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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 20, 2025 6:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says she and Prime Minister Mark Carney are aligned on priorities including public transportation and housing. Plante and Carney met at Montreal City Hall for the first time since Carney was elected in April.Montreal’s mayor told reporters after the meeting that the two had productive discussions and formed a strong rapport. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivere...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Conservatives will hold Prime Minister Mark Carney “accountable” when Parliament returns in the fall, Leader Pierre Poilievre said at his first press conference since securing a return to the House of Commons. “It’s great to be back in action,” Poilievre told reporters in B.C., days after he won the byelection in the federal Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot on Monday.Poilievre was ousted from his previously held Ottawa-area riding of Carleton in April’s federal election by Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy. 5:51 Poilievre wins Alberta byelection, securing return to House of Commons ...

California Republicans have filed a lawsuit requesting that the state’s supreme court stop Democrats from moving forward with a plan to redraw congressional districts. It marks the latest in a set of moves by numerous state leaders to counteract congressional redistricting efforts in Texas.The nationwide struggle began when U.S. President Donald Trump asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to help Republicans increase their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives by redrawing Texas congressional maps in a manner that would win them five additional seats. U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. ...

A Democratic lawmaker has vowed to stay in the Texas Capitol rather than accept an around-the-clock police escort that Republicans imposed to keep her and her colleagues from leaving the state again and further delaying the GOP’s redrawing of congressional districts as President Donald Trump wants. State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth said in an interview Tuesday she would sleep on the House floor until Labour Day if she had to, reports NBC News. As of Tuesday afternoon, she’s remained in the room for more than 24 hours.It’s a further act of resistance from Collier, who joined dozens of Texas Democrats in a two-week walkout after Democrats in California heeded Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call to counter the GOP effort in Texas by redrawing districts there.And while the walk-out ended Monday, Co...