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by Michel COMTE OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — China has agreed to resume imports of Canadian beef and pork, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday, signaling a breakthrough in their tense relations. “Good news for Canadian farmers today: Canadian pork and beef exports to China will resume,” Trudeau said in a tweet. He lauded Canada’s new ambassador to China, Dominic Barton, who was appointed in September, and the country’s meat industry for working to reopen “this […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Russian teenager Alexandra Trusova capitalized on errors by her rivals to win her first senior Grand Prix victory on Saturday at Skate Canada. The 15-year-old from Moscow took the title after nailing three quadruple jumps in her winning routine. That was good enough to lift her over short program leader Rika Kihira of Japan and South Korea’s You Young. Both Kihira and You were left counting the cost of mistakes […]
by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday ruled out forming a coalition government despite an election victory that left his Liberals short of a majority. Trudeau said he would consult with leaders of Canada’s other parties on their priorities, and how they might work together. “They will be varied conversations, but I can tell you it is not in our plans at all to […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was set to hold onto power in a nail-biter of a general election Monday, according to television projections. Broadcasters TVA, CTV and CBC declared the Liberals would form a minority government as the party was elected or leading in 145 of the 338 electoral districts, versus 107 for Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives, according to preliminary results. Trudeau dominated Canadian politics over the four years of […]
by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canadians vote in a general election Monday with polling predicting a minority government as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party risks losing its majority or even being kicked out of office. The Liberals and the Conservatives, led by Andrew Scheer, could be set for a near dead heat with pundits calling it one of the nation’s closest elections ever. But neither of the two […]
GATINEAU, Canada (AFP) — Justin Trudeau was labelled a “compulsive liar” by his main rival during the final leaders’ debate before upcoming Canadian elections, in which the prime minister was forced to defend his environmental policies. The liberals and conservatives are neck-and-neck according to polls, with the general election set for October 21. The French-language debate had a more relaxed atmosphere than the previous one in English on Monday, where scathing personal attacks were […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Abominable” froze out “Downton Abbey” to take the top spot in the North American box office on its first weekend in theaters, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday. The story of a teenager and her friends working to help a young Yeti — whom they nickname Everest — reunite with his family and avoid the clutches of a wealthy man intent on capturing one of the magical creatures […]
by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday for wearing brownface makeup at a party 18 years ago, as he scrambled to get on top of a fresh blow to a re-election campaign dogged by controversy. Time magazine published the photograph one week into a federal election campaign with Trudeau’s Liberal Party in a tight contest against the Conservatives led by Andrew Scheer. Trudeau, 47, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Lionsgate’s political thriller “Angel Has Fallen” didn’t quite soar but managed to stay atop the North American box office over the US holiday weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Tuesday. The action-packed film took in $15.4 million across the four-day Labor Day weekend. That came at the end of a summer that saw movie revenue dip by two percent from last year, the Comscore website said. “Angel,” the […]
by Michel COMTE OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s ethics watchdog slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, concluding in the lead-up October elections that he broke rules by arm-twisting his attorney general to settle a criminal case against engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. The scandal, revealed earlier this year, tarnished the prime minister’s golden boy image, cost two ministers and two senior officials their jobs and plunged his Liberals into a dead heat with the opposition Conservatives […]
by Eric THOMAS MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Canadian police said Wednesday they had discovered the bodies of two men believed to be fugitive teens who allegedly murdered three people last month — ending a nearly three-week nationwide manhunt. Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, were wanted over the murders of an Australian man and his American girlfriend in their 20s, as well as of a Canadian university professor. Initially, the pair were reported missing […]
MONTREAL, CANADA (AFP) — The Royal Canadian Air Force has joined the hunt for two fugitive teens suspected of triple murder, officials said Saturday, backing up a vast search operation unfolding in Manitoba’s remote northeast. The suspects, identified as Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, have been on the run for more than a week. Authorities say they believe the two are behind the killings of 23-year-old Australian Lucas Fowler and his 24-year-old American […]
