Politics

LOADINGERROR LOADING Bill Gates is spilling the beans on his recent meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. The Microsoft founder shared in a clip of his upcoming interview with The Wall Street Journal that he visited Trump for a three-hour conversation earlier this month, and despite previously suggesting Trump wasn’t that bright, said the discussion left … Read more

Meanwhile, Greater Vancouver Realtors forecast that total sales will increase by 13.9 per cent this year as “lower borrowing costs may finally be having their predicted stimulative effect.” New single family houses billed as estate cottages and townhouses under construction are seen in an aerial view, in Delta, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024.Photo by … Read more

‘While she was retrieving her suitcase at the baggage terminal, a drug-sniffing dog signalled that the suitcase possibly contained contraband,’ said the judge The international arrivals area at Toronto Pearson International Airport in 2019.Photo by Brent Lewin/Bloomberg An Ontario woman with aspirations to become an immigration consultant was caught smuggling almost a quarter million dollars’ … Read more

After the upper portion of the Starship system broke apart a few minutes after liftoff on Thursday SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Jan. 16, 2025.Photo by AP Photo/Eric Gay After the upper portion of the Starship system broke apart a few minutes after liftoff … Read more

If you have limited paid vacation days, you’ll want to book these dates in advance to stretch your 2025 time off. If you have limited paid vacation days off, you’ll want to book these 2025 dates in advance to stretch your time off.Photo by Viktor_Gladkov /Getty Images/iStockphoto Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are … Read more

The forecast for Vancouver shows daytime highs of 5 C on Sunday and 2 C on Monday, with a nighttime low of -3 C over the weekend. A person cycles past a snow covered bike stand during a snowstorm in Vancouver Jan. 17, 2024.Photo by ETHAN CAIRNS /THE CANADIAN PRESS Below-seasonal temperatures are expected in … Read more

‘(Carney’s) creative team definitely took a short cut,’ MetCredit’s CEO Brian Summerfelt says In this combination photo, the logos of Liberal leader hopeful Mark Carney and of national collection agency MetCredit are shown. Photo by Mark Carney/MetCredit The CEO of MetCredit, a national collection agency, is asking the campaign of Liberal leader hopeful Mark Carney … Read more

Arya argued that Canadians and Quebecers don’t care which language their leader speaks Chandra Arya speaks to supporters at his campaign office after officially winning the riding of Nepean, October 19, 2015.Photo by Chris Roussakis /Chris Roussakis/ Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — Liberal MP Chandra Arya’s leadership campaign is barely one week old but he’s already … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will join the U.S. Senate, filling the seat formerly held by Vice President-elect JD Vance. Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced his pick of Husted to succeed Vance in a news conference Friday afternoon. Husted has been Ohio lieutenant governor since 2019. Husted was widely thought to be gearing … Read more

Security concerns haven’t deterred users who have made RedNote the most downloaded app in Google’s Canadian app store Former TikTok users have been posting messages on both platforms mocking national security concerns about TikTok, such as jokes about having to say goodbye to “my Chinese spy.”Photo by Andy Wong/Associated Press files The looming ban has … Read more