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Immigrants are increasingly settling in Quebec, according to a new Statistics Canada report. However, the Atlantic region continues to lose newcomers to other parts of the country. Quebec has succeeded in retaining immigrants, with 94 per cent of 2021 newcomers staying after a year. It is a significant 8.8 per cent rise since 2018. The [&helli...
More than 500 taxpayers from Northern California have filed a lawsuit, accusing Congress members of funding genocide in Gaza by aiding Israel. They accuse Congress members Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson of violating laws by voting to allocate $26.38 billion in military aid to Israel in April 2024. They claim that U.S.-provided weapons were u...
Ontario MP Chandra Arya, a long time ally of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is calling for his resignation. Arya told CBC News that a leadership change is vital. It is being reported that over 50 MPs in the Ontario Liberal caucus are reaching a consensus that Trudeau must step aside. Quebec MP Anthony Housefather also […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US Representative Matt Gaetz violated state laws by engaging in sexual misconduct with a minor and using illegal drugs during his time in Congress, according to a final House Ethics Committee report. The 37-page report alleges that Gaetz paid women, including a 17-year-old girl, for inappropriate encounters and u...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 3,104 Native American children died in boarding schools in the US between 1828 and 1970 — a figure three times higher than the government’s estimate, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The Post described the deaths in the schools, which were established to forcibly assimilate Indigenous children int...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President Joe Biden has signed a government funding bill into law, averting a potential government shutdown. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted,” Biden said in a statement. The legislation will fund federal operations through March 14 and allocates $100 billion in di...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump Friday threatened to impose tariffs on the EU unless the bloc increases imports of US fossil fuels. “I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all […]
The FBI has arrested Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, an Egyptian national, for allegedly planning a mass casualty attack on the Israeli consulate in New York. Hassan was caught after an undercover FBI agent, posing as an extremist, gained his trust and was “recruited” by him to carry out the attack. Hassan allegedly “recruited” the [&he...
The US Senate has approved a massive $895 billion defense spending package. The legislation cleared the U.S. House on Wednesday. It now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Some Democrats in both chambers voted in opposition due to a last-minute amendment by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. The 2025 defense [&...
The US has returned two Malaysian nationals to Kuala Lumpur after holding them for 18 years at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed Malaysia had accepted the detainees and facilitated their return to the country According to the New Straits Times, Mohamad Farik Amin, 48, ...
