’s Chinese competitor BYD recorded a 73 per cent jump in fourth-quarter profit on Monday and said its annual revenue for 2024 crossed the $100 billion US mark, surpassing the U.S. automaker. The Chinese electric vehicle maker logged a record 777.1 billion yuan ($107 billion US, or $153 billion Cdn) in revenue last year as

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Want to win when rolling up the rim? This Waterloo researcher has tips for Tim Hortons online prizes

If you want to win prizes from the Tim Hortons Roll Up To Win game this year, a University of Waterloo associate professor says the best time to play online is in the morning on weekends. “I had the most success at 8:30 a.m. [on] the weekend, winning around one time in three,”  Michael Wallace, who’s

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Doug Ford promised to ‘Get It Done’ last election. How did he do?

With Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives seeking re-election on a slogan of “Protect Ontario,” it’s worth examining whether they made good on their last campaign slogan: “Get It Done.”  The Ontario PC campaign promises in 2022 focused largely on building, in particular housing, hospitals, highways, transit and long-term care homes.  A promise-tracking project run by a

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