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Business and political leaders in Canada say there will be pain if Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods, but they note the hurt will happen in his country as well.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Tariffs mean pain for U.S.

GRANJENO — When Elizabeth Olivarez goes to the gym in the morning, she has her guard up. The yards and fields of her small Texas town are a well-trodden path for people who illegally crossed the border.

HALIFAX — It's election day in Nova Scotia, and the Progressive Conservatives are seeking a second consecutive majority mandate. Tory Leader Tim Houston called the snap election on Oct.

Notorious killer Paul Bernardo is scheduled to appear before the Parole Board of Canada today for a hearing.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order imposing a 25-per-cent tariff on all products coming in to the United States from Canada and Mexico, sending an immediate threat to its closest neighbours that could upend North American

VANCOUVER — A family of killer whales has made a rare trip into waters off downtown Vancouver for what an expert says was likely a "grocery shopping" hunt for harbour seals.

LONDON, Ont. — Lawyers in the sexual assault case of five members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team began what are expected to be several weeks of legal arguments on Monday, ahead of next year's trial.

OTTAWA — Canada's premiers are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold an urgent first ministers' meeting ahead of the return to office of president-elect Donald Trump.

OTTAWA — A Canadian diplomat who visited Abousfian Abdelrazik while in Sudanese custody says the Montreal man told him he did not know why he was being held and that he wanted to return to Canada.