As the country gears up for an expected federal election over the coming weeks, Prime Minister Mark Carney admitted that the Liberal Party has a “ways to go” to gain support in Alberta. Carney was making a housing announcement in Edmonton amid speculation about where he could decide to run for a seat in the
The British and German governments have updated their advice for travellers seeking to enter the U.S. with fresh warnings about the risk of arrest or detention. The updates come after recent reports of British and German nationals being detained at the border amid an immigration crackdown by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.The U.K. travel advice
A French scientist was denied entry into the United States earlier this month after immigration officials found text messages on his phone criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump, which they reportedly said “could be considered to be terrorism.” The space researcher, who has not been named, was pulled aside during a random check and had his
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, completing its dismantling is most likely impossible
It was an extended vacation in Mexico — the kind no one asked for. Instead of extra hours on the beach, hundreds of WestJet passengers spent the better part of two days in the Cancun airport, after facing repeated delays beginning with their scheduled flight home on Thursday, Jan. 31.Some 55 hours later, they arrived
The federal government says it “strongly condemns” the execution of four Canadians in China earlier this year over what Beijing says were “drug-related crimes.” Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly confirmed the number to reporters outside a cabinet meeting in Ottawa late on Wednesday, after Global Affairs Canada said it was aware that multiple Canadians had
The ongoing spread of the highly pathogenic bird flu worldwide is reaching an “unprecedented” scale, a United Nations agency warned Monday. Speaking at a conference in Rome, key members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) met to discuss the global outbreak of avian influenza.They warned that the virus’s ability to
Republican lawmakers have been facing angry constituents at town halls across the U.S., leading some to say that they don’t support U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats against Canada. At a town hall in Columbus, Neb., Tuesday night, Rep. Mike Flood was asked by the moderator taking written questions if he would oppose “going to war
Canada’s oldest company, Hudson’s Bay, could soon permanently close its doors to customers as it runs out of business more than 350 years after it began. Financial struggles in an ever-changing retail landscape have pushed the company to the brink as it awaits court approval to liquidate all of its stores across the country.The case
More than 63,000 pages of records related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday following an order by President Donald Trump, many without the redactions that had confounded historians for years and helped fuel conspiracy theories. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration posted to its website roughly 2,200 files