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CanadaAug 27, 2025

Pierre Poilievre's takes aim at Prime Minister Mark Carney over carbon tax

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's today took aim at Prime Minister Mark Carney over the carbon tax, saying Carney is bringing it back with Carbon Tax 2.0. Poilievre's said the Prime Minister has named it the Clean Fuel Standard and according to estimates by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), it will increase gas prices by 17 cents per litre. Poilievre's said the new tax is going to look exactly like the old tax. He added that Mark Carney thought no one would notice it but it came to the Conservatives' attention. Poilievre's announced that his party would oppose Carbon Tax 2.0 and
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CanadaAug 25, 2025

Carney travels to Kyiv in show of support for Ukraine

Prime Minister Mark Carney has travelled to Ukraine where he is expected to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Carney is in Kyiv as a special guest of Zelenskyy on Ukraine’s Independence Day. The trip marks Carney’s first visit to Ukraine as prime minister. Canada is a member of the Coalition of the Willing, a group of countries which have pledged to support Ukraine in its war against Russia and contribute to maintain peace if a ceasefire deal can be reached. Efforts are intensifying to reach a deal to end the conflict. U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a meeting with Russian Presid
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CanadaAug 22, 2025

Carney says he will travel to Germany next week to deepen ties

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will soon travel to Europe in a bid to deepen ties with Germany. He says he will be "picking up discussions" started with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the spring when the pair met in Rome and later at the G7 summit in Alberta. Carney says Canada has a good partnership with Germany but he believes it can be better. The German government revealed ahead of Carney's announcement that he would meet with Merz on Tuesday morning. Berlin's statement says the two leaders are expected to discuss current foreign and economic policy issues. Carney says Natural Res
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CanadaAug 21, 2025

Tariffs: Quebec liquor board prepares to destroy $300,000 worth of American alcohol

The Quebec liquor board may be forced to destroy $300,000 worth of American alcohol that the province has banned from stores. The provincial government on March 4 ordered the state-owned corporation to empty shelves of U.S. alcohol in response to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. At the time, other provinces including Ontario and Alberta directed their liquor regulators to stop buying all American alcohol, while B.C. banned liquor from "red states" that voted for Trump in the 2024 election. U.S. alcohol purchased before the boycott is being stored, but Quebec's liquor board says that
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BCAug 20, 2025

Poilievre unveils action plan to combat extortion during Surrey visit

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre unveiled a three-point action plan to combat extortion-related crime during a press conference held today at the Royal King Banquet Hall in Surrey -the same location where a shooting incident took place on July 21, 2025. Flanked by Abbotsford–South Langley MP Sukhman Gill, and candidates Sukh Pandher and Jassie Sahota (a police officer), Poilievre said extortion-related crimes have surged by 330% under Liberal rule. He attributed this rise to the repeal of mandatory jail terms for gun-related extortion under Bills C-5 and C-75. “Extortion-related
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CanadaAug 19, 2025

Flight attendants union says tentative deal reached to end Air Canada strike

Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants have reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on Saturday morning. The airline says it will gradually begin operations today. The two sides met through the night with a federal mediator before reaching a tentative agreement that will be brought to members of the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The union also says it must advise that members must "fully co-operate with resumption of operations." The federal government intervened in the strike on Saturday morning, invoking Section 107 of the La
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BCAug 15, 2025

Officials hope rain clear heavy smoke from wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C.

Officials on Vancouver Island are hoping rain in the forecast can help clear up the air quality muddied by an out-of-control wildfire. The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District says wildland firefighters have said the rain may improve air quality locally, but that it's hard to be certain. The west central region is under an air quality statement, along with parts of Vancouver Island's east coast and the Sunshine coast region on the B.C. mainland. The intense Mount Underwood wildfire has grown to more than 34 square kilometres, with fire behaviour that the BC Wildfire Service says is "unusual" fo
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BCAug 14, 2025

German soccer star Thomas Muller focused on winning titles with Vancouver Whitecaps

German soccer legend Thomas Müller says he feels “too good to retire” as he begins a new chapter with the Vancouver Whitecaps, aiming to add Major League Soccer titles after 17 years with Bayern Munich.The 35-year-old midfielder was officially introduced in Vancouver, where he told reporters the move was about ambition: “I chose Vancouver because this team has a chance to win — not only this year, but also next year.” Müller scored 250 goals for Bayern and helped Germany win the 2014 FIFA World Cup, earning the Golden Boot in 2010. For Surrey, where several Whitecaps players trace
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CanadaAug 13, 2025

Roughly 20,000 people under wildfire evacuation alert in Newfoundland and Labrador

Thousands of people in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital and elsewhere in the province are under evacuation alerts as wildfires continue to threaten communities. About 5,400 residents in two areas of St. John's were told on Tuesday to be ready to leave their homes at a moment's notice. They joined roughly 15,000 others in parts of the nearby communities of Paradise and Conception Bay South who were placed under evacuation alerts a day earlier. The wildfire threatening the towns was about 250 metres from the Trans-Canada Highway on Tuesday night. Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and the c

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CanadaMar 11, 2026

Canada-wide warrant issued for 24-year-old man charged in Surrey homicide of Navdeep Kaur

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a 24-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Surrey woman who was reported missing in 2024. Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said 24-year-old Amarbir Singh has been charged in the killing of 28-year-old Navdeep Kaur. Police say Kaur was reported missing by family members to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Surrey on Feb. 23, 2024. Investigators with the Surrey RCMP Missing Persons Unit gathered evidence that led them to believe she had been the victim of a homicide. IHIT took over the case in March 2024 and worked wit
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BCMar 11, 2026

Pacific storm brings wind warnings and mountain snow across southern B.C.

A Pacific storm system moved into southwestern British Columbia on Wednesday, bringing wind warnings for coastal communities and fresh snowfall forecasts for higher elevations across the province. Environment Canada said in a special weather statement that there is a slight chance of brief sea-level snowfall in parts of Metro Vancouver as the system moves through. Any low-elevation snow is expected to be short-lived. Flurries earlier in the week did not accumulate at Vancouver International Airport, keeping Vancouver on track for what could become its first officially snow-free winter in more
WorldMar 11, 2026

International Energy Agency to release 400 million barrels from emergency reserves amid Middle East conflict

The International Energy Agency says it will release 400 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves to help offset supply disruptions linked to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. According to the agency, the move is intended to stabilize global oil markets and reduce pressure from rising crude prices as the war affects supply routes and production in the region. The IEA said the decision represents the largest coordinated release of emergency oil stocks in the agency’s history. The organization has not yet confirmed when the oil will begin entering global markets or how quickly the
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CanadaMar 11, 2026

Surrey police seek additional victims after youth charged with indecent exposure incidents

Surrey police say a youth has been charged with three counts of indecent exposure following a series of reported incidents in the Clayton Heights and Cloverdale areas. According to a release from the Surrey Police Service and the RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit, investigators have documented multiple incidents between September 2025 and March 2026. Police allege the suspect exposed himself to women in the Clayton Heights neighbourhood and in downtown Cloverdale. Officers say they have spoken with several victims so far, ranging in age from 14 to 38. Investigators believe additio
WorldMar 11, 2026

Drone strike hits school and health centre in southern Sudan, killing 17

An explosive-laden drone struck a secondary school and a health care centre in southern Sudan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, most of them schoolgirls, according to a hospital official and a medical group. Dr. Musa al-Majeri, director of Douiem Hospital, said the attack occurred in a village served by the facility, which is the nearest major hospital in the area. He said at least 10 other people were wounded and were being treated after the strike. The drone strike has been blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which have been fighting the Sudanese military since civ