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Canadians flock to advance polls over long weekend A record number of Canadians voted in advance polls on Friday, with more casting their ballots over the long weekend. Though voting has started, not all of the parties have released fully costed platforms. The Latest Liberal Leader Mark Carney was inContinue Reading

The gold leaf halls of Paris’s Luxembourg Palace have witnessed countless stirring moments of oratory in the roughly 200 years that it has hosted French senators and other parliamentarians, but the moment that stands out of late belongs to Claude Malhuret and his incendiary takedown of U.S. President Donald Trump.Continue Reading

The timing couldn’t be better for Chinese President Xi Jinping as he wraps up a tour of three countries in Southeast Asia amid growing tariff pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump. “It’s a very smart move,” said Gil Lan, an associate professor in the law and business department at the TedContinue Reading

World The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Harvard University will lose its ability to enrol foreign students if it does not meet demands from the Trump administration to share information on some visa holders, marking the government’s latest escalation against the educational institution. Harvard has resisted government pressure toContinue Reading

World U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated suggestion that Canada become the 51st state has had a major dampening effect on tourism to the U.S., with Canadians making public declarations about cancelling their U.S. vacations or refusing to visit their southern neighbour altogether. Canada was top source of international visitors toContinue Reading

Carney says U.S. auto tariffs are ‘misguided,’ as report suggests Honda may move some production Mark Carney said Tuesday he’s worried about the impact of U.S. tariffs on investor confidence in Quebec and across Canada. The Liberal Leader, who took questions on the issue in both English in French duringContinue Reading

From missed work to mounting debt, permanent residents say being stranded abroad without their Canadian identification has left lasting scars. CBC News recently shared Helen Bobat’s story. She spent weeks trying to gain approval to fly into Canada without her stolen permanent resident card. The permanent resident of Canada and citizen of Britain madeContinue Reading

When Volodymyr Niankin rushed to the centre of Sumy to meet his wife and their seven-year-old son who made it to a shelter just moments before a missile exploded above, he described coming across a post-apocalyptic scene. Bodies were scattered across the ground and cars were engulfed in flames, heContinue Reading

Toronto A Toronto woman is raising concerns about her privacy being breached after she received a text message transcript of her conversation with her roommates during a Lyft ride last month. Ride-sharing company says incident was not part of audio recording pilot it’s testing in some U.S. cities Nicole BrockbankContinue Reading