Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Jeff Gray
Publication Date: January 8, 2025 - 13:29
Doug Ford calls Donald Trump’s annexation talk ‘ridiculous,’ pitches energy co-operation
January 8, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s idea to use “economic force” to compel Canada to join the United States is ridiculous and a waste of time when the two countries should instead be co-operating in the face of the threat China poses to North America prosperity.“Together, let’s stop wasting time on ridiculous ideas about merging, and instead focus on our efforts on restoring the pride of made-in-Canada and made-in the-USA,” Mr. Ford told reporters at the Darlington nuclear plant east of Toronto.
Unpublished Newswire
A Mexican man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for assisting in the smuggling of more than 100 migrants who made their way into the United States from Canada.In a statement Friday, U.S. law-enforcement officials said Luis Fernando Barragan-Palacios netted $500,000 through his role in a cross-border smuggling ring in less than five months in late 2023 and early 2024. He was arrested following a car chase near the Canadian border in a Vermont community one year ago.
January 10, 2025 - 20:52 | Colin Freeze | The Globe and Mail
Whoever emerges from the upcoming Liberal leadership race will face a formidable Conservative challenger with a populist message and deep connections to Alberta. And this battle for the nation’s top political post has a distinctly Western Canadian flavour, with three major figures tied to the region.
January 10, 2025 - 20:40 | | CBC News - Canada
One of the men who became “the voice of the protest” at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing in early 2022 has been sentenced to four months in jail for mischief over his involvement in the two-week highway blockade.Marco Van Huigenbos, 35, was sentenced on Friday to 120 days in jail, after a day-long sentencing hearing at Court of King’s Bench in Lethbridge. Co-accused George Janzen was sentenced to 90 days, to be served as a conditional sentence in the community.
January 10, 2025 - 20:31 | Jana G. Pruden | The Globe and Mail
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