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Forced labor? How the U.S. found a brand new rationale for tariffs | About That

Forced labor? How the U.S. found a brand new rationale for tariffs | About That

The Trump administration is imposing new tariffs on more than 60 countries to penalize them for importing products that use forced labour. Andrew Chang explains how these ‘stealth tariffs’ may be a new way for the United States to merge a contested economic agenda with moral policy.

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Ontario spent $465M more on OSAP last year. 95% of that went to private career college students, docs show

Ontario spent $465M more on OSAP last year. 95% of that went to private career college students, docs show

When Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government drastically cut student assistance grants earlier this year, it cited “unsustainable” costs, but new figures show nearly all of the recent growth was among career college students. Opposition critics say that points to a problem of the government’s own making, and the solution did not have to penalize students at universities and publicly funded colleges.

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Are you an early bird or a night owl? Why scientists are moving beyond these groupings
Star

February 14, 2026

Are you an early bird or a night owl? Why scientists are moving beyond these groupings

Categorizing people into just two groups — late and early…

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Cheating, a proposal, cute couples — but are the Olympics really the place for love?
Star

February 14, 2026

Cheating, a proposal, cute couples — but are the Olympics really the place for love?

Love often seems to be in the air during the…

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Canadian hockey player Larocque wants to see ‘Indigenous athletes excel’ beyond her success
Star

February 14, 2026

Canadian hockey player Larocque wants to see ‘Indigenous athletes excel’ beyond her success

Canadian defenceman Jocelyne Larocque has made history her entire Olympic…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

February 14, 2026

Ontario vice-principal charged with child luring, sexual exploitation

CAMBRIDGE, ONT. — Waterloo regional police say they have charged…

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Ontario/Quebec

February 13, 2026

Kitchener, Ont., school vice principal arrested for child luring, sexual exploitation

TORONTO — Police say they charged an employee of the…

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Justice, National, Ontario/Quebec

February 13, 2026

Paola Loriggio

Complainant cross-examination continues in Frank Stronach’s sex assault trial

TORONTO — A woman’s narrative of her encounter with Frank…

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Business, Finance, Health, Justice, Labour, Ontario/Quebec, Politics

February 13, 2026

Allison Jones

Company countersues Ontario government, alleging reputational harm

TORONTO — A mental health company being sued by the…

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Business, Media, Ontario/Quebec, Prairies/BC

February 13, 2026

Allison Jones

Ford cancels plan to remove Crown Royal from LCBO shelves after $23M deal

TORONTO — Crown Royal will remain on Ontario liquor store…

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What we know — and don't — about the guns used in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting
Star

February 13, 2026

What we know — and don’t — about the guns used in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting

Three days after one of the deadliest mass shootings in…

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