Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Sarah Smellie
Publication Date: October 5, 2025 - 11:27
Newfoundland town re-elects all-women council with near-perfect voter turnout
October 5, 2025
Residents of a small but busy community in eastern Newfoundland re-elected its all-women council this week with a near-perfect voter turnout.
The few eligible voters who didn’t cast a ballot were away or out fishing, Mayor Kelly Power said in an interview. The 51-year-old was first elected in 2013 alongside four other women, and the council has been made up of women ever since.
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New York City mayor’s race
, after British newspaper The Times published an area man’s comments, thinking he was ex-mayor Bill de Blasio because the two shared a name, slamming Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.
The...
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Students around Alberta walked out of class on Thursday in protest of the provincial government’s decision to send teachers back to work after a nearly four-week-long strike.The walkout happened a day after more the 700,000 students returned to school for the first time since Oct. 6, when teachers walked off the job amid unresolved collective bargaining with the provincial government.
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The United States’ Senate approved a resolution on Wednesday seeking to block President Donald Trump from further imposing tariffs on Canada.
It was the second vote this week on Trump’s tariffs. The first came on Tuesday, with regards
to Brazilian tariffs
. A third was held on Thursday...
October 30, 2025 - 14:52 | Tyler Dawson | National Post


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