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Seven foreign policy challenges facing PM Mark Carney that aren’t about Donald Trump
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has many foreign policy issues on his plate — and they’re not all about U.S. President Donald Trump. Here are six of the key challenges Ottawa will be navigating in the coming months during a turbulent time in world politics. Trump in Alberta for G7 In just six weeks, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Albertans rally for separation, saying things won’t change under Confederation
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
EDMONTON — Katheryn Speck said she used to be a Canadian nationalist, travelled the world with a maple leaf on her backpack and once lived in Quebec so she could become fluently bilingual. But on Saturday she was among hundreds of people who rallied at the Alberta legislature to support separation from Canada, with many ... Read More »
9 responsesManitoba warns of new measles exposure sites south of Winnipeg
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
WINKLER — Public health officials in Manitoba are warning of new measles exposure sites in two communities south of Winnipeg, including a medical centre and an elementary school. Officials say people may have been exposed to the virus at the C. W. Wiebe Medical Centre and the Dynacare blood and medical test lab in Winkler, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More memorial masses planned for victims in Vancouver festival attack
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — People in Vancouver and beyond remain in mourning one week after a deadly attack on a Filipino street festival. The Vancouver archdiocese says on social media that additional memorial masses are being planned to remember the 11 people killed at the Lapu Lapu Day festival last Saturday. It says events are being planned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A family and a festival: How Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day tragedy unfolded
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — In January last year, Cirque du Soleil usher Alexander Lo made his final public post on his Facebook timeline, promoting the circus’ Kooza show. Four days later, his brother responded. “Brother, we will get to see this together sometime,” wrote Adam Kai-Ji Lo. But he knew it wasn’t to be. Alexander Lo had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous leaders hopeful for Carney-led government on economy, reconciliation
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says he doesn’t expect Prime Minister Mark Carney to get everything right immediately as he learns about and crafts policies for Indigenous Peoples, but it’s clear he’s willing to learn. And the leaders of the three national Indigenous organizations say that while former prime minister Justin Trudeau ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three quarters of Canadians say misinformation affected the federal election: poll
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from April 29 to May 1, suggests that 19 per cent of people think false information or misinformation had a major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP has lost touch with its core supporters, says a former MP
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The New Democratic Party ran a leader-focused election campaign and lost touch with core supporters who ended up backing the Conservatives, says a former member of Parliament. Charlie Angus, who did not run in the last election after representing the northern Ontario riding of Timmins — James Bay for more than two decades, ... Read More »
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