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More Canadians trust China under Xi Jinping than Donald Trump’s America: Pew poll
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (424+ words) OTTAWA — As President Donald Trump’s administration continues to erode allies’ trust, a new poll suggests the number of Canadians who hold a favourable view of China now outnumbers those who say the same of the United States. Recent polling by…...
France’s National Assembly gives final approval to assisted-dying bill after years of debate
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (807+ words) The lower house of parliament approved the measure in a 291-241 vote, after backing it in three previous readings, completing parliament’s work on the legislation announced by French President Emmanuel Macron more than three years ago. According to various estimates, assisted…...
Feds announce new members of reformed Senate advisory board
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (185+ words) OTTAWA — A week after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his first picks for the Red Chamber, the federal government has named almost a dozen people to its Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments. In 2016, the previous Liberal government created the…...
Darline Graham, sister of late Sen. Lindsey Graham, has been sworn in to finish his term
22+ hour, 36+ min ago (826+ words) Graham was appointed by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Monday to fill the remaining months of her brother’s current term and arrived in Washington just a day later to take the oath of office. Senators, staff and family members…...
Carney replaces New York envoy Tom Clark with oil exec, appoints ex-MP to Los Angeles
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (419+ words) OTTAWA — The Carney government is replacing former broadcast journalist Tom Clark as consul general to New York City with an oil executive, and naming a former cabinet minister as Canada’s envoy in Los Angeles. The Trudeau government appointed Clark, a…...
Chiefs tell AFN meeting new federal clean water bill walks back hard-won rights
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (858+ words) OTTAWA — First Nations leaders and two opposition MPs are denouncing the Carney government’s new proposed clean water legislation, which drops wording in a previous version that would have explicitly recognized First Nations’ right to clean drinking water. Speaking on a…...
Vast John Horgan Dam is a monument to engineering, as well as NDP’s shifting stance
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (948+ words) FORT ST. JOHN — The scale of the John Horgan Dam, the most costly engineering project in British Columbia history, is hard to fathom until up close. The crest of the dam is more than one kilometre long. The six enormous…...
Anand offers Brazil $125M in energy financing, seals wildfire pact amid trade talks
1+ day, 52+ min ago (279+ words) OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has announced $125 million in financing for sustainable infrastructure in Brazil, a country she describes as one of Canada’s closest partners on the global stage. Anand was in Sao Paulo on Tuesday for meetings with…...
Turkish gun given to PM would have to undergo review before going in museum
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (175+ words) OTTAWA — Canada’s national war and history museums say they would have to conduct a review before they could display a personalized revolver and ammunition given to Prime Minister Mark Carney at this year’s NATO summit. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…...
Carney shuffles PMO as aide leaves to run in B.C. byelection
2+ day, 22+ min ago (951+ words) OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is shifting around some of the senior advisers in his office in a series of moves some Liberal strategists said shows he is putting his own stamp on government. Scott Gilmore, Carney’s senior adviser on…...
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