Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Ritika Dubey
Publication Date: August 27, 2025 - 11:15
Small businesses brace for operating cost spike as U.S. ends shipping-fee exemption
August 27, 2025
As the latest change to the Canada-U.S. trade relationship is about to take effect, Melissa Caracas Le-Fort is facing a deadline of her own.
After Caracas Le-Fort announced on social media mid-August that her business would no longer take orders from American customers after Aug. 26, requests for custom-made pet tags began pouring in.
Unpublished Newswire
In the fall of 2024, the government of Ontario’s own advisers warned that closing supervised consumption sites in the province would result in “increased emergency department visits, health impacts, overdoses and death.” Despite these warnings, the government forced the closure of nine Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) sites on March 31, 2025. Read More
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