DULUTH, Minn. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s threat to cut off electricity exports to three U.S. states, including Minnesota, in response to the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada would likely have negligible effects on Minnesota Power customers and the region’s power grid.

While Minnesota is linked to Ontario’s grid by a transmission line over the Rainy River, Duluth-based Minnesota Power bought just under $310,000 of electricity from Ontario’s system in 2024, according to public filings. It did not buy electricity from Ontario in eight months of the year.

By comparison, the company spent $108 million on electricity from Manitoba, Ontario’s provincial neighbor.

“Minnesota Power has an electric grid connection with Ontario, and on occasion we do utilize electricity from their system,” said Minnesota Power spokesperson Amy Rutledge. “However, it is not on a daily basis like our contracted electricity from Manitoba Hydro.”

Electricity imported from Manitoba Hydro, which accounts for 11% of Minnesota Power’s energy, would presumably be subject to the Trump administration’s 10% tariffs on Canadian electricity imports.

Tariffs

The 10% tariffs on energy imports from Canada and 25% tariffs on all other products from Canada supposedly took effect Tuesday but were partially delayed by another month on Thursday.

Companies importing goods from abroad pay tariffs to the government that enacts the tariff, and economists agree that those costs are generally passed on to consumers, causing prices to increase.

But exactly how these tariffs will affect electricity imports and prices in the region is unclear.

Grid operators and utilities remain unsure of when the tariffs will take effect, and if electricity will even be subjected to tariffs.

Brandon Morris, a spokesperson for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, the grid operator in the central U.S., said there was uncertainty about whether import tariffs would even apply to electricity from Canada or if the tariff threat would be resolved.

“MISO has received no confirmation from federal agencies regarding the duties’ applicability to electricity or who will be responsible for paying or collecting them,” Morris said Wednesday.

Minnesota Power echoed the uncertainty.

“While it is unclear at this time whether electricity will be subject to tariffs imposed by the United States or Canada, we are watching the situation closely to determine any potential impacts to our customers,” Rutledge said, adding that the company has other domestic power sources it can lean on.

Regional impact

Ford’s threat to cut Ontario’s power to the U.S. also would have little effect on the regional grid.

MISO, which oversees the grid stretching from the Midwest down to Louisiana and parts of Texas, receives less than 1% of its electricity from Canadian imports and less than half of that came from Ontario, Morris said.

“For context, that amount is equivalent to approximately one power plant,” he said. “MISO manages the loss of power plants like this every day to ensure reliability across our footprint.”

The Winnipeg Free Press reported Thursday that Manitoba’s financial minister instructed the Manitoba Hydro board to seek Cabinet approval before extending existing or entering into new power purchasing agreements with U.S. companies.

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Minnesota Power is nearly five years into a 15-year power purchase agreement with Manitoba Hydro, bringing 250 megawatts of hydropower from northern Manitoba to Minnesota Power customers.

Minnesota Power built a 224-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line from a substation east of Grand Rapids to the international border in Roseau County to carry the hydropower. The Duluth-based utility can also send power northward when wind production is high.

Energizing the line in 2020 was key in helping the company jump from 30% renewable energy to 50% renewable energy.

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Charges say a Roseville police officer took repeated strikes to the head from a man he was trying to arrest Wednesday for stealing from Walmart.

The officer was called to the store and met with loss‐prevention staff, who had detained Collin Scott Magnuson, 31, of Minneapolis, on suspicion of theft.

Collin Scott Magnuson (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)

When told he was under arrest, Magnuson became “uncooperative and physically aggressive” with the officer, who then grabbed onto his arm, the criminal complaint says. Magnuson used his weight to “charge” and push toward the officer, who brought him to the ground.

Magnuson swung his arms toward the officer’s face, hitting him near his eye with a closed fist. He ripped the officer’s radio off his vest, and had one of his hands around the back of the officer’s neck, the complaint says.

Magnuson continued swinging at the officer’s face and thrashing his legs as the officer tried to get control of his arms. Magnuson’s knee struck the officer on the left side of his face, causing him to become dizzy and “lose a sense of his surroundings,” the complaint states. “The next thing the officer could remember was a (a man) asking him if he needed help.”

The man had seen the assault and took hold of Magnuson’s wrist, but Magnuson tried to bite the officer’s hand and punch him again, the complaint says.

The officer then used his taser on Magnuson, who laughed and said, “I am so (expletive) scared of your taser.” He held Magnuson to the ground until other officers arrived and helped get him into custody.

Walmart’s surveillance footage showed Magnuson assaulting the officer, who felt dazed and blurry and had a “pounding headache from receiving repeated strikes,” the charges state. His left temple had begun to swell.

Roseville Deputy Police Chief Joe Adams said Friday that the officer, who did not want to be identified, continues to experience concussion symptoms and has been told to take some time off work.

The assault was the fourth against a Roseville officer since Jan. 15, Adams said, adding “that’s an anomaly for us.”

On probation

Magnuson faces one count each of third- and fourth-degree assault, both felonies. He went before a judge Friday in a first appearance on the charges and remains jailed in lieu of $40,000 bail.

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Court records show Magnuson was put on unsupervised probation for one year on April 11 after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and fourth-degree criminal damage to property in St. Louis County in connection with an October 2023 incident in the lobby of a Duluth apartment building where he lived at the time. Witnesses said he yelled at a man and then became “extremely upset and agitated” and threw tables and chairs.

Magnuson’s criminal record includes disorderly conduct convictions in 2016 and 2017. Magnuson has an open St. Louis County case from June that says Duluth officers were called to the Fond-du-Luth Casino on May 31 for a welfare check and saw him charge at a man unprovoked. The two then fought on the ground before officers broke it up. Magnuson was charged with fifth-degree assault and in January pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct. His sentencing is set for April 3.

The MCU’s been a bit of a bore lately, gasping for air like a goldfish that leapt out of a fish tank and landed in the Mojave. But the gritty, violent “Daredevil: Born Again” on Disney+ resuscitates the cinematic comic book empire and delivers a riveting and eerily relevant story arc that speaks to the political upheaval and uncertainty of our times.

It’s a big surprise how great this series is given there was legit concern after showrunner/executive producer Dario Scardapane’s reboot was sent back to to the shop after Marvel honchos took a look at it. No matter what happened behind the scenes, the result is electrifying and pertinent, and advances the terrific previous three-season Netflix series about Hell’s Kitchen lawyer Matt Murdoch (Charlie Cox), who is blind, and his alter ego, Daredevil. It even improves on it by not going way overboard on the violence and peppering in just enough Easter eggs and tangential storylines and appearances of other characters — including the Punisher (Jon Berthnal) — without overshadowing its central story that strikes so many chords about upheaval right now.

The big ace it waves proudly is the square-off between Wilson Fisk/Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio, giving one of the best villain performances in any Marvel production) and Matt Murdoch.

After a horrific attack at Josie’s bar, Matt hangs up his Daredevil persona while Fisk re-enters the New York scene, goes on the couch for marriage counseling with his cunning wife (Ayelet Zurer) and runs for mayor. Matt and Fisk keep a wary eye on each other as Fisk plays on New Yorkers’ ‘fears of crime, and assures voters that once he comes in, there will be no pussyfooting around with the bad guys. “I don’t have much use for red tape,” he bellows. Chaos ensues as the psychopath blackmails and manipulates key critics — including a police commissioner — and demands all fall in line with his authoritarian ideas, or else.

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Matt, played with real passion and the right dollops of angst and moral complexity by Cox, falls for a therapist (Margarita Levieva) and defends in court Hector Ayala/White Tiger (played with enormous appeal by Kamar de los Reyes, who died of cancer in 2023). He got involved in a subway fracas that left a bad cop dead amid hints of police corruption. The writing on the series couldn’t be better, and the secondary characters — including a sharp video journalist named BB  Urich (Genneya Walton), Fisk’s right-hand guy Buck Cashman (a slithery Arty Froushan) and a villain (Hunter Doohan, in a creepy turn) bring more to the MCU.

The highlight, of course, is D’Onofrio’s raging-on-the-inside performance. He’s extraordinary here, especially in a stroke-of-genius sequence in which Fisk endures versions of Jefferson Airplane’s “We Built This City.” It’s an unbelievably funny moment, punctuated by the briefest of telling facial tics. The show also excels in its impressive urban production design, a mood-setting soundtrack and taut direction, particularly in the first episode helmed by the ace indie genre dynamos Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (“The Endless,” “Something in the Dirt.”). The duo were brought in for the redo and their influence as executive producers and directors (they helm episodes 8 and 9 too) and their energy and input remain undeniable. A highlight is a blistering, game-changing action sequence in the first episode involving Benjamin Poindexter (Wilson Bethel).

“Daredevil: Born Again” is easily one of the best series the Disney+ has offered and is also one of the best shows of 2025. It journeys into dark spaces with its  contemporary power struggle and grazes, but doesn’t surrender to, the morally blurry lines set forth in “The Joker” and “The Batman.” So keep the kids away. All of what unfolds does bode well for a second season (also nine episodes) coming in 2026. Hopefully, the excellence on display here will extend into Marvel’s upcoming theatrical releases. They sure need it.

Details: 4 stars out of 4; two episodes are available on Disney+, with one additional episode dropping every week until April 15.

 

If you’re just totally over the winter fruit scene, this recipe will lift your spirits and have you soaring straight through to summer.

This fruit salad features all the same seasonal fruits you’ve begrudgingly placed into your basket these past couple months — apples, oranges, pears, grapefruit — but the dressing injects new life into them. Honey, ginger, fresh lime juice and the irresistible crunch of poppyseed make these cold weather fruits sing such a sweet song that you’ll forget you were even waiting for summer.

Enjoy this fruit salad on a pillow of Greek yogurt or cashew yogurt for a zingy breakfast, or serve it as a simple dessert that will convert any nonbelievers to the joys of cold weather fruit leveled up with a flavor-packed, refreshing dressing.

It is worthwhile to properly section the grapefruit to avoid pithy membranes, but less important for the other citrus, if you want to save time and effort.

Waiting for Summer Fruit Salad

Serves 2 to 4

INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

2 tablespoons honey

2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger

2 teaspoons poppyseeds

Greek yogurt, optional

1 blood orange, sectioned

1 grapefruit, sectioned

1 orange (or 2 mandarins), sectioned

1 banana, sliced

1 pear, sliced thinly

1 apple, sliced thinly

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DIRECTIONS

Combine the lime juice, honey, ginger and poppyseeds in a small jar and shake until the honey is completely incorporated.

Spread the yogurt, if using, across the bottom of a serving bowl. Arrange the fruit over the yogurt and top with half the dressing. Serve the remaining dressing on the side or save it for another day.

Registered dietitian and food writer Laura McLively is the author of “The Berkeley Bowl Cookbook.” Follow her at @myberkeleybowl and www.lauramclively.com.