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OTTAWA — Canada's provincial governments have enough fiscal firepower to respond to looming U.S. tariffs without supersizing their debt burdens, a new report says.

TORONTO — Dye & Durham Ltd. says it has received an unsolicited offer to buy the company, but that it is not in talks regarding any such deal.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. reported a profit of $53.5 million in its fourth quarter compared with a loss of $9.3 million a year earlier. The company says the profit amounted to 43 cents per share for the quarter ended Dec.

MONTREAL — He wasn't on the stage but U.S. President Donald Trump's shadow towered over the Liberal leadership race during Monday night's French-language debate.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Opposition Leader John Rustad has found a carbon tax he likes, proposing such a levy on U.S.

WINNIPEG — Exchange Income Corp. has entered into an agreement to buy Canadian North. The northern airline is set to be purchased for $205 million.

TORONTO — Spin Master Corp. says it earned US$21.1 million in the fourth quarter. That's up from a loss of US$30.1 million a year earlier. Revenues for the toy and entertainment company totalled US$649.1 million, up from US$502.

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government plans to spend $180 million over three years to build two involuntary drug addiction treatment centres.

MONTREAL — Indigenous people risk being pushed aside as Canada looks to defend itself against a possible trade war with the United States, says an outgoing regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday that Canada needs to send the message it will "fight back" after U.S. President Donald Trump said steep tariffs on Canadian and Mexican products are indeed coming next week.