12 h. ago Letters April 4, 2025: ‘We need a different government, not just a different leader.’

Carney’s no improvement One positive thing, which came out of the Chiang fiasco, is it basically exposed as to what kind of a leader Mark Carney would be while leading this nation for the next four years. From snowboard instructor to bean-counter, can the incumbent federal Liberals slide any further down the septic pipe? Canadians […]

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36 h. ago Letters April 3, 2025: ‘Carney is welcome to have the door hit him on his way out.’

Just leave, Carney So we had a great April fools day with the drop in gas prices didn’t we? Funny thing though, the prices two weeks ago were the same as they are now, then the major oil companies jacked up the prices over twenty cents a litre in some places. The only fool in […]

Transport

56 h. ago Poilievre Pitches Expanding US Trade to Fund Canada’s Military

Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his government would push for an urgent renegotiation of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and all revenues collected from increased trade with the US would fund expanding Canada’s military.

Economics

60 h. ago Patagonia Gold Enters Into Option Agreement With Newmont Corporation

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Patagonia Gold Corp. (“Patagonia” or the “Company”) (TSX.V:PGDC) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding letter agreement dated 1 April, 2025 (the “Option Agreement”) with Oroplata S.A., an Argentinean subsidiary of Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT, ASX: NEM, PNGX: NEM) (“Newmont”). […]

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60 h. ago Letters April 2, 2025: ‘Once again the little guy, Bay employees, are getting a bad deal.’

LITTLE GUY GETS SHAFTED AGAIN It’s sad that Hudson’s Bay, with a history of more than 350 years, is closing. We’re hearing that there will be no severance pay for the employees losing their jobs but, lo and behold, there’s a plan to give “retention bonuses” to upper management so that they don’t look elsewhere […]

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4 d. ago Pierre Poilievre dismisses calls for ‘pivot’ as Liberals increase lead in polls

Conservative leader says he won't stop criticizing the incumbent government for its 'lost Liberal decade'

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4 d. ago Carney promises home building program, Poilievre pitches national energy corridor

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to fast-track approval of key infrastructure. The two rival party leaders touted the plans as national projects to stand up to the United States as it […]

Society

7 d. ago Trial of former President Sarkozy sheds light on France’s back

The monthslong trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign is shedding light on France’s back-channel talks with the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Sarkozy, 70, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has denied wrongdoing. French prosecutors were not convinced and on Thursday requested […]

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2 w. ago Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Secures Australian Hydrogen Headstart Funding, Strengthening Commitment to Green Ammonia

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners – a global leader in renewable energy investments – has been successful in the Australian Government’s first hydrogen funding round for its Murchison Green Hydrogen project MELBOURNE, Australia and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) through its CI Energy Transition Fund I (ETF I), today announced […]

Economics

3 w. ago Rookie MP Arielle Kayabaga gives London seat at cabinet table

A rookie London MP who was born in Burundi is one of three new faces in a slimmed-down federal Liberal cabinet unveiled Friday. Arielle Kayabaga, who announced her intention to seek the Liberal nomination in London West almost exactly four years ago during her first term on London city council, was named government House leader and […]

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3 w. ago Carney Takes Power in Canada as Nation Seeks Answers to Trump’s Aggression

Justin Trudeau is out. Mark Carney is in. And his arrival as Canada’s new leader creates an opening for the government in Ottawa to reset its tense relationship with the US and President Donald Trump.

Transport

3 w. ago GOLDSTEIN: Stop believing anything Liberals say about carbon taxes

Trusting the Liberals on carbon taxes is like Charlie Brown trusting Lucy is going to hold the football for him. How many times are Canadians going to fall for the same gag worthy of a comic strip but not of the government of Canada? Consider their record: Liberal leader and prime-minister designate Mark Carney, having […]

Economics

3 w. ago ‘We will get rid of that carbon tax’ when feds drop requirement, Eby says

This comes after new Liberal leader Mark Carney said he would immediately eliminate the federal government’s carbon price on consumers and stop the capital gains tax increase.

Economics

3 w. ago ‘Sooner rather than later’: Experts in Manitoba, nationwide predict prompt federal election

Now that Canada's governing Liberal party has chosen a new leader in economist Mark Carney, experts say Canadians should expect a federal election to be called soon.

Politics

3 w. ago Liberals turn to transition plans after Mark Carney installed as new leader

OTTAWA — Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill this afternoon to huddle after the party selected its new leader, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney. Carney is heading into a day full of briefings and in the coming days will need to be sworn in as prime minister, tap his cabinet and sort […]

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3 w. ago Trudeau says that ’Canada is not a given’ in farewell speech amid Trump threats

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that freedom, democracy and Canada “are not a given” in his farewell speech to Liberals just before former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney was announced as the new Liberal leader. This comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens Canada with economic annexation and places tariffs on Canadian […]

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