During his State of the City address at the Brandon Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday, Mayor Rick Chrest offered listeners in the business-friendly room an enlightened statement. While “nameless” countries are not being so friendly to immigrants right now, he said, the city of Brandon was a welcoming place, that would take those fleeing these locales with “open arms.”
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Diplomats told Ottawa trade deal was dead, ministers insisted otherwise: docs
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland take part in a meeting at the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. In the days following Donald Trump’s surprise victory, Canadian diplomats in Washington repeatedly warned Ottawa that the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership was dead ??? even as federal ministers insisted it might survive.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA – In the days following Donald Trump’s surprise victory, Canadian diplomats in Washington repeatedly warned Ottawa that the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership was dead – even as federal ministers insisted it might survive.
Trump tower opens in Vancouver but the welcome isn’t warm
This Jan. 20, 2017 photo shows the still-under-construction Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The 69-story tower has drawn praise for its sleek, twisting design.
Trump’s first month augurs stormy trans-Atlantic relations
Europeans have reacted to President Donald Trump’s first month in office with demonstrations, counter-barbs and sheer angst that a century of trans-Atlantic friendship may be sinking. The governments of some traditional allies have gone a step further, uniting with fundraising plans and a special conference to balance the new U.S. administration’s reverse tack from Barack Obama’s presidency on abortion policies.
Canadian Border Town Worries About ‘Confrontations’ After …
A municipal authority in Manitoba, Canada is concerned about the influx of dozens of “asylum seekers” who showed up to border town of Emerson Sunday morning . “I’m scared, the bigger the numbers – if we don’t have enough officials, someone is going to slip through the crack because there’s so many people to process,” Reeve Greg Janzen, a municipal authority, told CBC News .
Trump Blames Media, Judges, Democrats In Chaos Theory Tour-De-Force
Upending decades of U.S. policy on Israel-Palestinian conflict, he told the Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu that he “could live with” either a one state or a two state solution “that both parties want”. “To be honest, I inherited a mess at home and overseas”, he claimed as he spoke of jobs fleeing the country, instability in West Asia and the nuclear threat posed by North Korea.
Threat came from ex-US high official
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is welcomed by local Awami League leaders as she reaches Munich Marriott Hotel in Germany yesterday to join the Munich Security Conference 2017. Photo: PID Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the then US secretary of state, assistant secretary and US ambassador in Dhaka had threatened several times that the funding for the Padma bridge project would be withdrawn if Dr Muhammad Yunus was removed as the Grameen Bank managing director.
Trudeau can’t afford to just play Trump one-on-one
Canada-U.S. bilateral ties might be today’s story, but Canada’s long game has to be in its multilateral relationships U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participate in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. There was a moment, when Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland paused to answer questions from reporters outside a federal cabinet meeting held in Calgary late last month, when the Liberal government’s strategy for weathering the weirdest U.S. presidency ever seemed suddenly to come into focus.
Trump, Abe have ‘relaxing, productive’ golf session in Florida
Miami, Feb 12 – US President Donald Trump exhibited his golfing skills during a relaxing and productive session with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their stay in Palm Beach, Florida, the White House said in a statement. On the second consecutive weekend he is spending at his Mar-a-Lago Club and private estate in Florida, Trump played host to Abe, where the two played a round of golf on Saturday, the statement said.
‘Dad’s Navy’ recruited to crew fleet’s new carriers amid staffing…
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Philip Jones, pictured, approved the From Street to Fleet plan to attract more than 1,000 former staff on contracts of up to five years. Currently, the Navy is facing a shortage of more than 1,200 workers including chefs, medics, communicators, engineers and clerks.
‘Dad’s Navy’ recruited to crew fleet’s new carriers amid staffing…
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Philip Jones, pictured, approved the From Street to Fleet plan to attract more than 1,000 former staff on contracts of up to five years. Currently, the Navy is facing a shortage of more than 1,200 workers including chefs, medics, communicators, engineers and clerks.
Trudeau makes first northern trip as Prime Minister
CANADIAN NEWS YOU SHOULD KNOW > Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Nunavut today, his first trip to the North since winning the 2015 election. His office announced he’ll head to Germany next week and also address the European Parliament.
Engine Swap In High Arctic
Pilots should be wary when operating close to the boundaries of Class B airspace, the FAA said recently in a Safety Alert for Operators…. Years ago, new GPS approaches were commissioned at Houma, LA and the FAA King Air was flight checking them …Tower: ‘Report… In the Flytenow case, the FAA applied old thinking that doesn’t work in a world where technology moves at the speed of heat. VFR into IMC events have a distressingly high fatality rate.
Lake Darling to be lowered
In the wake of the first Spring Runoff Outlook issued by the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency, Lake Darling will be lowered below its prescribed operating level in preparation for snowmelt runoff. Frank Durbian, Souris River Basin Complex manager, says the current operating plan is to draw down Lake Darling well below its normal spring operating level of 1,596 feet.
Activists Call for Divestment As Trump Moves Pipelines Forward
The executive orders are just one part in a multi-pronged approach to dismantling the Obama administration’s environmental legacy. As a review: Keystone XL is a 1,100-mile pipeline that will connect oil from tar sands Alberta, Canada, to U.S. refineries on the Gulf Coast.
Week One of Trump drama features Mexico
The first week of Donald Trump’s presidency promised Canada two bridges, one oil pipeline and a set of locks. America’s two neighbours had vastly different experiences in Week 1 of the reality-TV-star’s presidency – Canada away from the spotlight, quietly hoping for the best, while Mexico featured in tension-filled plot twists.
TransCanada CEO vows to ‘diligently’ work on permit application for Keystone XL
The CEO of TransCanada says the company will work “diligently” to complete an application for a presidential permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would support its construction. In his first remarks since Trump’s endorsement, Russ Girling says he believes the project makes “imminent sense” for both Canada and the United States.
Google, Facebook say theya ll soon roll out tools to sift fake Canadian news
Two of the world’s biggest digital information platforms say they’re getting ready to roll out tools in Canada designed to crack down on so-called “fake news.” The phenomenon of false or misleading information being widely disseminated online became a major storyline in the U.S. presidential campaign, which culminated in the November election of Donald Trump.
‘The Trump effect’ on Canadian food prices: Sad
PENNY PINCHING Canadians can expect to pay up to five per cent more on food in 2017 due to a number of factors: weather, a weak loonie, rising energy costs and a certain controversy-courting president south of the border. Canadians’ food costs are expected to go up by as much as five per cent in 2017, and consumers have incoming U.S. President Donald Trump at least in part to thank for the price hike, according to a recent report.
Canada will have to do more in NATO if U.S. backs out
Canada will have to contribute more to NATO if the U.S. follows through on president-elect Donald Trump’s musings on withdrawing from the alliance, says the head of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee. Liberal MP Bob Nault cautions that Canada and its NATO partners need to see how U.S. foreign policy formally takes shape after Trump’s Friday inauguration.
‘Not a target … not an ally’: What Trump presidency could mean for Canadian economy
Chris Hall is the CBC’s National Affairs Editor and host of The House on CBC Radio, based in the Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa. He began his reporting career with the Ottawa Citizen, before moving to CBC Radio in 1992, where he worked as a national radio reporter in Toronto, Halifax and St. John’s.
Japan’s Abe starts 4-nation trip with visit to Philippines
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reaches out his hand beside his wife Aika as they arrive at Manila’s airport, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Abe is in the country for a two-day official visit.
Serendipitous Jobs, Trade Data Help Canada Shake Off Doldrums
A worker walks past a machine that sorts lumber into grades and sizes at a mill in Thunder Bay, Canada, Ontario. stock market , evidence is beginning to mount the commodity producing nation is emerging from a lingering slump, after struggling through a cocktail of hurt that included Data released Friday showed the country recorded its best half-year of job gains since 2007.
Threats in Honduras
A man wanted in Kelowna on harassment charges now faces 30 days in a Honduran jail over a separate case of defamatory and threatening comments, according to court documents obtained by Castanet. “He just unleashed a fury of three months of nasty emails on Facebook on me and my family,” said Kelowna’s JC Rathwell, who recently moved to the Caribbean.
Japan’s Abe to visit Pearl Harbor memorial
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will fly to Hawaii this week for the express purpose of visiting the site of the surprise attack on a U.S. naval base 75 years ago that killed 2,400 Americans and drew the country into World War II. The visit is a sign of how far public opinion in Japan has moved that Abe can make the trip to the memorial, accompanied by President Barack Obama, to offer condolences to the victims.
St. Albert MP calls for change alongside Bret McCann
St. Albert MP Michael Cooper spoke alongside Bret McCann at a press conference this afternoon, calling for changes to the Criminal Code. McCann, the son of Lyle and Marie McCann, is calling on the federal government to make changes to remove inoperative and unconstitutional sections of the Criminal Code.