Police shooting, 50% tariffs & Unifor‑GM tentative deal — Toronto Saturday

💼 Economy & Business

1. Unifor, General Motors reach tentative deal covering about 4,600 Ontario auto workers. Unifor announced the tentative agreement Saturday that would cover plants in Oshawa, Ingersoll, St. Catharines and Woodstock, and the union bargaining committee unanimously endorsed the deal while members must still ratify it.
2. Ontario businesses brace for tariffs after U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse. The article reports Ontario businesses are preparing for tariffs following the collapse of bilateral trade talks.
3. AI data centres could reshape Toronto’s electricity grid. The headline reports that proposed AI data centres would affect Toronto’s electricity grid and raise questions about who will pay for upgrades.
4. American tariffs on Canadian goods have taken effect after talks fell apart. The headline states U.S. tariffs are now in force after the breakdown in talks.

🎨 Community & Culture

1. Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. passed final concussion tests and is expected to return Saturday. The headline reports Guerrero cleared final concussion tests and a return is expected Saturday.
2. BTS returns to Toronto for the first time since 2018, sparking K-pop fever. The headline states BTS is back in Toronto, their first visit since 2018.

🚨 Crime & Public Safety

1. One person is dead after a police shooting near Wilson subway station. Toronto police said the incident began just before 1:30 p.m. at Wilson Avenue and King High Avenue when officers responded to reports of erratic driving; the driver attempted to flee and was pronounced dead at the scene while no officers were injured.
2. Ontario judge released a woman without the new cash-deposit bail requirement. The headline reports a judge declined to apply the province’s new bail cash-deposit rule in a recent release.

🏛️ Government & Politics

1. Premiers back Prime Minister Carney after he walked away from a proposed U.S. deal and 50% tariffs hit Canadian goods. The article reports Carney told premiers he abandoned a deal as 50 per cent U.S. tariffs landed on billions of dollars in Canadian goods, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford publicly supported the decision in Toronto.
2. Canada’s ambassador was told U.S. alcohol bans must end for a trade deal to happen, sources say. The headline states U.S. alcohol bans were presented as a condition for a trade agreement.

📰 Also Today

• Carney says Canada ‘walking away from a bad deal’ as 50% tariffs hit.
• Carney names three issues that torpedoed U.S. trade talks, including auto tariffs.
• Person dead after shooting involving officer in North York, Toronto police.
• Police shooting in Toronto leaves driver dead at Wilson and King High Avenue.
• Environment Canada warns of showers and thunderstorms for the GTA this weekend.
• American tariffs on Canadian goods take effect after trade talks fall apart.
• Ontario businesses brace for tariffs after U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse.
• Carney will match U.S. tariffs dollar-for-dollar in sectors like steel and dairy.
• U.S. targeted Ontario’s auto sector earlier with 25% tariffs, sources say.
• Ontario judge snubs province's new bail rules by releasing woman without cash deposit.