It's like a ghost town — that's how the owner of the Emerson Duty Free shop at the Manitoba-United States border describes the highway leading to the crossing once new tariffs kicked in.

Amid ongoing tariff talks between Canada and the United States, many Winnipeggers are taking actions of their own like canceling trips and focusing on shopping local.

While politicians throw barbs at each other from the U.S. and Canadian capitals, two communities are literally stuck in the middle of the on-again-off-again tariffs war. Regardless, neither leaders of the border towns expect their relationship to break down.

The U.S. and Canada have had a friendly trading relationship for decades. Canada has been the largest export market for 36 states, including North Dakota. But now that tariffs are kicking in, The North Dakota Corn Utilization Council says corn farmers are becoming concerned over the rising costs and they hope for negotiations to be continued.

A view from the International Peace Garden where the Canadian and U.S. borders meet. While the park has not yet seen a notable drop in visitors, some Canadians have voiced dismay at political rhetoric from the Trump administration in recent weeks.

CHICAGO (KFGO/KVRR) — Former North Dakota U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp calls the tariffs that went into effect Tuesday “a solution in search of a problem.”

How much money will North Dakotans have to bleed to pay for the Trump administration's antagonistic stance toward Canada?

North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne discusses tariffs and their harmful implications for farmers and ranchers in our state on this episode of Plain Talk.

U.S. tariffs that kicked in this week for China, Canada and Mexico will mean some hardship for North Dakota farmers, according to the leaders of North Dakota’s Farmers Union and Farm Bureau. “We will be the number one state that’s hit the hardest,