By Canadian Press

In the news today, March 15

Mar 15, 2018 | 2:30 AM

Five stories in the news for Thursday, March 15

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TRUMP MAKES UP FACTS IN TRUDEAU MEETING

U.S. President Donald Trump boasted in a fundraising speech in Missouri on Wednesday that he made up facts about trade in a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to a recording of the comments obtained by The Washington Post. The newspaper says Trump had insisted to Trudeau that the U.S. runs a trade deficit with its northern neighbour without knowing whether or not that was the case.

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CANADA WILL STAND UP TO U.S. ON NAFTA, SAYS TRUDEAU

Canada won’t be “bowled over” at the NAFTA negotiating table, Justin Trudeau has promised in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing push for a quicker resolution to the ongoing trade talks. The prime minister made the comment while greeting steelworkers outside a plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., as part of a three-day meet-and-greet tour of communities where steel and aluminum manufacturing are major employers. “We’re standing up for ourselves … we’re not just going to be bowled over by them.”

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TRUDEAU CALLS ATTACK ON EX-SPY ‘DESPICABLE’

Western countries weighed punitive actions against Russia following a chemical attack in England, which has heightened international tensions with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau describing the act as despicable. His comments came as the U.K. expelled 23 Russian diplomats and took other measures in retaliation. Russia responded by angrily accusing western countries of besmirching its reputation with unproven allegations.

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SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER 3 DEATHS IN AJAX, ONT.

A 29-year-old man is expected to appear in court today to be formally charged in the deaths of three people in Ajax, Ont. A star minor hockey player and his mother were found dead in a home in the city Wednesday and police say a girl, 13, who was found with critical injuries in the home later died in hospital. Durham Region police say the suspect was arrested in nearby Oshawa. No names have been released.

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REPORT: CLEAN TECH NEEDS CANADA TO STEP UP

Canada’s share of the fastest growing industry in the world has been shrinking and a new report says it’s time to step it up or miss out on a trillion-dollar opportunity. The Ottawa-based Smart Prosperity Institute report to be released today  says clean technology will be a $2.2-trillion global industry by 2022. But it says Canada’s market share in clean tech has fallen 12 per cent in the last decade, and will continue to fall without a solid, long-term commitment to growing the industry.

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ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY:

— Lawyers expected to make closing arguments at Halifax trial of taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting a female passenger.

— Statistics Canada will release the national balance sheet and financial flow accounts for the fourth quarter.

— The Fraser Institute will release a study on Ontario’s economic performance on several key indicators.

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