2 h. ago Ontario’s Doug Ford urges more federal assistance to fight wildfires across Canada

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging the federal government to put more national resources toward fighting wildfires, as nearly every province battles them. Premiers raised the issue with Prime Minister Mark Carney last month when he met with them in Huntsville, Ont., he said. “We need resources, national resources across the country, because it happens...

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3 h. ago Romanian Premier Vows Deeper Spending Cuts to Avoid Default Risk

Romania’s new prime minister warned his country could face a default unless the government quickly reins in years of lavish spending.

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4 h. ago Ford urges more federal assistance to fight wildfires across Canada

PICKERING — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging the federal government to put more national resources toward fighting wildfires, as nearly every province battles them. He says the premiers raised the issue with Prime Minister Mark Carney last month when he met with them in Huntsville, Ont. Ford says provinces frequently share firefighting resources to […]

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5 h. ago PM’s staff say search is on for a local office that meets Carney’s security needs

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office says work is “well underway” to find a local constituency office for the prime minister that meets his security requirements and is conveniently located for residents of his Nepean riding. As first reported this week by the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Carney still doesn’t have his own constituency office […]

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5 h. ago Poland says it just foiled a major cyberattack aimed at water supply

An attempt to sabotage the water supply of a large Polish city via cyberattack was thwarted Wednesday, according to Poland's Deputy Prime Minister.

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21 h. ago Israeli gunfire kills at least 25 in Gaza as Netanyahu urges ‘voluntary migration’

TEL AVIV — Israeli gunfire killed at least 25 people seeking aid in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials and witnesses said, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again called for what he refers to as the voluntary migration of Palestinians from the war-ravaged territory. Netanyahu wants to realize U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision of relocating much […]

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23 h. ago GOLDSTEIN: Carney’s energy minister makes business case for natural gas

Federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says he “knows there are buyers” for Canada’s liquified natural gas (LNG) globally, quite the change in emphasis from former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s argument there was no business case for such projects. “What I can tell you from the conversations that the prime minister has been […]

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25 h. ago Federal agency invested millions in money losing Kenyan company without ‘due diligence’

FinDev Canada, created by former prime minister Justin Trudeau in 2017, says in an internal memo it did no “due diligence” before investing millions into a money-losing cellphone company in Kenya, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. The federal agency, known more formally as the Development Finance Institute, admitted as much in the memo they withheld for […]

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44 h. ago Netanyahu hints Gaza ceasefire talks focusing on release of all hostages at once

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday hinted that ceasefire efforts in Gaza are now focused on a comprehensive deal that would release the remaining hostages all at once, rather than in phases. Arab officials told The Associated Press last week that mediators Egypt and Qatar were preparing a new framework for a […]

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50 h. ago Ford heading to Ottawa to meet with Carney, urge lower taxes

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet Monday with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who says he plans to urge the prime minister to lower taxes to stimulate the economy. Ford says he’ll travel to Ottawa for what he calls a “heart-to-heart” meeting with Carney, who he says is doing a good job. The premier […]

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58 h. ago Feds aim to give investors ‘certainty’ in budget to put money into Canada

The budget will be the Liberals' first under Prime Minister Mark Carney and the first tabled by Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne.

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2 d. ago Carney backs Ukraine role in peace talks in calls with Zelenskyy, Starmer

Prime Minister Mark Carney 'underscored that decisions on the future of Ukraine must be made by Ukrainians' in a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, his office said.

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3 d. ago Carney, Zelenskyy talk as world leaders prepare for summit on Ukraine war

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as world leaders sought to co-ordinate their response to a U.S.-Russia war summit that will not include Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are preparing to meet in person in Alaska on Friday. In a statement released […]

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4 d. ago Carney maintains positive approval rating despite summer cooldown: poll

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests Prime Minister Mark Carney’s popularity is cooling off in the summer, but still remains broadly positive. Abacus Data says the Carney-led Liberal government’s approval dipped to 50 per cent in its latest polling, down two percentage points compared to mid-July and the lowest level since March. Canadians were surveyed […]

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4 d. ago Prime Minister Carney maintains positive approval rating despite summer cooldown: poll

Abacus Data says the Liberal government's approval dipped to 50 per cent in its latest polling, down two percentage points compared to mid-July and the lowest level since March.

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4 d. ago Letters August 10, 2025: ‘Calling in Harper to help was a great idea.’

HARPER’S HELP? A GOOD SIGN Re: Harper says Carney team sought his trade advice, urges looking outside U.S., online, July 28 I understand that our current prime minister asked former prime minister Stephen Harper for his help on trade talks, and it reminded me that Harper had once asked for Mark Carney’s help on financial […]

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5 d. ago Bell: Alberta, the rest of us wait for Carney to do something

'What he's doing right now is ragging the puck and trying to drag people along into believing he will one day do something,' said Poilievre, of Prime Minister Mark Carney

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5 d. ago Bell: Alberta, Danielle Smith, the rest of us wait for Carney to do something

'What he's doing right now is ragging the puck and trying to drag people along into believing he will one day do something,' says Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, of Prime Minister Mark Carney

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5 d. ago LILLEY: Softwood lumber tariffs soar as Mark Carney’s plan fails to deliver

The Prime minister claimed to be the man with the plan, but that plan is clearly not working

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6 d. ago Carney Raises Soldiers’ Pay, Moving Canada Closer to NATO Target

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government announced a major pay increase for military members, a move that pushes Canada closer to meeting its NATO defense spending target.

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