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Doug Ford’s now-grounded plan to buy a private jet highlights a trend of softening support for the premier and his government, say some experts and polling analysts. They warn the controversy could be a sign of deeper unease with the Tories’ agenda. Ontario’s premier has seen his political favourability take …
Read More »Human rights group says at least 70 killed in wake of attack in Haiti’s Artibonite region
Listen to this article Estimated 4 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. At least 70 people were killed and 30 injured during an attack near Petite-Rivière in Haiti’s …
Read More »World leaders push back against U.S. in wake of Maduro’s ouster
Listen to this article Estimated 5 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. Leaders in Greenland, Mexico and Colombia are asserting their respective nations’ sovereignty and pushing back on …
Read More »Zelenskyy says Ukraine facing ‘one of the most difficult moments in our history’ in wake of U.S. peace plan
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that Ukraine has to confront the possibility of losing its dignity or risking the loss of a key partner as it figures …
Read More »Toronto pursuing sole-sourced deal for new TTC trains in wake of U.S. tariffs
The TTC is pursuing a sole-source contract with train-builder Alstom to deliver new subway cars for Toronto’s subway system, the city announced Friday. The bulk of the new cars will run on Line 2. Alstom has facilities in both Thunder Bay and Kingston, Ont. In a news release issued Friday morning, officials said both the federal …
Read More »Flixbus, now in 3 provinces, wants to connect Canada in the wake of Greyhound’s demise
Four years after Greyhound abruptly left Canada, a German company is banking on Canadian travellers still having plenty of appetite for the good old-fashioned bus. Flixbus, established in Munich in 2013, offers low-cost bus service in a distinctive, bright green package. The company, which operates in more than 40 countries, started …
Read More »In wake of U.S. strikes, Iran faces a pivotal choice: dash to build a weapon or negotiate
Hiding key Iranian nuclear facilities deep under a mountain made them that much harder for U.S. and Israeli weapons to reach. It will also make it more difficult to assess just how successful the historic U.S. strikes against them overnight Saturday were and more challenging to predict Iran’s next steps. In his statement …
Read More »Some Canadians are boycotting U.S. products and buying local in wake of Trump tariffs
Canadians have begun organizing efforts of their own to counteract U.S. tariffs imposed Saturday by President Donald Trump, with some heeding calls by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who quickly announced retaliatory levies against the U.S., to buy Canadian and boycott U.S. goods as much as possible. Giancarlo Trimarchi, past-chair of the Canadian Federation of Independent …
Read More »Ford ‘ripping up’ Ontario’s $100M contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink in wake of U.S. tariffs
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is “ripping up” Ontario’s nearly $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink in the wake of U.S. tariffs on virtually all Canadian goods, he said in a statement Monday. The contract, signed in November, was meant to provide high-speed internet access through Starlink’s satellite service to 15,000 eligible homes and businesses in rural, remote …
Read More »Bots and Indian TV push fake news about Canada in wake of Hindu temple clashes
A wave of misinformation about Canadian institutions is being amplified by suspected bot accounts on social media and by pro-Modi news outlets in India, raising concerns it could imperil relations between Sikhs and Hindus in Canada. CBC News reviewed hundreds of posts on X and dozens of hours of footage streamed …
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