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Canada and G7 security partners to focus on disrupting transnational organized crime
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Interior and security ministers from Canada and the other Group of Seven countries are pledging to work together to aggressively fight transnational organized crime. Wrapping up a two-day meeting in Ottawa, the G7 ministers say they are committed to disrupting the ability of global crime groups to finance and profit from their heinous ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tackling global crime groups a focus of G7 security meeting, European official says
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Magnus Brunner, the European commissioner for internal affairs and migration, says security officials from around the globe are discussing ways to better fight organized crime. Brunner, attending an Ottawa gathering of G7 interior and security ministers, says Europe can learn a lot from Canada on tackling organized crime groups as they become more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minister Fraser says democracies need strong institutions to keep powers in check
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
HALIFAX — Justice Minister Sean Fraser says without strong institutions holding political powers in check, democracy is weakened not just in Canada, but globally. Fraser addressed an audience at the Halifax International Security Forum today, on a panel that also included the U.S. senator from North Dakota, Kevin Cramer. The panel focused on the role ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada, India revive negotiations for comprehensive trade deal, after 15-year attempt
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are reviving attempts at a comprehensive trade deal, which both countries started negotiating in 2010. “The two leaders agreed to formally launch negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement,” Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told The Canadian Press at the G20 summit in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada, India revive talks for full trade deal, after 15-year attempt
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are reviving attempts at a comprehensive trade deal, which both countries started negotiating in 2010. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told The Canadian Press at the G20 summit in Johannesburg that both countries want a deal that would include most industrial sectors and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney: No ‘burning issue’ to bring up with Trump, talks to resume when ‘appropriate’
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in no hurry to resume trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump but will speak again with the president “when it’s appropriate,” Carney said on Sunday. Carney said he expects to speak with Trump sometime in the next two weeks but otherwise stands ready for when the Americans ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In Quebec’s Nunavik region, constant water shortages compromise health care
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
PUVIRNITUQ — Even if they’re surrounded by vast bodies of water as far as the eye can see, residents of Quebec’s Far North lack a reliable water supply. Not only does this impact citizens’ health through the spread of diseases, but it weakens the quality of care and forces health workers to get creative in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctor and nurses are leaving Nunavik over water shortages that affect care
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
PUVIRNITUQ — Doctors and nurses in Quebec’s Nunavik region say constant water shortages are a factor that is pushing some colleagues to leave, in a region where retention of staff has long been an issue. In the Far North, health workers can choose between working with the Cree of James Bay or the Inuit of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney: Talks with Trump will resume ‘when it’s appropriate’
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s not in a hurry to resume trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump but will “speak to him again when it matters.” Carney says he “doesn’t have a burning issue to speak with the president about right now” and will speak again with the president “when it’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney looks to Mandela, trade pacts to help navigate ‘this moment of rupture’
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney hearkened back to the legacy of Nelson Mandela in praising efforts by fellow leaders to collaborate amid global volatility, as Canada sought more trade partners and promoted multilateralism at the G20 summit in Johannesburg. “At a time when too many countries are retreating into geopolitical blocs or the battlegrounds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Nunavut premier takes office as federal government pushes infrastructure drive
By Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — As John Main settled in for one of his first interviews since being chosen as Nunavut’s new premier, his phone rang while he was in the middle of a sentence. “Hi Doug,” he said, taking a congratulatory call from Ontario Premier Doug Ford. “I’ve been inundated with people reaching out,” Main said after ... Read More »
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