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3 Days to Go: What Actually Changes at the Checkout When Canada's Retaliation Tariffs Hit Sept. 8

  Published September 5, 2026 At 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, Canada's counter-tariffs on roughly $27.6 billion worth of American imports take effect. Ottawa named six sectors when it announced the move: steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics. But the actual list of taxed items — the one that determines what you pay at checkout — is narrower than those sector names suggest, and mixing the two up is the easiest way to overpay or miss out on a real deal this weekend. Here's what's really on the list, what isn't, and what the last round of this exact policy tells us about how much prices actually move. What It Means for You If you're planning to buy a U.S.-made fridge, washer, dryer, cooking range, or smartphone, doing it before Tuesday could save you real money. If you're eyeing a dishwasher, laptop, or TV, the "beat the tariff" urgency doesn't apply — those products aren't on the September 8 list...

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From Olympic Slopes to FBI’s Most Wanted: The Fall of Ryan Wedding

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington, as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, left, and FBI Director Kash Patel, look on.

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced new charges and a heightened reward for the capture of Ryan James Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder now accused of leading one of the world’s most violent drug cartels. Wedding, who represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, is alleged to have transformed from athlete to international fugitive, orchestrating a vast cocaine pipeline and ordering multiple murders to protect his empire.

At a press conference in Washington, officials revealed that Wedding faces additional counts of witness tampering, intimidation, money laundering, and drug trafficking. Most shocking among the allegations is his role in the murder of a federal witness in Colombia, a crime prosecutors say was intended to block his extradition to the United States.

The FBI has now placed Wedding on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, raising the reward for information leading to his capture to $15 million. Authorities believe he is hiding in Mexico under the protection of the Sinaloa cartel, using sophisticated methods to evade law enforcement.

Wedding’s alleged criminal enterprise is staggering in scale. Investigators claim he oversaw the importation of up to 60 metric tons of cocaine annually, generating billions in illicit profits. Ten other defendants have already been arrested in connection with the sprawling indictment, which paints Wedding as a modern-day Pablo Escobar.

Once celebrated for his athletic achievements, Wedding’s descent into organized crime underscores the dramatic contrast between his past and present. Law enforcement officials are urging the public to come forward with any information that could lead to his arrest, emphasizing that his capture is critical to dismantling one of the most dangerous narcotics networks in the Western Hemisphere.


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