Canada
Liberals widen lead to double digits over Tories in Canada election: poll
The Liberals now lead the Conservatives by 12 points as the federal election campaign enters its third week, according to an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News.
Carney, Poilievre steer campaigns to West Coast
Both the Liberal and Conservative leaders' tours were in BC Sunday and for good reason: They are both looking to pick up as many NDP seats as they can. In 2021, the NDP won 29 per cent of the popular vote in BC but are now polling at less than half of that, under 14 per cent. There may not be a New Democrat from BC in the next House of Commons -- and the Liberals and Conservatives know it. -DA
NDP focus on rent control as Conservatives tackle addictions treatment
The leaders are rounding out their second weekend of the campaign trail, with policy announcements including rent control and addictions treatment.
Carney says Canada faces a 'hinge moment' in tariff fight during B.C. stop
"We are living through a hinge moment," Carney said in using a metaphor used by Churchill during the early stages of the Second World War. "We are living through a hinge moment and we are not coming together, unfortunately, with our American allies. It's a hinge moment caused by our American ally, but we are coming together as Canadians." (I was at this event and the pic with this piece is one I took)
‘Hands off’: Across Canada, protesters rally against Trump
People in several cities across Canada rallied again Sunday to tell Donald Trump to keep his "hands off" after he has repeatedly suggested Canada should become the 51st state.
The Provinces
Opening mines faster in Ontario will add ‘soft power leverage’ over Trump: minister
During a recent cabinet reshuffle, Ontario Premier Doug Ford added responsibility for mines to the portfolio of his existing energy minister.
Premier Wab Kinew hosts rally for Canada in Winnipeg
Thousands of Winnipeggers gathered at the legislature building on Sunday to attend Rally for Canada, hosted by the provincial government.
Elsewhere
Trump digs in on tariffs as global stock markets go into freefall
The US president said he had spoken with many foreign leaders over the weekend who were “dying to make a deal”. “I said, ‘We’re not going to have deficits with your country’,” Trump said. “We’re not going to do that, because, to me, a deficit is a loss. We’re going to have surpluses or, at worst, going to be breaking even.”
Media
After two weeks covering CPC Leader Pierre Poilievre, I’ll spend the next two weeks covering LPC Leader Mark Carney. In this clip I explain some the differences in tour logistics. -DA
The Future of News Looks Niche
The media entrepreneur Jessica Lessin chats with DealBook about the news landscape and her latest media bet.
Science and tech
Wi-Fi is one of the great backward compatibility success stories
My home network is a small miracle of backward compatibility, slinging data across 60-plus devices that span five generations of Wi-Fi. Everything on it, from my iPhone 15 Pro all the way down to my Nintendo Wii, manages to connect to the internet, most of it wirelessly through my router, with shockingly few issues. That’s possible because of Wi-Fi’s essentially unbroken line of interoperability that stretches from its 1999 introduction in consumer products through today.
The Calendar
- 0915 ET: Toronto - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh campaigns in the riding of Scarborough Centre--Don Valley East
- 1100 ET: Toronto - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh makes an announcement and speaks to reporters.
- 1200 ET: Terrace, BC - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre makes an announcement and speaks to reporters.
- 1200 ET: Saanichton, BC - LPC Leader Mark Carney makes an announcement and speaks to reporters.
- 1400 ET: Victoria - LPC Leader Mark Carney meets with Premier David Eby
- 1930 ET: Edmonton - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to supporters.
- 2230 ET: Richmond, BC - LPC Leader Mark Carney speaks to supporters.
Issued this day ...
… in 2006: Sc 2148 souvenir sheet. Dorothy Knowles. Design: Hélène L’Heureux.
As part of its ongoing Art Canada series, Canada Post issued two stamps in 2006 featuring the work of Saskatchewan’s Dorothy Knowles (1927-2023) The domestic rate stamp featurere Knowles' 1971 watercolour The Field of Rapeseed and the U.S. rate stamp shows her 1989 oil painting North Saskatchewan River. The press release at the time of the issue continues: “Born in Unity, Saskatchewan, in 1927, Knowles was a farm girl who grew up to study biology and lab technology. After graduation, she attended summer art classes at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, studied art in night classes at the University of Saskatchewan, and in 1952 enrolled in an art class at Banff. She was encouraged to further her training in England, and attended Goldsmith's College School of Art in London. Soon, painting became her life's work. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Knowles experimented with abstraction, but in a 1962 workshop, Clement Greenburg encouraged her to return to painting from nature and her love of painting the vast landscapes for which she is renowned was born.”