Canada’s forestry crisis should be blamed on homegrown problems, not Trump, federal report says
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Canada, Tim Hodgson, makes an announcement regarding liquefied natural gas with B.C. Premier David Eby, in Vancouver on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (The Canadian Press/Jennifer Gauthier) Canada’s forestry sector is the trade “canary in the coal mine” as it faces structural challenges that go beyond Trump-era tariffs, says the federal minister responsible for natural resources. Tim Hodgson made that comment Wednesday as he unveiled close to $130 million in funding for 56 forestry-related projects across the country. Hodgson, who is in Langford, B.C.,Read more
U.S. House votes to curb Trump’s war powers in strongest rebuke yet
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, centre, walks to a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. For the first time since the U.S.-led war on Iran began, the House backed a Democratic-led resolution to stop the war until hostilities are authorized by Congress. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) The U.S. House of Representatives for the first time on Wednesday backed a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorized by Congress, reflecting growing congressional concern, even among President Donald Trump’s Republicans, over the war. The House voted 215 toRead more
Cuba’s battered tourism sector takes another hit as Spain’s Meliá hotel chain shutters some locations
A view of the exterior of the Gran Hotel Bistol, as seen on Wednesday in Havana. The Spanish hotel group Meliá will cease operations at 15 of the 34 hotels it manages on the island, according to state website Cubadebate, dealing a blow to Cuba’s vital tourism sector. (Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images) Spanish hotel chain Meliá has joined a growing list of companies with long-standing operations in Cuba that are withdrawing from or limiting their business on the island after the U.S. announced new sanctions while maintaining an oil embargo. MeliáRead more
Joe Biden sues U.S. Justice Department over planned release of conversations with biographer
Former U.S. president Joe Biden, shown on March 6, is suing the U.S. Justice Department to stop the release of audio recordings and transcripts of private conversations he had with his biographer. (Jim Vondruska/Reuters) Former U.S. president Joe Biden sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, seeking to bar the release of audio recordings and transcripts of private conversations with his biographer in 2016 and 2017. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington D.C., comes ahead of the department’s planned June 15 release of the materials to theRead more
Tehran says U.S. violated ceasefire agreement when it launched strikes in southern Iran
Iran said the United States violated a ceasefire after the U.S. conducted what it called defensive strikes in southern Iran, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiating a deal to halt the conflict could “take a few days.” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said U.S. strikes in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, where Iranian media reported sounds of explosions early on Tuesday, represented a “gross violation” of the already tenuous ceasefire in place for nearly seven weeks. Both sides had previously indicated there had been progress on a memorandum of understandingRead more
NASA reveals first plans for a moon base
This illustration shows a concept for what NASA’s Moon Base could look like. (NASA) NASA held a press conference today announcing plans for a lunar base, as well as its commercial partners that will make it come to fruition. “People are looking up again, believing in big things again, and paying attention as America returns to the moon again — and this time to stay,” NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said during a press conference on Tuesday. The plans are continuing off the success of the Artemis II mission around theRead more
Canada’s World Cup team is training in the U.S. Why?
Jesse Marsch, Canada’s national men’s soccer head coach, speaks to the media ahead of the World Cup roster selection camp in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, where he said the team is training in the city mainly for the weather. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) With 17 days until the Canadian men’s national team kicks off its World Cup campaign on home soil for the first time, players have begun flying in from their respective professional clubs in California, England, Belgium and beyond. But instead of converging in Canada, those invited toRead more
Carney, Quebec government confident provinces can reach Churchill Falls deal
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham speaks during a news conference at the Confederation Building in St. John’s on Tuesday, May 19, outlining the results of a committee review of the Churchill Falls memorandum of understanding with the Quebec government that was signed in December 2024. (Paul Daly/The Canadian Press) Elected officials in Quebec say they are confident the province and Newfoundland and Labrador will reach a mutually beneficial Churchill Falls deal. A report by a Newfoundland and Labrador government-appointed committee — published Tuesday — found that the memorandum ofRead more
Trump pick Ed Gallrein projected to win Republican primary over Thomas Massie in Kentucky
Republican congressional candidate Ed Gallrein is seen greeting supporters in Covington, Ky., on Tuesday. Multiple U.S. media outlets reported Tuesday night that Gallrein was the projected winner in the Republican primary for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Associated Press) Multiple U.S. media outlets are projecting Ed Gallrein as the winner in the Republican primary vote in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating Rep. Thomas Massie. The Associated Press, CBS News, CNN and NBC News each projected the U.S. President Donald Trump-backed Gallrein as the winner on Tuesday.Read more