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A family of sea otters emerges from the ocean and rambles up the rocky shoreline, while a great blue heron in search of a meal pokes at a wall of rocks. Fountains of water squirt upwards from clams that have buried themselves across the beach. Ken Thomas, standing on a …
Read More »Language, immigration and jobs: Catch up on key moments from the Quebec leaders’ debate
The economy, immigration and the French language figured prominently in the first leaders debate in the Quebec election campaign, featuring lively, sometimes cacophonous exchanges. The “face-to-face” model on the TVA network divides the debate into mini-debates where one leader faces off against another. The fast-paced exchanges led to some stinging one-liners. Coalition Avenir …
Read More »Prime minister, Governor General to be joined by Indigenous leaders at Queen’s funeral
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon will be joined by a number of their predecessors and Indigenous leaders in the Canadian delegation attending Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral in London. Former prime ministers Stephen Harper, Paul Martin, Jean Chrétien and Kim Campbell will be part of the delegation, as …
Read More »Municipal leaders in B.C. urge province to move faster on police reform
Local politicians across British Columbia urged the provincial government on Monday to start moving on reforms to policing after consultations that began more than two years ago but have yet to yield any concrete action. “I believe the provincial government has failed us,” said Kamloops Coun. Mike O’Reilly at an event …
Read More »Britain’s leaders pay tribute to Queen in Parliament, as King Charles expected to address nation
British Prime Minister Liz Truss says the death of Queen Elizabeth II has caused a “heartfelt outpouring of grief” in the U.K. and around the world. Truss spoke Friday at the start of a special session of Parliament paying tribute to the Queen. Truss called the monarch “the nation’s greatest …
Read More »New York and U.S. capital struggle to process migrants sent by southern Republican leaders
Officials in New York and Washington, D.C. are struggling to cope with an influx of migrants that have been specifically bused to their cities on orders from the Republican leaders of Texas and Arizona. More than 7,000 migrants have been bused from Texas to the U.S. capital since April, part of …
Read More »Winnipeg pastor’s reflections on LGBTQ+ inclusion removed from book highlighting female leaders
A book meant to give female pastors a voice within the Mennonite Brethren Church is being seen as silencing one of those voices after a contribution from one of its writers was censored. Winnipeg pastor Mary Anne Isaak is one of 15 female leaders who contributed to On Holy Ground: Stories …
Read More »Victory or not losing: Ukraine knows what it wants, but experts wonder if NATO leaders do
The sunlit conference room at the luxury German resort of Elmau Castle, nestled in the green mountain folds of Bavaria, was about as far removed from the bloody, missile-littered landscape of Ukraine as one can get. That is both a literal and figurative statement. The leaders of the world’s wealthiest …
Read More »Sports leaders top list of new Order of Canada appointees
Canadian sports icons including Stacey Allaster, Donovan Bailey and Angela James are among the 85 new appointees to the Order of Canada this year. This year’s list of appointees also includes Canada’s first Indigenous female MP, the first MP for Nunavut, and a number of contributors to the arts, including Emmy nominated actress Sandra Oh. …
Read More »Zelensky asks G7 leaders for better air defences and tougher sanctions on Russia
The ongoing war in Ukraine moved from being a distant, abstract conflict to something more tangible for the leaders of the world’s seven wealthiest democracies on Monday with an address by the embattled country’s president. Volodymyr Zelensky told G7 leaders that despite their efforts to arm his country and to isolate the regime of Russian President Vladimir …
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