In June, the U.S. Department of Commerce hit Canada with additional duties, leaving the industry facing average duties of about 27 per cent. ——TOO MANY MEN IN TRADES OVERDOSING: DOCTORBritish Columbia health officials say men who work in the trades between 19 and 59 are experiencing too many overdoses. ——ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY:— Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation will release its second-quarter Financial Report. — Cordell Brown, father of a five-month-old baby who died in an Edmonton house fire, to appear in court on an unrelated charge. — Statistics Canada will release the industrial product and raw materials price indexes for July.

Source: National Post August 29, 2017 08:15 UTC