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HALIFAX — China slammed Canada's decision to impose a 100 per cent import tariff on Chinese electric vehicles Tuesday, accusing it of politicizing trade and vowing to retaliate.

TORONTO — Trouble in BMO Financial Group's loan book has once again weighed on its quarterly results, prompting analyst worries about the bank becoming an outlier in this credit cycle.

TORONTO — Toronto is developing criteria to determine which sites would be acceptable for commercial dog walkers to use across the city, as a ban on the walkers at an off-leash area in one park has brought the issue under the spotlight.

NEW YORK (AP) — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.

EAST GARAFRAXA, Ontario (AP) — Julie Thurgood-Burnett had no idea that her COVID-19 lockdown whim of starting a lavender patch on her husband's family farm outside Toronto would turn into a small business.

TORONTO — The Bank of Nova Scotia saw third-quarter profits fall compared with a year ago as it boosted its provisions for bad loans, even as the bank says it's seeing some levelling out of the financial stress on Canadian consumers.

American consumers felt more confident in August as their outlook for the future improved. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 103.3 in August from 101.9 in July.

MONTREAL — Air Canada is offering passengers who have booked flights around the date of a possible pilot strike next month some increased flexibility in rebooking their travel.

BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday accused Canada of protectionism after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government imposed a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles , matching U.S. duties on Chinese EVs.

American consumers felt more confident in August as their outlook for the future improved. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 103.3 in August from 101.9 in July.