TORONTO (AP) — Canada struck back at the United States on Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment, as the trade war between the once-friendly neighbors escalated sharply.

The tension threatened one of the world’s largest trading relationships. The new tariffs extended well beyond industrial goods, hitting everyday purchases such as seafood, cheese, clothing, cosmetics and toilet paper, with some facing duties as high as 50%.

“We did not choose this conflict, but when our economic integration is used as a weapon rather than the foundation for a win-win partnership, we need to stand up,” Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said in French, calling the situation “an unprecedented challenge imposed on Canada.”

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly urged Canadians to buy Canadian products, saying doing so would help protect jobs and launch a “movement of resistance.”

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All events at Brandon Wheat Kings camp are at Assiniboine Credit Union Place, except for the Black and Gold game at J&G Homes Arena on Sunday evening.

THURSDAY

4 p.m. — Team Ferraro skate.

5 p.m. — Team Boschman skate.

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for Prime Minister Mark Carney to reconvene Parliament to get details on the proposed U.S. trade deal he rejected, and answers on how Canadians will be affected by his plans to hit back.

Poilievre, in a letter to Carney on Sunday, says it’s time for the prime minister to release the text of the deal because “Canadians must see it to judge what options are on the table.”

He also says Canadians need to know how much Carney’s trade and economic policies will cost them in higher groceries, gas and other prices.

In addition, Poilievre asks how Carney will protect steel, aluminum, lumber and auto manufacturing jobs threatened by tariffs.

Evan Nachtigall heads into the final round at the Canadian men’s mid-amateur championship with a two-stroke lead.

The Brandonite followed his 64 and 67 with a 4-under 68 at Brantford Golf and Country Club on Thursday to sit at 15-under. He had an eagle and four birdies on Thursday.

Nachtigall is two up on three-time champion Garrett Rank, who shot 69.

The winner receives an exemption into the 2026 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at Sand Valley Resort in Nekoosa, Wis., from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1, as well as a spot at the 2027 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship and the 2027 Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s non-partisan elections management agency could help its Alberta counterpart with that province’s October referendum — an event one political expert expects to be a “shemozzle.”

Elections Alberta has asked Elections Manitoba to send staff to assist with the vote, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Manitoba confirmed Wednesday.

The Oct. 19 referendum will ask Albertans 10 questions, including whether that province should remain part of Canada.

Each of the referendum questions will be on separate numbered and colour-coded ballots, which will be counted by hand. With an estimated 2,966,192 voters in the province — registered as of May 2025 — there could be as many as 30 million ballots to count.

WINNIPEG — The province must take immediate action to increase low staffing levels that are putting Selkirk emergency room nurses at risk, a letter sent to the premier and health minister says.

The letter, sent by the Manitoba Nurses Union and signed by 35 ER nurses, detailed multiple recent incidents at the Selkirk Regional Health Centre. In one case, a nurse was stabbed with a pen by a patient who had been waiting 24 hours for care. In another case, a nurse was bitten by a patient.

“Nurses in that emergency department are extremely frustrated,” said Manitoba Nurses Union president Darlene Jackson. “This is not something that happened in the last month — or overnight — these are problems that have been growing.”

The five-page letter was sent Tuesday to Premier Wab Kinew, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara and leaders of the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. It contained 10 requests to improve safety inside the emergency department, including establishing safer nurse-to-patient staffing levels, eliminating the practice of “single physician coverage” in the emergency department and implementing an institutional safety officer around the clock.