Montrealers call for end to U.S. immigration crackdown at anti-ICE protest
People march as they take part in an anti-ICE protest near the U.S. Consulate in Montreal on Sunday, Feb. 1. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press) Demonstrators gathered in Montreal on Sunday to protest the immigration crackdown by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling out the law enforcement agency’s tactics as well as Canadian “complicity” in them. Scores of protesters assembled outside the U.S. Consulate downtown amid widespread outrage over the killing of two American citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis in the past few weeks. “The violence ICE is bringingRead more
Quebec family forced to return to Mexico after mother says she failed French exam by 1 point
Mónica Colín Silva and her husband want nothing more than to keep working in Quebec. But nearly four years after settling in the province’s capital, the couple was told they would have to leave their jobs immediately, having been rejected for a post-graduation work permit this week. “All my colleagues, my friends are in shock,” Colín Silva said in an interview. “No one understands.” The family’s move to Quebec City was years in the making. When Colín Silva discovered she was pregnant with her daughter, Victoria, she decided to leaveRead more
Kennedy Center to close for two years for renovations, Trump says
The Kennedy Center in Washington DC will be closed for a two-year renovation beginning in July, US President Donald Trump has announced. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday that the centre would close on 4 July this year “in honour of the 250th Anniversary of our Country”. The move follows several artists cancelling performances at the storied institution after it was recently renamed as the Trump Kennedy Center. Shortly after taking office, the president fired several of the board members at the centre and replaced them with allies, whoRead more
Norway’s PM agrees crown princess had ‘poor judgement’ over Epstein links
Visionhaus/Getty Images Crown Princess Mette-Marit said she regretted having any contact with Epstein at all Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has said he agrees with Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s admission of “poor judgement” after it emerged she had extensive contacts with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The princess features hundreds of times between 2011-14 in the latest files released by the US Department of Justice relating to Epstein. This latest embarrassment for the royal family comes on the eve of her son’s seven-week trial in Oslo on 38 chargesRead more
Trump says administration ‘reviewing everything’ after fatal shooting of Minneapolis nurse
EPA US President Donald Trump says his administration is “reviewing everything” after the fatal shooting by immigration agents of 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. In his comments to the Wall Street Journal, Trump also indicated that he would eventually withdraw agents from the city. But he did not give a timeframe. Protests continued in Minneapolis and other US cities on Sunday, as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz warned that America was at an “inflection point”. The facts around the incident – the second fatal shooting byRead more
Minneapolis mayor says some federal troops will start leaving the city Tuesday
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump Monday about the immigration crackdown in his city and that some federal officers will begin leaving. Frey said he asked Trump in a phone call to end the immigration enforcement surge and that Trump agreed the present situation cannot continue. Frey said while some agents will begin leaving Tuesday, he will keep pushing for others involved in Operation Metro Surge to go. Trump posted on social media that he had a good conversation with Frey. “Lots of progressRead more
Winter storm buries Eastern Canada in snow. Frigid cold means it’s sticking around
A person is seen cross-country skiing on a Toronto street on Sunday. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press) The record-breaking winter storm that pounded Ontario and Quebec with snow on Sunday night and Monday morning is moving east into Atlantic Canada, and bringing extreme cold with it. A large and strong low-pressure area brought a large snowstorm across much of southern Ontario on Sunday night, Environment Canada notes, creating significant impacts on transportation and leading to school closures across much of Toronto and the surrounding areas. Toronto Pearson Airport recorded 46 centimetresRead more
‘Mr. Trump, stop killing American citizens,’ Kinew says after 2nd fatal shooting in Minnesota
Wab Kinew said he sent Governor Tim Walz a message of support and shared his outrage over the death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis Saturday morning. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC) Manitoba’s premier says he’s reached out to his counterpart in Minnesota again following the killing of another American citizen by federal immigration officials, calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to stop the violence. Wab Kinew said he sent Governor Tim Walz a message of support and shared his outrage over the death of Alex Pretti,Read more
Europe’s ‘appeasement’ strategy with Trump has failed. So what comes next?
The slogan ‘Make America Go Away’ is stitched on the side of a cap worn by the co-owner of the McKorman clothing store in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Jan. 20. (Tom Little/Reuters) Looking typically earnest, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stepped up to the podium on Monday morning and made a compelling case for respectful, deliberate diplomatic engagement with Donald Trump over the Greenland crisis, warning the U.K. has too much at stake economically and militarily to be driven by emotion. “The right way to approach a discussion of an issueRead more
U.S. says it has seized 7th Venezuela-linked oil tanker
Venezuela’s national flag waves in the wind at the top of the National Assembly in Caracas on Tuesday. (Matias Delacroix/The Associated Press) U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to take control of the oil in the South American country. U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta “without incident” and that the tanker was “operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantineRead more