CanadaApr 30, 2025
Trump says he'll meet with Carney 'within the next week'
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House ``within the next week.''Carney and Trump spoke on the phone Tuesday and the president described the prime minister as a very nice gentleman.Trumps say he expects to have a ``great relationship'' with Canada.Trump weighed in on the Canadian election, calling it a tight race and saying the outcome makes it ``complicated for the country.''Carney has previously said he was open to meeting with Trump if the president respects Canadian sovereignty and is open to talking about a common approach to trade.
CanadaApr 30, 2025
Mental health trouble leads to public safety issues, Vancouver's mayor says
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says people are "sick and tired" of inquiries and reviews into the recurring pattern of people in a mental health crisis that become a public safety crisis.
Sim says the man accused of killing 11 people by driving a vehicle through a street lined with festival goers Saturday was under the care of a mental health team and on extended leave.
He says the information was incredibly difficult to hear and even harder to accept because it points to the deeper failure in the mental health care system in British Columbia.
Premier David Eby has said he will call an inquiry if the
CanadaApr 30, 2025
Economy shrunk 0.2% in February, StatCan estimates 1.5% annualized growth for Q1
Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy contracted in February but early signs suggest moderate growth in March.
The agency says real gross domestic product decreased 0.2 per cent in February.
That was driven by a 0.6 per cent decline for goods-producing industries, with mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction and construction contributing the most to the decrease.
Services-producing industries edged 0.1 per cent lower in February as contractions in transportation and warehousing, along with real estate, rental and leasing, were partially offset by a rise in finance and insurance.
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CanadaApr 30, 2025
Carney's Liberals will form a minority government
In Canada, the Liberal Party, led by Mark Carney, is forming a minority government with 169 seats, just three seats short of a majority. The Conservatives, meanwhile, will be the main opposition with 144 seats. The Bloc Québécois has 22 seats this time and the NDP has only 7 seats in the House of Commons, falling short of the minimum 12 seats required for official party status.
Official status gives parties the right to sit on parliamentary committees and ask more questions during question period. One of the New Democrats says his party will bring a motion to Parliament to retain official s
CanadaApr 30, 2025
Hockey players' sexual assault trial shown security, phone videos
The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team watched security footage today from a bar and the hotel where the players were staying the night of the alleged incident.
Court has also seen cellphone videos taken by one of the accused players and another member of the team over the course of the night.
Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault.
McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.
The charges stem from an enc
IndiaApr 30, 2025
After cricket and politics, Navjot Sidhu will now play YouTube innings
Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife are completely staying away from politics, Navjot Singh Sidhu announced his new YouTube channel today in a press conference and indicated that he will stay away from politics.
Although he has neither been active in politics for a long time nor has he left the Congress. Talking about his new YouTube channel, Sidhu said that it will be a place where I will not do anything politically motivated; I will only post things related to my life, from which people will get to learn something.
WorldApr 30, 2025
Pakistan claims India can strike within 36 hours
Pakistan has expressed its fear of being attacked by India. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif's Information and Broadcasting Minister Ataullah Tarar issued a statement late at night claiming that India can take military action against Pakistan in the next 24 to 36 hours.
Tarar said that he has received reliable intelligence that India can do this using the Pahalgam incident as an excuse. He said that Pakistan itself has been a victim of terrorism and truly understands the pain of this crisis and we have always condemned it in the world.
Tarar said that if India carries out any military attack,
CanadaApr 30, 2025
Green co-leader Pedneault resigns
In Canada, Jonathan Pednault, the co-president of the Green Party at the federal level, has resigned from the party leadership. Pednault had to face a defeat in the Outremont riding of Montreal, finishing fourth, against the Liberal Party's Rachel Bendayan. He said in a statement on social media that I have failed twice to convince the people of my constituency to send me to Ottawa, so I am resigning immediately.
It is worth noting that Bendayan, who won the Outremont riding of Montreal by a large margin, was appointed by Mark Carney as the immigration minister in his cabinet before the elect
CanadaApr 30, 2025
Psychiatrist had concerns during fitness test for Calgary man accused of killing stranger
Court has heard that a psychiatrist who deemed a Calgary man fit to stand trial for a fatal attack on a woman had concerns the accused suffered from an underlying psychotic illness.
Michael Adenyi is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old fitness instructor Vanessa Ladouceur in the city's downtown in March 2022.
The 29-year-old has testified he believed he was attacking a creature when he assaulted the woman and his lawyers are arguing he is not criminally responsible by reason of a medical disorder.
Dr. David Tano assessed Adenyi in April 2022 and deemed him