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The Ontario Liberals will look to hold their third leadership race since 2020, following a resignation announcement by Bonnie Crombie, who received a weak show of support at the party’s annual general meeting. Crombie, who won the party’s last leadership race in late 2023, said in a statement that she believes it is the best decision for the party to facilitate an orderly transition toward a leadership vote and she plans to resign upon the selection of a new leader.“I looked out at our audience today and thought about all the conversations I’ve had over the last few days…conversations with Ontario Liberals who see that the future of this province is bright and who are ready to make sure it happens with us in the driver’s seat,” she wrote in a statement.“I want to do everything I can to ens...

By David Baxter The Canadian Press Posted September 14, 2025 11:03 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The House of Commons reconvenes tomorrow, which will see Prime Minister Mark Carney square off with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Parliament for the first time. Poilievre will once again take a seat in the House of Commons after winning a byelection in Alberta last month. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. The first few week...

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government will face the House of Commons next week for the first time since June. It begins the fall sitting of Parliament with an approval rating among Canadians that no government has seen in nearly a decade, according to new polling done exclusively for Global News by Ipsos. While Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre has derided the Carney government’s activities since June as a “Seinfeld summer,” a summer in which Conservatives argue the government did “nothing,” Ipsos found that, over the summer, the Carney government’s approval rating has climbed by 10 points and now sits at 58 per cent.Ipsos has not measured such a high approval rating for a government since Justin Trudeau’s government notched 61 per cent approval after its first year in office.“So ‘Seinf...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her latest meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney has inspired optimism and he is demonstrating a “real shift” from the previous Justin Trudeau-led Liberals. Speaking in Edmonton on Thursday, she said she understands why Albertans might feel the rug has been pulled out from them several times before, but she’s committed to diplomacy.“I found more common ground with the prime minister when I met with him yesterday than I have in any meeting with a prime minister,” she said.“I would encourage Albertans to not lose faith in the process. Let’s work together on it because we’re all stronger together.” She also took to social media following the face-to-face, saying there are details to be worked out but she looks forward to an agreement that will benefit...

Prime Minister Mark Carney has laid out the details of what he says are the first series of major projects in the “national interest” aimed at boosting Canada’s economy, creating jobs and reducing reliance on the United States. This comes as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, brought on by his administration’s tariff policies, has led to higher costs for Canadian businesses to operate and sent ripple effects across the economy. This includes a recent drop in Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) and impacts on the labour force, with unemployment rising above seven per cent in August.These projects are aimed at various sectors, identified as energy, materials, and shipping and logistics.“To strengthen Canada’s independence, our resilience, our security, we will build with Canadian ste...

The first major industrial projects under the federal government’s strategy to reduce Canada’s economic reliance on the U.S. will be announced Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney told his caucus on Wednesday. The prime minister vowed that these “transformative” projects will align both with the interests of Indigenous people and with Canada’s climate goals.Carney said he wants to “turbocharge” Canada’s economy through “major nation-building projects that connect our regions, that diversify our products and build new markets and create those hundreds of thousands of high-paying careers for our workers, from the trades to technology.”Carney made the comments in Edmonton in a speech to Liberal MPs attending a caucus retreat ahead of the return of the House of Commons next week. ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size You can read more here on what it means for Poland to invoke NATO’s Article 4 after Russia’s drone incursion. Russia’s drone incursion into Poland on Tuesday was “reckless” and shows a “total disregard” for peace efforts, Prime Minister Mark Carney says.“Russia’s incursion into Polish airspace last night was reckless and escalatory. Canada stands with Poland and our NATO Allies,” Carney said in a statement posted to X.Poland said Wednesday that multiple Russian drones entered its territory over the course of several hours and were shot down with help from NATO allies, describing the incursion as an “act of aggression” carried out during a wave of Russian strikes on Ukraine.Canada is watchi...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 9, 2025 1:26 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal caucus is meeting in Edmonton this week ahead of the fall sitting of Parliament. It’s the first time the caucus has met since June, and the first caucus retreat held outside Ottawa since Carney took over the party’s leadership last March. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. It comes as Carney has a lofty fal...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 8, 2025 2:18 pm Updated September 8, 2025 5:14 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Alberta government has officially revised its school book ban to state that written descriptions of sex are OK, but images and illustrations of sex are not. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said visual depictions have been the government’s main concern from the start.He said images are easy to comprehend, while some young readers ...

President Donald Trump was greeted with a mix of cheers and boos on his arrival at the U.S. Open final on Sunday, with the majority of the stadium seats empty and match start time delayed due to enhanced security checks. An ABC television broadcast showed Trump stepping out of a box seat to wave to the still-sparse crowd but did not include crowd audio.The United States Tennis Association had asked broadcasters to remove any reaction to Trump, according to reports over the weekend.A USTA spokesperson told Reuters the association regularly asked broadcasters “to refrain from showcasing off-court disruptions.”The match start time, originally set for 2 p.m. ET (1800 GMT), was delayed by 30 minutes due to security checks announced U.S. Open organizers, about a half hour before it was set to be...