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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada will hit back against U.S. President Donald Trump's 25 per cent auto tariffs with matching levies on vehicles imported from the United States.

VANCOUVER — A spike in retail theft, in what the City of Vancouver says is led by organized crime and repeat offenders, has prompted the launch a retail security task force.

TORONTO — Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area fell 23.1 per cent in March while more supply hit the market, helping bring down prices compared with a year ago.

NEW YORK (AP) — Financial markets around the world are reeling Thursday following President Donald Trump’s latest and most severe set of tariffs , and the U.S. stock market is taking the worst of it so far. The S&P 500 was down 3.

HALIFAX — Premiers in the Atlantic region say that despite Canada being left out of the latest round of global U.S. tariffs, they need to hold the line in the face of growing economic uncertainty. On Wednesday, U.S.

Arkells frontman Max Kerman is hitting the road — this time to celebrate the release of his first book. Part memoir, part self-help book, “Try Hard: Creative Work in Promise” is due to hit store shelves on April 22.

OTTAWA — The country's merchandise trade balance fell to a deficit of $1.5 billion in February as exports fell, Statistics Canada said Thursday. The federal agency said the result compared with a surplus of $3.1 billion in January.

Dollarama Inc. says its business stands to be shaken but not upended by counter-tariffs Canada has applied to goods coming in from the U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — As his high-end GapStudio collection makes its debut, fashion designer Zac Posen reflects on his journey to revitalize the Gap brand and his vision for its future. Appointed creative director at Gap Inc.

MONTREAL — Montreal-area home sales continued rising in March compared with the same month a year ago. The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says 4,975 homes in the region changed hands last month, up 11.