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British Columbia Premier David Eby said Monday that his government won’t launch its anti-tariff digital ad campaign in the U.S. this month as previously promised, and will wait until its communication strategy is “aligned” with Ottawa. Eby said the ads, which were meant to protest rising U.S. tariffs on softwood lumber, were raised during a…

Here is a day-by-day chronology of the controversy over Ontario’s advertising campaign against U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods: Tues., Oct. 14: The office of Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will spend $75 million to broadcast an anti-tariff ad in the United States using video of an address by former U.S. president Ronald Reagan,…

A mayor in Mexico was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for the Day of the Dead festivities, authorities said. Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, the mayor of the Uruapan municipality of Mexico’s western state of Michoacán, was gunned down Saturday night in the town’s historic centre. Manzo…

Elon Musk has thrown his support behind Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s heated mayoral race and advised New Yorkers to not go for the ‘socialist’ Zohran Mamdani.In a post on X, the Tesla and SpaceX chief urged New Yorkers to “remember to vote tomorrow,” warning that “a vote for Curtis [Sliwa] is really a…

One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi highway was shot and killed early Sunday by a mother who said she feared for the safety of her children. Jessica Bond Ferguson said her 16-year-old son alerted her early Sunday that he had seen a monkey running in the…

The spectre of a trade war and slowing economic growth will hang over Ottawa Tuesday as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government presents its first federal budget. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne will present the budget on Tuesday, with experts projecting the government’s deficit skyrocketing this year. The tabling of the budget will come as an Ipsos…

Petty criminals executed the French crown jewel Louvre heist, not an organized crime ring, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said, adding yet another twist to the shocking case. “This is not quite everyday delinquency … but it is a type of delinquency that we do not generally associate with the upper echelons of organized crime,” Beccuau…

3 Indian-origin men were arrested in Irving, Texas, for seeking prostitution. In a recent sting operation, Texas’ Irving Police Department arrested 10 individuals, including three Indian-origin, on for solicitation of prostitution, the Irving Weekly reported. The operation was part of an ongoing investigation into human trafficking in the city. 28-year-old Sasi Kunchea, Sai Hemanth Maremalla,…

Alexis Wilkins says she has been a political commentator in Donald Trump’s first term as well amid row over her ‘sleeper cells’ comment. FBI director Kash Patel’s girlfriend Alexis Wilkins pushed back the social media trolling over a recent comment she made on ‘sleeper cells’ preparing to launch attacks in the US. Appearing on One…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 3, 2025 8:06 am Updated November 3, 2025 8:18 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Politicians from B.C. and Ottawa will meet in Vancouver today for a forestry summit on how to prop up the industry in the face of American fees…