THE PULSE OF THE PLANET
Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring home 1,200 Ukrainian prisoners, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, a day after his national security chief announced progress in negotiations. “We are … counting on the resumption of POW exchanges,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “Many meetings, negotiations and calls are currently taking place…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his office will not say if his caucus will be whipped by party leadership and urged to vote against Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget next week — a vote that could trigger another election if the minority government falls. Asked by reporters in Calgary on Friday if he was confident…
By Staff The Associated Press Posted November 14, 2025 5:45 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits. It’s part of a response to pressure…
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has “limited room to cut taxes” with the fiscal deficit projected to balloon after Budget 2025, a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office said on Thursday. The PBO published its independent assessment of Budget 2025, highlighting “financial pressures and concerns about transparency.” “According to the PBO, the Government has limited…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 13, 2025 5:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she’s on board with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s second batch of key major projects picked out for potential fast-track approval. Carney announced Thursday seven additional major energy and…
Canada is taking “positive” steps to boost its defence spending and military presence in Europe, but Canadians themselves need to take collective responsibility toward national security to counter growing threats from nations like Russia, Latvia’s envoy says. In an interview with Global News in Vancouver, Kaspars Ozoliņš, Latvia’s ambassador to Canada, said “unfriendly countries” are…
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to announce the next batch of major projects the government is submitting for possible fast-track approval. A senior Ontario government source tells The Canadian Press the Crawford Nickel Project will be among the projects Carney announces he is forwarding to the new Major Projects Office. Ontario…
By Sarah Ritchie The Canadian Press Posted November 12, 2025 5:03 pm Updated November 12, 2025 5:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pierre Poilievre gave a blunt “no” today when asked if the recent turmoil in his caucus has caused him to reflect on his leadership style. The…
The prospect of an Alberta sovereignty referendum triggered a wave of clickbait stories on video-sharing sites earlier this year. But in a development that one expert calls “troubling,” content farms that typically use AI to narrate videos have come up with a way around crackdowns on such content – using real people. With the proliferation…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ottawa says it’s looking to hire a permanent parliamentary budget officer — someone with “tact and discretion” — just a few months after appointing a highly critical fiscal watchdog on an interim basis. The federal government’s list of governor-in-council appointments includes a posting for a new budget…
