Trump tariffs poised to hammer Canada’s auto industry could slash the London region automotive workforce by half, as the cost of exports to the U.S. will spike, industry observers say. With more than 20,000 employed in the automotive sector here, about 10,000 jobs may be lost within weeks of tariffs being imposed, they said. That […]
Odd Burger is walking back plans to expand into America, citing worsening Canada-U.S. relations as a key factor.
Home construction in London fell off a cliff to start the year, with housing starts down by 64 per cent in February.
The bankruptcy of a Volkswagen partner in electric vehicle battery production will not threaten the automaker’s St. Thomas investment, industry experts say. The development does, however, demonstrate increasing volatility in the EV sector during this high-tariff automotive environment, and the $7-billion PowerCo EV battery plant in Southwestern Ontario may face future delays, they said. Northvolt, […]
London manufacturers fear a “fight” with customers and possible job losses will be the fallout from steel and aluminum tariffs imposed Wednesday on Canadian exports to the U.S. as industry weathered the first day of the latest trade scrap. Businesses buying and selling steel and steel products will be forced to charge customers more as […]
A London-based vegan fast-food restaurant has raised $2 million to be used, in part, to open manufacturing facilities south of the border
Ontario Premier Doug Ford agreed Tuesday to suspend the province’s surcharge on electricity it exports to three states after a top American official extended an “olive branch” in the form of a meeting in Washington to talk free trade. Ford called Tuesday for cooler heads to prevail in the United States’ trade war against Canada, […]
An Ontario ice cream manufacturer is freezing its prices, a response to the U.S. trade war it says is the greatest threat to Canada’s sovereignty since the Second World War. Chapman’s Ice Cream, the largest independent ice cream manufacturer in the country, is vowing not to increase prices for customers for the remainder of 2025 as U.S. […]
The cost of aluminum cans, spiked with new tariffs, has breweries wrestling with absorbing the increased cost or, more likely, passing it on to consumers.