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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A former French senator was found guilty by a Paris court late on Tuesday of having spiked a lawmaker’s drink …
Read More »Former senator Don Meredith found not guilty in sexual assault case
Politics Former senator Don Meredith was found not guilty in his criminal trial on sexual assault charges on Wednesday. Meredith was facing 3 counts of sexual assault, 1 count of criminal harassment John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Oct 29, 2025 9:57 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 …
Read More »Giller Prize-winning author and senator David Richards joins Conservative caucus
The formerly non-affiliated New Brunswick Sen. David Richards has joined the Conservative Senate caucus and will sit with the party in the Red Chamber until his retirement later this year. Richards, a bestselling author and one of only a handful of writers who has received a Governor General’s Award in …
Read More »Republican senator says he thinks North American trade pact will protect Canada from Trump’s tariffs
As Canadian officials brace for president-elect Donald Trump to impose punishing global tariffs, a Republican senator from Idaho says he thinks the current North American free trade pact will protect Canada from those tariffs. In an interview with CBC’s The House, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch said that “Republicans generally are free …
Read More »King Charles shouted at by Indigenous Australian senator during royal visit
An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday. Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones. “You committed genocide …
Read More »Alleged victims of disgraced senator frustrated by Red Chamber’s reaction to criminal charges
Two people who have accused former senator Don Meredith of abuse say they’re frustrated by the Senate’s failure to strip the ex-parliamentarian — now charged with sex crimes — of his “honourable” title and other parliamentary privileges. In an interview with CBC News, two of Meredith’s alleged victims — who have accused the former senator of …
Read More »Former senator charged with sexual assault still retains ‘honourable’ title for life
A disgraced former senator now facing sexual assault charges still retains his “honourable” title as a former member of Canada’s upper house. Efforts to strip former senator Don Meredith of that lifetime title, and the privileges that come with it, have stalled. Former Progressive senator Serge Joyal, the past chair …
Read More »Colombia’s presidential race headed to run-off between leftist senator, populist businessman
Colombian voters opted for a dramatic change in presidential politics, choosing a leftist former rebel and an outsider populist businessman to advance to a runoff election in June amid hopes a new face can pull them out of the economic damage from the pandemic. Leftist Sen. Gustavo Petro led the …
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