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By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted September 30, 2025 11:40 am Updated September 30, 2025 11:44 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump’s “historic new Middle East peace plan,” which Washington has asked Ottawa to sell to other nations. Trump’s plan to put the Gaza Strip and its 2.1 million Palestinians under an international security force has been endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Be...

Controversial Irish hip-hop group Kneecap has still not received official notice from the Canadian government about whether they are barred from entering Canada, the band’s manager said Monday, 10 days after their apparent entry ban was announced. “No notice on anything,” band manager Daniel Lambert told Global News in an email, “just Vince’s social media video.”Lambert was referring to Liberal MP Vince Gasparro, the parliamentary secretary for combating crime, who posted a video to his social media on Sept. 19 saying the government has deemed Kneecap’s members ineligible to enter Canada.“On behalf of the Government of Canada I am announcing that on the advice of our officials, we have deemed the group Kneecap ineligible to enter our country,” Gasparro said in the post.Kneecap, which has b...

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted September 29, 2025 1:39 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told the United Nations General Assembly today that Canada “does not retreat from duty” at a time of numerous global crises. Anand’s speech on behalf of Canada combined humanitarian and security concerns along with Ottawa’s desire to be what Anand called “an attractive destination for international capital.”She also says Canada will be part of the political process that follows the Israel-Hamas war, and will help in every way possible. ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The United States will impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies made outside the country, along with foreign-made furniture, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post. However, it is not immediately clear how such tariffs, particularly those on movies, could work.The “movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries,” Trump said. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Trump blamed California Gov. Gavin Newsom.“California, with its weak and incompetent Governor, has been particular...

By David Baxter The Canadian Press Posted September 28, 2025 8:16 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size LONDON – Prime Minister Mark Carney is returning to Ottawa after a trip to London that saw him meet with four other prime ministers and attend the Women’s Rugby World Cup final. Carney says that his meetings with U.K, Australian, Icelandic and Spanish prime ministers on Friday is a “necessary” step in the government’s goal of lessening Canada’s economic reliance on the U.S. Related Videos ...

By David Baxter The Canadian Press Posted September 27, 2025 8:43 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney says his recent international trips and meetings with world leaders are “necessary” to opening new markets for Canadian products. On a four-day trip to London, Carney says his meeting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is to ensure the two leaders are on track to make progress on economic and security measures they agreed to during a June meeting in Ottawa. Related Videos ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in London for meetings with the leaders of the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and Iceland to discuss trade and security. Carney had been scheduled to meet Friday with the Danish prime minister, but that meeting was cancelled.Four drones flew over Danish airports Wednesday night into Thursday morning, raising security concerns linked to recent Russian incursions into NATO nations’ airspace.Carney took part in a panel discussion Friday at the Global Progress Action Summit with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Iceland’s Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir.The panel focused on how centre-left political parties can compete with growing right-wing populism.Carney said “like-minded” countries must work together in...

OTTAWA – First Nations chiefs in Saskatchewan say they want answers after a forensic audit of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations concluded more than $34 million of the organization’s spending between April 2019 and March 2024 was “questionable,” unsupported or ineligible. “The FSIN has a long-standing history that has been there to advocate for treaty and inherent rights for our First Nations people across Saskatchewan, and the only way we can get that back is by being honest,” Chief Marc Arcand of the Saskatoon Tribal Council told a media conference in Saskatchewan.“To the chief and to the vice chiefs, start taking some responsibility. Start being honest with your people. Start talking to your people, whether you did something right or something wrong.”The forensic audit, cond...

Louisiana’s lieutenant-governor is urging U.S. President Donald Trump to offer an apology to Canada following his remarks earlier this year, in which he suggested that the country should become the “51st state.” Lt.-Gov. Billy Nungesser shared that during a week-long tourism promotion trip to Canada for New Orleans and Louisiana, he faced significant pushback linked to the comments made by Trump.“I didn’t realize what the impact has been until I got here, but the pushback from the president’s comments about the 51st state, the tariffs, have really left a bad taste in Canadians’ mouths,” Nungesser said during an interview with Fox 8 Live. Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser (L) at a news conference at the Saenger Theater in New Orleans on June 4, 2024. ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size OTTAWA – A forensic audit of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says more than $34 million of the organization’s spending between April 2019 and March 2024 was “questionable,” unsupported or ineligible. The forensic audit, conducted by KPMG for the federal government, examined federal funds provided by Indigenous Services Canada to the organization, which represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan.The department said last March the audit would review more than $141 million in funding provided since April 2019.The audit found that $25 million of the $30 million the organization received for COVID-19-related funding was spent in a way that was “questionable.” It also said KPMG c...