‘Greenlash’ coming for Democrats, Trump’s persistent 2024 lead and other commentary

Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Philadelphia on June 22, 2024. Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Liberal: ‘Greenlash’ Coming for Democrats In this month’s European parliament elections, the “Greens took big losses,” shedding 18 of their 72 seats, notes The Liberal Patriot’s Ruy Teixeira. A key reason: “backlash against green policies” — or “greenlash.” In … Read more

Biden’s careless border policies: Letters to the Editor — June 24, 2024

Reader weigh in on President Biden’s border policies. AFP via Getty Images The Issue: Miranda Devine’s columns criticizing President Biden’s lackluster border policy. I’d like to offer a quick note on the spot-on column about President Biden’s border policies (”Joe’s cynical border politics put US in peril,” Miranda Devine, June 20). I hope former President … Read more

Economists say BoC could cut interest rates again in July if inflation keeps cooling

For consumers, the slowdown in inflation means smaller price increases while shopping, including at the grocery store. Signage marks the Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa on July 21, 2010.Photo by Sean Kilpatrick /THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Economists are forecasting inflation slowed further in May, which would be welcome progress for the Bank of Canada … Read more

Montreal under severe thunderstorm and heavy rainfall alerts

Severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes and heavy downpours are likely to cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. A weather front passes through Montreal on June 7, 2024. Environment Canada has issued a severe storm and heavy rainfall alerts for Sunday, June 23, 2024. Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette Conditions will be favourable … Read more

Wildfire forces evacuation of maximum security prison in Quebec

The city in Quebec’s Cote-Nord region announced Friday that it had declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of some 1,000 residents due to the fires French and Quebec firefighters battling wildfires in the Abitibi-T?miscamingue region of Quebec, more than 650kms (400 miles) north of Montreal.Photo by CARLO ZAGLIA /General Directorate for Civil … Read more

‘Bulldozing our history’: Alberta man working to restore town’s grain elevators

Leo Wieser is entering contests, running raffles and hosting movie nights to raise money to preserve two 21-metre icons of the Prairies – twin grain elevators in Nanton, Alta. Nanton’s Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre features elevators that are nearly 100-years-old.Photo by Jeff McIntosh /The Canadian Press NANTON, Alta. — When Leo Wieser worked in … Read more

Draya Michele says negativity surrounding her 17-year age gap with boyfriend Jalen Green is ‘kind of weird’

They’re blocking out the noise. Draya Michele said the negativity surrounding her 17-year age gap with boyfriend Jalen Green is “kind of weird.” “We try to stay off the internet and not really listen to that kind of stuff,” the 39-year-old reality star told TMZ recently while heading out with her 22-year-old beau and their … Read more

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