May, 2025
How will Carney contend with a minority — and what kind of Parliament do MPs want?
In his first news conference since Monday’s election, Prime Minister Mark Carney did not shy away from some of the rhetoric and ambition that carried him through the campaign. Canada would be embarking, he said, “on the biggest transformation of our economy since the end of the Second World War.” This country’s “old relationship” with the United States was “over.” The government would address the failures of the housing market by “unleashing the power of public-private co-operation at a scale not seen in generations.” “Now is the time for ambition,Read more
Northern Quebec Cree voters left behind despite promise of access
Elections Canada promises that anyone, anywhere, could vote during advance polls. However, voters in Northern Quebec Cree communities found that polling stations were closed. It’s the latest in a list of stories from community members in northern Quebec who say they had trouble voting or couldn’t do so at all. On election day, some Nunavik communities had polling stations that closed early or didn’t open at all. Guy Beaulieu, a resident of Whapmagoostui, arrived at the local sports complex with his spouse on April 19 expecting to vote, but discovered thatRead more
NASA faces cuts to rocket program and lunar space station in Trump’s 2026 budget
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to axe key parts of NASA’s moon program in favour of commercial alternatives and his Mars-focused agenda, targeting an array of established projects in a proposed $6-billion US cut to the space agency’s overall budget for next year. The “skinny” — or outline — version of Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, released on Friday, would cancel NASA’s over-budget Space Launch System (SLS), a gigantic rocket built by Boeing and Northrop Grumman, and its Lockheed Martin-built Orion crew capsule after its third mission in 2027 under theRead more
Prince Harry ‘gutted’ to lose U.K. security decision, confirms no communication with King Charles
Prince Harry told the BBC it was “impossible for me to take my family back to the U.K. safely” after he lost his legal challenge to the British government on Friday changing his security arrangements after he stepped down from royal duties. King Charles’s younger son, the Duke of Sussex unsuccessfully sought to overturn a decision by the Home Office — the ministry responsible for policing — which decided in 2020 he would not automatically receive the highest level of personal police protection in Britain. The prince told the BBCRead more