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Labour could gain half a million votes from 16-year-olds: Starmer accused of election-rigging move that could have handed him extra nine seats in 2024
Daily Mail
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July 17, 2025
Labour could bolster its support by as much as half a million votes at the next election after confirming it plans to let 16 and 17-year-olds take part for the first time. Sir Keir Starmer today unveiled plans to 'modernise our democracy' by...
Canada’s proposed east-west energy corridors should prioritize clean energy
The Conversation
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July 13, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has made establishing east-west energy corridors a priority for Canada. He suggested that such corridors would include new oil and natural gas pipelines, designed to reduce dependence on the United States....
Heat warnings remain in effect from Ontario to Atlantic Canada
Global News
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July 17, 2025
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 17, 2025 6:29 am Updated July 17, 2025 6:37 am 1 min read Daytime temperatures from Windsor, Ontario, to St. John’s, Newfoundland, are going to remain hot a little longer. Environment Canada has several heat...
UK to lower voting age to 16 by next general election
RTE Ireland
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July 17, 2025
The next UK general election will see 16-year-olds able to vote for the first time, ministers have confirmed in wide-ranging plans to "modernise our democracy". Labour's manifesto committed the party to lowering the voting age for parliamentary...
UK Government confirms 16 and 17-year-olds can vote in general elections
NorthWalesLive
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July 17, 2025
The next general election will see 16-year-olds able to vote for the first time, ministers have confirmed in wide-ranging plans to "modernise our democracy". Labour's manifesto committed the party to lowering the voting age for parliamentary...
Uncertainty looms after US sets tariff sights on Canada
Global Times
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tariff US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a 35 percent tariff on imports from Canada starting August 1, the latest move after the US administration sent two waves of letters to its trading partners this week. Trump posted a letter...
16 year olds to be able to vote in next general election as voting age lowered
Basingstoke Gazette
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Labour’s manifesto committed the party to lowering the voting age for parliamentary elections to 16, in line with Scottish and Welsh elections. Plans announced today, Thursday, July 17, are to increase participation in elections. Further plans...
The present government chose not to exercise any control over the oil depletion rate
Stabroek News
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July 17, 2025
Dear Editor, We note another of the reiterated claims made by panelist Joel Bhagwandin during his presentation at the webinar organised by the Canada-Caribbean Institute on 08 July to launch the recent book by Professor Ivelaw Griffith ‘Oil and...
7-Eleven owner staves off Canadian takeover, but struggles remain as shares fall
The Globe and Mail
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July 17, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Seven & i Holdings Co.in Tokyo.The Associated Press Shares in the Japanese owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain fell Thursday after Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. ATD-T said it had abandoned its bid for Seven & i...
Canada’s Alberta province calls upon federal govt to designate Lawrence Bishnoi gang as terrorist group
The Link
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July 15, 2025
Toronto: The leader of the Canadian province of Alberta has joined her British Columbia (BC) counterpart in calling upon the federal government to designate the Lawrence Bishnoi gang a terrorist group. In a statement issued on Monday, Alberta...
Canadian soldiers charged in anti-government militia plot
The Globe and Mail
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July 15, 2025
On July 8, Quebec RCMP arrested four men connected to the Canadian Armed Forces. They are accused of trying to create an extremist militia and planning to forcibly take a plot of land north of Quebec City. Two of the four men are active members of...
Canadian canola dodges Trump tariff threat, but still faces economic uncertainty
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 13, 2025
Canadian canola producers appear to have dodged U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat, which reports indicate would exclude goods covered by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, but economic uncertainty remains for many. The latest round...
India not worried about possible US sanctions on Russian oil imports: minister
Mint
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July 17, 2025
New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump warning of sanctions on countries that import Russian oil, union minister for petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri said India is not worried about any such penalties and will navigate any...
Shaping Canada: John Ibbitson on Politics, Press, and the Atlantic Future
CJLS - Massachusetts
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author and Globe and Mail journalist John Ibbitson Image: submitted On today’s Insights podcast, Don and David talk with well-known author and Globe and Mail journalist John Ibbitson. The wide-ranging discussion covers his two recent books, as...
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Trump impact on Canada: Carney gears up to block steel imports from China
Firstpost
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July 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to further crack down on the amount of cheap, foreign steel entering the Canadian market by the end of the month, as the domestic industry continues to be clobbered by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Carney...
Philippines ‘least safe’ to travel to? Sorry, Canadian firm says
South China Morning Post
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July 17, 2025
A Canadian travel insurance comparison firm has issued a formal apology and withdrawn a controversial ranking that labelled the Philippines as the least safe country in the world – a designation that provoked sharp condemnation from the Philippine...
Australian prime minister indulges in panda diplomacy a China state visit nears end
CityNews Halifax
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July 17, 2025
BEIJING (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited a panda breeding facility in the final stages of an extended state visit that has cast China as a fellow champion of a global fair trade system under threat from the United States....
The parliament voted for Denys Shmyhal’s resignation. How did he manage to become the longest-serving prime minister?
Zerkalo Nedeli
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The Verkhovna Rada has voted to dismiss Denys Shmyhal from the post of Prime Minister, a position he held longer than any of his predecessors. The decision was supported by 261 MPs. According to information released by parliamentarians, no one...
'Egregious': Inside legal fights over a Canadian EV battery plant getting $15B in tax breaks
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 17, 2025
Multiple Canadian contractors that have helped build a sprawling, taxpayer-supported electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in southwestern Ontario allege they haven't been paid for millions of dollars worth of work, court records show. Lawsuits...
Defence spending will lift Canada’s economy, but not out of a recession: report
Lethbridge Herald
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July 17, 2025
By Canadian Press on July 17, 2025. OTTAWA — Ottawa’s ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts. The updated analysis from Oxford Economics...