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TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose more than 200 points Tuesday, led by gains in technology and financial stocks, while U.S. stocks moved lower to erase gains from earlier in the day. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 201.

OTTAWA — The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area Tuesday, with the Liberals pitching a new training benefit for mid-career workers and the Conservatives promising to protect seniors from scams.

As U.S. president Donald Trump ramps up trade and annexation threats, Sharon Corder and Jack Blum are calling on Canadians to clap back — not with picket signs, but popcorn.

A company that makes baby food sold under a Target store brand is recalling more than 25,000 packages of a product because it may contain elevated levels of lead.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia auditor general Kim Adair said Tuesday the provincial government has made substantial progress toward acting on recommendations she made from 2020 to 2022.

TORONTO — The economic uncertainty created by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs permeated Ontario's throne speech Tuesday, a ceremonial offering intended to set the new provincial government's agenda and tone. The speech, delivered by Lt.-Gov.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close in a rare quiet day for financial markets worldwide. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped less than 0.1%.

WASHINGTON — Automobile companies that continue to manufacture vehicles in Canada will get an exemption from Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs as U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to upend the North American industry with steep import duties.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew expressed an openness Tuesday to a potential second port on Hudson Bay as a tool to help ramp up trade with Europe amid trade disputes with the United States.

OTTAWA — A surprise slowdown in inflation last month has turned the Bank of Canada's interest rate decision on Wednesday into a coin toss, with some economists leaning toward a hold and others saying a cut is warranted.