Six stories in the news today, April 25
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, April 25
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U.S. HITS CANADA WITH SOFTWOOD LUMBER DUTIES
The United States has fired the opening shot in a latest softwood-lumber war against Canada, with the Trump administration announcing its first batch of duties on imported wood in the neighbourhood of 20 per cent. But Canada vows to fight back against what Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr calls an unfair, baseless and unfounded punitive duty.