Jan 8, 2025 · At a Parliament Hill press conference on Jan. 3, Green Party leader Elizabeth May had choice words when responding to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's recent comments that Canada should become the 51st state.

Jan 7, 2025 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he will resign as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party chooses a successor. Trudeau, who was first elected Oct. 19, 2015, steps down after nearly a decade in power.

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Jan 9, 2025 · The sun rises after the Palisades Fire ravaged a neighbourhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Jan 20, 2025 · Karina Gould, left, and Chrystia Freeland are shown in this composite image from their respective press conferences on Sunday, January 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS Two recent cabinet ministers officially launched their campaigns for Liberal party leadership Sunday, with each pledging a rethink of ...

Sep 13, 2024 · Tamara Lich arrives at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. Today is expected to mark the end of the criminal trial for two prominent organizers of the “Freedom Convoy” protest, more than one year after the proceedings began.

Feb 6, 2025 · A smashed window and vandalized rainbow crosswalk were being investigated in Hope in June of 2023, just days into the community’s first Pride festival. (Kemone Moodley/Hope Standard/Megan te Boekhorst) As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other leaders warn of a rising tide of hate around the ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Jenica Atwin listens to a speaker during a news conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Online hate and toxicity encountered by Atwin played a part in her decision to not seek re-election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Jenica Atwin is leaving federal politics for the “time being” in part ...

Oct 30, 2024 · Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. Five Conservative MPs wrote letters to the Liberal housing minister asking him to grant their communities funding from a program that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has called disastrous and promised to cancel.

Jan 6, 2025 · An Ontario judge is slated to deliver verdicts March 12 in the criminal trial of ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich.