On Tuesday, Israelis will go to the polls in what may be the most emotionally charged election in the country’s history. Having grown up in Israel and witnessed its political battles for decades, I cannot recall another election in which the divisions were so personal, the accusations so devastating, and the consequences perceived as so […]

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ATLANTA (AP) — He’s hardly the first billionaire to promise working-class voters he’ll fight for them in public office. Rick Jackson, the Republican candidate for Georgia governor, has even compared himself to the real estate mogul who reached the Oval Office. But Jackson’s path differs from Donald Trump’s, and the 72-year-old healthcare magnate and investor […]

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QUÉBEC — Quebec’s new premier, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, will not attend the First Nations-First Ministers’ Meeting in Ottawa on Monday. The meeting includes Prime Minister Mark Carney, the premiers of Canada’s provinces and territories, the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, and other leaders. It is preceded Sunday by a […]

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CHARLOTTETOWN — The historic provincial legislature in Charlottetown officially reopened today after an extensive restoration that took almost 12 years to complete. The neo-classical building, known as Province House, was opened for its first legislative session in 1847, making it the second-oldest legislature in Canada. It is best known as the site of intense political […]

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Toronto police are seeking the public’s help in locating three missing children, allegedly abducted by their mother from the Midland Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East area.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In 2022, Democrat Wiley Nickel ran as a moderate and narrowly won North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District by about 9,000 votes. Two years later, the current congressman, Republican Brad Knott, ran as a conservative and coasted into the U.S. House by more than 70,000 votes. Voters didn’t change their minds. Politicians […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has had little trouble drawing a crowd. In a final campaign swing with progressive candidates across the country, the Democratic congresswoman from New York packed rooms in Michigan’s deeply Republican Upper Peninsula, where chants of “AOC” broke out. In Ohio and Maine, hundreds of students turned out to catch a […]

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Having had a few days now to watch realtime reactions to Monday’s Alberta referendum result, I keep thinking of the U.S. Civil War. It was the first major war, the first continental-scale war, to be conducted in the face of mass media, and in the presence of “news” as we now understand it; and, of […]

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British Columbia voters headed to the polls on Saturday, closing out an unusually turbulent election period that could see the Conservative party take power in a surprising upset, potentially unseating the province’s NDP premier following his highly unpopular snap election call. Polling just before election day showed Eby’s NDP trailing the British Columbia Conservative Party […]

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“More than 80 years ago, in the aftermath of the Second World War, nations came together to build a new foundation for peace and cooperation. Canada helped lay that foundation, playing a pivotal role in shaping the United Nations (UN) Charter in 1945. Its founding principles have never been more important. The post-war order is […]

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In 2022, Democrat Wiley Nickel ran as a moderate and narrowly won North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District by about 9,000 votes. Two years later, the current congressman, Republican Brad Knott, ran as a conservative and coasted into the U.S. House by more than 70,000 votes. Voters didn’t change their minds. Politicians […]

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Canadians in the Atlantic region and on the Prairies are most likely to think there are too many immigrants coming to this country while British Columbians and Quebecers are least likely to see it that way, according to a new poll. When you look at all 10 provinces, 45 per cent of Canadians polled said […]

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KALAMA, Wash. (AP) — Colorado and Washington are reliably Democratic states where elected officials have rejected moves to ban transgender women and girls from female sports competitions. Now activists have gone around lawmakers to put proposed bans on both states’ ballots. At a time when some Democratic leaders nationwide are recalibrating their approach to transgender […]

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A new report from the Fraser Institute notes that, of the 32 high-income countries offering universal health care, Canada ranks among the highest for spending but falls consistently at the bottom when it comes to results. The report , “Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries,” by Mackenzie Moir and Nadeem Esmail, is the latest […]

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David Eby called an election two years early because he thought he had an easy cakewalk to a large or even super majority. The most recent polls suggest it may well be Eby who has handed his opposition — the B.C. Conservative party led by Lorne Doerksen — a large or even super majority. If […]

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The Alberta referendum results across all 10 questions came out as well as Canadian federalists could have hoped. Seventy-five per cent voted against Albertan independence, a convincing result and probably as large a percentage as a similar question would achieve in a referendum in Texas. If Albertans had voted ambiguously on this vital issue, it […]

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On Oct. 5, Quebec voters returned the separatist Parti Québécois to power after more than a decade in the wilderness. Its leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, has promised a third referendum on sovereignty during his first mandate. On Monday, Albertans voted on whether to take the first step toward a referendum on separation. St-Pierre Plamondon will […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Canada treats us very badly.” “They are one of the worst countries in the world to deal with.” “(Canada’s leaders) are nasty people.” President Donald Trump has said plenty of negative things about Canada in recent years, especially on trade, yet Americans remain largely positive toward Canada. A new Pew Research Center […]

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OTTAWA — Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is feeling the weight of the moment as she approaches something her predecessors sought for years: a sit-down meeting with the prime minister and premiers. “I look at some of our former leaders that had to really push and pull just to open these […]

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TORONTO — Eric Apps had an inkling of who would get his vote in Toronto’s municipal election, but the lawyer wanted a second opinion before making his final decision. In Parkdale-High Park, his usual safe choice in longtime councillor Gord Perks was taken away when the 63-year-old decided to retire. The race for the city’s […]

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s threat to hold the Palestinian Authority “to account” for not holding elections this year is not a joke, but it’s certainly laughable. Just what is Carney and his Liberal government going to do? Unrecognize Palestine? Ask for our many millions of dollars back? Call Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and tell […]

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OTTAWA — Havana is urging Ottawa not to drop its public opposition to the decades-long U.S. embargo as Washington ramps up pressure on countries supporting Cuba. “We are confident that Canada will stay with us, as they have done in the past,” Cuban Ambassador to Canada Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz told The Canadian Press. “The blockade […]

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VICTORIA — British Columbians go to the polls today in an early election called by NDP Leader David Eby in the biggest gamble of his political life. The five-week campaign saw the major parties fight over issues from health care to housing, the province’s record deficit and the increasing cost of living. Polls open at […]

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