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Polls have closed in municipal elections held across most of Quebec’s approximately 1,100 municipalities. In Montreal, residents have cast their ballots to select a new mayor following Valérie Plante’s decision not to seek a third term.Recent surveys suggest Soraya Martinez Ferrada — a former federal Liberal cabinet minister and current leader of the centrist Ensemble Montréal — is the frontrunner in the race. Ensemble Montréal leader and mayoral candidate Soraya Martínez Ferrada casts her ballot on municipal election day in Montreal, Sunday, November 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes She has portrayed herself as the candidate of change and giving herself four years to solve the problem of homeless encampments. She h...

Prime Minister Mark Carney was counselled to push back during an April call with Donald Trump if the U.S. president revived his complaints about border security, fentanyl from Canada or low defence spending, a newly released memo shows. Federal officials prepared the internal memo to guide Carney’s conversation with Trump following the Liberal party’s April 28 election victory.A concise Canadian summary of the April 29 call, released that day, says Trump congratulated Carney and that the leaders agreed on the importance of working together — as independent, sovereign nations — for their mutual betterment.“To that end, the leaders agreed to meet in person in the near future,” reads Canada’s official readout from the meeting.The memo drafted for Carney, obtained by The Canadian Press through...

As the federal government prepares to release a budget expected to see major new investments and spending along with a higher deficit, Canadians say they’re most concerned about measures to reduce their cost of living, according to a new poll. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found 42 per cent of respondents want the budget, set to be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, to prioritize helping with the increasing cost of everyday expenses.That number far outpaces Prime Minister Mark Carney’s stated priorities for transforming the Canadian economy — including investing in the Canadian military and national defence (15 per cent), funding major projects and infrastructure (15 per cent), and even measures to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs (25 per cent).At the same time, thr...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Beijing doesn’t understand how seriously Canadians take issues of foreign interference, after raising them with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “We had a discussion on foreign interference,” Carney told reporters Saturday before leaving the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Gyeongju, South Korea.“I don’t think they recognize the level of concerns we have about these issues, but we manage these issues in Canada; we have a structure to manage them.”The prime minister also referred to China as “the rising economic power.”Carney and Xi met alongside top officials Friday for 40 minutes, in what was the first formal meeting between leaders of the two countries since 2017. Both characterized it as a turning point in the relationship.A public inquiry in Janua...

OTTAWA – When Nancy Payne lays a wreath on Remembrance Day at the National War Memorial, it won’t be the first time she’s represented mothers of Canadian soldiers who have died in combat. But it will be her first on such a stage.Payne has laid a wreath at her local Remembrance Day ceremony as a Silver Cross Mother every year since 2006, when her son was killed in Afghanistan.While Payne typically attends her local ceremony in Lansdowne, Ont., her husband David Payne — who served 30 years in the Canadian Armed Forces infantry — attends the larger ceremony 15 minutes down the road in Gananoque.“We spread ourselves around so we’re not both at the same one, so we’re out and about in the community,” Nancy said. Related Videos ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Beijing doesn’t understand how seriously Canadians take issues of foreign interference, after raising them with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “We had a discussion on foreign interference,” Carney told reporters Saturday before leaving the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Gyeongju, South Korea.“I don’t think they recognize the level of concerns we have about these issues, but we manage these issues in Canada; we have a structure to manage them.”The prime minister also referred to China as “the rising economic power.”Carney and Xi met alongside top officials Friday for 40 minutes, in what was the first formal meeting between leaders of the two countries since 2017. Both characterized it as a turning point in the relationship.A public inquiry in Janua...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he apologized to United States President Donald Trump after an Ontario anti-tariff ad aired in the U.S. last week. Carney made the comments Saturday from South Korea at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit when asked by reporters whether an apology was made.“I did apologize to the president. The president was offended by the ad, and it’s not something I would have done, which is to put in place that advertisement, and so I apologized to him,” Carney said.“I’m the one who is responsible, in my role as prime minister for the relationship with the President of the United States, and the federal government is responsible for the foreign relationship with the U.S. government. So, things happen. We take the good with the bad, and I apologized to him.” ...

A new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News shows that most Canadians believe the federal government should ensure that foreign buyers are not able to purchase companies that develop the country’s key natural resources, such as oil and gas, forestry and mining. The survey of 1,000 Canadians aged 18 years and older was conducted between Oct. 25 and 27.It found that 64 per cent of people surveyed believe the federal government should ensure foreign buyers are prevented from purchasing such companies.On the other hand, 36 per cent say they believe it’s OK for foreign-owned businesses to acquire such companies. A new Ipsos poll, conducted exclusively for Global News, shows that close to two-thirds of Canadians think Ottawa should prevent foreign firms from ow...

By Jack Farrell The Canadian Press Posted October 31, 2025 3:34 pm Updated October 31, 2025 3:35 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on the federal government to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court ruling on child sexual abuse and exploitation materials. The top court has ruled that one-year mandatory minimum sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography are unconstitutional. ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Prime Minister Mark Carney “apologized” for the Ontario government’s anti-tariff TV ad that scuttled Canada-U.S. trade talks when the two leaders met in Asia this week. Asked aboard Air Force One on his way back to the U.S. from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Malaysia and South Korea if negotiations will resume, Trump said “no” before praising Carney.“I have a very good relationship. I like him a lot,” he told reporters.“He apologized for what they did with the commercial, because it was a false commercial. … He did apologize, and I appreciate it. We had a great dinner with other countries, and I think we have a very good relationship. Personally, I think that what they did was wrong, but he apologized.”Global News has reached...