World leaders from the biggest economies are meeting for a high-stakes Group of Seven (G7) summit amid conflicts across the globe. The event is taking place in Kananaskis, Alberta, and is being hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The summit is likely to be overshadowed by an escalating Israel-Iran conflict and US President Donald … Read more
India on Monday (May 5, 2025) conveyed its concerns in the “strongest terms” to the Canadian High Commission after a rally in Toronto depicted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top Ministers of the Government of India in an objectionable manner. This was the first such communication from the Indian side since the new Prime Minister Mark … Read more
Canada will hold an election Monday following a campaign electrified by US President Donald Trump‘s threats, with Prime Minister Mark Carney favored to win after promising voters he has the experience to stand up to the United States.A victory for Carney’s Liberal Party would mark one of the most dramatic turnarounds in Canadian political history. … Read more
Fergus Walsh Medical editor Camilla Horrox Global health producer BBC April Hubbard sits on the theatre stage where she plans to die later this year. She is not terminally ill, but the 39-year-old performance and burlesque artist has been approved for assisted dying under Canada’s increasingly liberal laws. Warning: This article contains details and descriptions … Read more
Top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies on Friday were wrapping up their final day of talks that have been overshadowed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade and foreign policies as well as his repeated taunts toward host Canada. Despite the tensions, diplomats signaled they would reach consensus on a final communique after … Read more
President Trump is using tariffs to rewire the global economic order in a flurry of on-again, off-again maneuvers, arguing they will boost U.S. factories and generate revenue. But his strategy has already triggered retaliation from major trading partners, rattled markets and upended diplomatic ties. On Wednesday, the European Union announced up to $28 billion in … Read more
Amid a generational crisis in Canada’s relationship with the United States, the Liberal Party of Canada on Sunday chose an unelected technocrat with deep experience in financial markets to replace Justin Trudeau as party leader and the country’s prime minister, and to take on President Trump. Mark Carney, 59, who steered the Bank of Canada … Read more
Two friends from Alberta, both with strong careers overseas and similar backgrounds, are vying to replace Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party and of Canada just as the country faces a generational crisis because of the Trump administration’s tariffs and sovereignty threats. Some 400,000 Liberal Party members were eligible to cast ballots in … Read more
There is the theory that President Donald Trump is still bitter about his Canadian hotel ventures that went bust. Some, on social media, have speculated that a 2019 photograph in which Justin Trudeau appeared poised to kiss Melania Trump, the first lady, at a Group of 7 gathering in France, left Trump with a grudge … Read more
It took Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada just minutes to tap out his reaction to his nation’s victory over the United States in an international hockey championship final on Thursday in Boston. “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game,” Mr. Trudeau wrote on X. Ahead of the match, the … Read more