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Canadian police and migrant aid groups are bracing for an influx of asylum-seekers fleeing President-elect Donald Trump’s United States at the same time Canada deals with record numbers of refugee claimants and is trying to bring in fewer immigrants. The former and now future U.S. president swept to power this week in part on a promise to enact the largest deportation in American history.Canadian police have been preparing for months, said RCMP Sergeant Charles Poirier on Thursday.“We knew a few months ago that we had to start prepping a contingency plan because if he comes into power, which now he will in a few months, it could drive illegal migration and irregular migration into (the province of) Quebec and into Canada,” he told Reuters.“Worst-case scenario would be people crossing in la...

By Zeke Miller, Michelle L. Price And Jill Colvin The Associated Press Posted November 7, 2024 6:08 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, the manager of his victorious campaign, as his White House chief of staff. Wiles is widely credited within and outside Trump’s inner circle for running what was, by far, his most disciplined and well-executed campaign. She largely avoided the spotlight, even refusing to take the mic to speak as Trump celebrated his victory early Wednesday morning.“Susie is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admir...

Within hours of Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Americans began looking to stockpile reproductive health medications, including emergency contraception and abortion pills, amid widespread fears that his administration could restrict access to these essential resources. The abortion pill mifepristone — sold as Mifegymiso in Canada and Mifeprex in the U.S. — has been flying off the shelves, with online retailers reporting a surge in demand as people take proactive steps to safeguard their reproductive autonomy, explained Elisa Wells, co-founder of Plan C, a U.S. public health initiative that helps facilitate medication abortion.“Prior to the election results coming out, earlier this month, we had 4,500 visitors per day. Yesterday, we had 82,900 visitors. It’s a huge surge in people look...

As the dust settles on the U.S. election and the world prepares for another Donald Trump presidency, Canadians may be wondering whether it raises the odds of a snap election here. That’s not likely, experts say.Canada’s next federal election is scheduled for the coming year and must happen no later than October 2025.However, the possibility of an earlier election has been raised with recent attempts by the Conservatives to topple the Trudeau government as well as the collapse of the NDP-Liberal deal.Trump’s election win comes at a time when support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal minority government has recently hit a “new low,” according to Ipsos polling exclusive to Global News in September after more than a year of trailing the Conservatives by double digits. S...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday urged Americans to “bring down the temperature” and vowed to “make every day count” for the remainder of his term before handing control of the White House, and the country, to president-elect Donald Trump next year. Speaking for the first time since his fellow Democrats suffered a crushing defeat to Trump in Tuesday’s U.S. election, Biden sought to both console Americans disappointed in Vice-President Kamala Harris’s loss and defend his legacy, despite voters delivering a strong rebuke to his presidency.“We’re leaving behind the strongest economy in the world,” Biden said in his brief remarks from the Rose Garden outside the White House, addressing his cabinet and staff. “I know people are still hurting, but things are changing rapidly.“Together, we’ve...

With a resounding Donald Trump victory, the outcome of the U.S. presidential election has been the talk of the town at Kamala Harris’s alma mater in Montreal. Westmount High School student Kadiatou Barrie, 14, was disappointed when she woke up Wednesday morning to learn that Harris will not take the top job at the White House. But the teen says she respects the results.“I thought Kamala Harris was what America needed, like really badly,” Barrie said. “But if they wanted Trump, I guess that’s what they want.”Long before she became an American vice-president and presidential candidate, Harris spent several years in the Canadian city as a teenager. She attended Westmount High for three years and graduated in 1981.Harris moved to Montreal so her mother Shyamala Gopalan, a breast cancer researc...

The Canadian Psychological Association says the U.S. election has worldwide impact and it’s normal for many Canadians to have strong emotions about it — whether they’re positive or negative. Association president Anita Gupta, a clinical psychologist, says if people are feeling anxious or distressed about the results, they may want to take a break from news coverage and social media.Gupta says some people may be sleep-deprived from staying up late the last couple of nights to follow the latest developments and she suggests prioritizing sleep tonight.She says simple acts of self-care, including eating well, staying hydrated, going outside or hugging a loved one can make a difference.Gupta says some people will feel the need to talk about their feelings of anxiety or distress, but others may ...

Hungary’s fiery, right-wing leader says Donald Trump’s victory will help his own battle against immigration and multiculturalism and restore traditional family values. In Argentina, a president who once bear-hugged Trump at a political conference in Maryland is attacking his critics as rats and parasites, ranting against what he calls a corrupt elite and calling climate change “a socialist lie.”Trump’s second term could realign U.S. diplomacy away from traditional international alliances and more toward populist, authoritarian politicians, according to both those leaders and outside observers. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary Two days before Tuesday’s election, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made a daring prediction. Story continues below ad...

Another U.S. election, another surge in “moving to Canada” Google searches. By now, it’s a pretty predictable trend — Americans dissatisfied with the results of their presidential election wake up the next morning and hit the search engines, trying to figure out how to make the move north of the border, with the hope that something better awaits them in our country.And despite president-elect Donald Trump promising to usher in a “golden age for America” in Tuesday night’s victory speech, it seems many Americans are skeptical, causing “moving to Canada” to peak on Google Trends starting Tuesday evening and continuing into Wednesday.Additionally, “how to legally move to Canada,” “moving to Canada from U.S.” and “moving to Canada requirements” all surged and appeared as breakout terms, Google...

Germany’s ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister and paved the way for a snap election, triggering political chaos in Europe’s largest economy hours after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. After sacking Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the Free Democrats (FDP) party, Scholz is expected to head a minority government with his Social Democrats and the Greens, the second-largest party.He would have to rely on cobbled-together parliamentary majorities to pass legislation and he plans to hold a parliamentary confidence vote in his government on Jan. 15.The collapse of Scholz’s three-way alliance caps months of wrangling over budget policy and Germany’s economic direction, with the government’s popularity sinking and far-r...