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A very quiet queue has formed in Europe where some of Canada’s long-standing, closest allies are seeking shelter under France’s small but robust nuclear umbrella. The initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, who declared the next 50 years to be the “era of nuclear weapons,” is — on paper — …
Read More »Will the far right’s gains in France’s local elections pave the way to the presidency?
In Hénin-Beaumont, a former mining town ringed by man-made mountains of coal refuse from a bygone age, the streets were nearly deserted on a recent morning in mid-March. Few braved the unrelenting rain to shop at the outdoor market, where sellers often outnumbered customers. Rachid laid out his cleaning products, …
Read More »In France’s southern wine region, Trump’s tariff threats are already killing business
Grapevines across southern France’s famed wine region have barely begun to bud, but the season has already turned sour for many of Europe’s top producers. “We have one [worker] that left … because we couldn’t pay him anymore,” said Nadine Auray, who with her husband, Pierre Jauffret, and a small …
Read More »Notre-Dame Cathedral restoration ‘overwhelming,’ France’s Macron says ahead of reopening
Notre-Dame Cathedral will reopen its doors next week to Paris tourists and the Catholic faithful, five-and-a-half years after fire gutted the Gothic masterpiece, one of the French capital’s most beloved and visited monuments. President Emmanuel Macron was one of the first to catch a glimpse of the newly renovated cathedral …
Read More »France’s Macron says leaders shouldn’t ‘abandon their values’ in the face of bad polls
While French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledges that he — like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — is facing sliding poll numbers and pressure from the political right, he says this is no time for national leaders to abandon their “principles.” In a wide-ranging interview with CBC News and Radio-Canada last week in Ottawa, before his …
Read More »People in Fort Frances, Ont., have been sandbagging for weeks and still face rising floodwaters
Rising floodwaters in the Fort Frances, Ont., area are leaving people living there with feelings of helplessness, one resident says. Water levels on Rainy Lake set a record last week, surpassing one set in 1950. “I had a feeling that there was going to be a lot of water when …
Read More »Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Says She Is Financially Stable Because of Crypto
Facebook’s former product manager turned whistleblower Frances Haugen has revealed that her refuge in Puerto Rico is “fine for the foreseeable future” because of a well-timed investment in cryptocurrency. The whistleblower who’s made headlines recently for calling out Facebook’s “betrayal of democracy”, made her crypto investment known in an interview …
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