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A vehicle crosses an empty street in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday, April 29, 2023, as gunfire and heavy artillery fire continued despite the extension of a cease-fire between the country's two top generals. File photo by The Associated Press/Marwan Ali

Canada moves Sudan evacuation operations to port city as conflict rages

Canada is relocating its efforts to get stranded Canadians out of Sudan from the capital to a distant port city as violence continues to escalate between the country's army and a powerful paramilitary group.

By David Fraser | News, Politics | May 1st 2023

A new solar panel array is installed in Scugog, Ont. on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. File photo by The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

Canada's financial support for clean energy is similar to U.S: TD Bank

The financial support Canada is offering for the clean energy transition is competitive with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) south of the border, a new report from TD Economics says.

By Amanda Stephenson | News, Politics | April 25th 2023

Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday, April 22, 2023. The fighting in the capital between the Sudanese Army and Rapid Support Forces resumed after an internationally brokered cease-fire failed. File photo by The Associated Press/Marwan Ali

Canada is suspending Sudan consular services as diplomats evacuated

Canada suspended consular services in Sudan on Sunday, April 23, 2023, amid reports of allied countries evacuating Canadian diplomats and as armed conflict escalated in the East-African country.

By Dylan Robertson | News, Politics | April 25th 2023

The Aboriginal crown: A new path for North American monarchy

Electing a monarch with Aboriginal ancestry to establish a new Canadian dynasty is more in line with “right” than any claim put forth by the Windsors.

Opinion

By Abdallah Al Alfy | Opinion | April 25th 2023

The massive new Volkswagen battery plant in southwestern Ontario will create 3,000 direct jobs and 30,000 indirect jobs in the area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

New Ontario Volkswagen EV battery factory to create 3,000 jobs

The small southwestern Ontario city that gained fame more than a century ago as Canada's railway capital is being remade as "the national anchor" of Canada's electric-vehicle supply chain, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday at the official launch of a new Volkswagen battery plant.

By Mia Rabson, Liam Casey & Jessica Smith | News | April 21st 2023

Association president Danny Smyth, who is also Winnipeg’s police chief, sent a letter to provincial premiers this week with an urgent plea to discuss bail reform. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)

Focus should be on mental health supports to save police lives

If the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police wants to better protect officers in the wake of a string of cop killings across the country, focusing on bail reform is probably not the answer, writes Winnipeg Free Press columnist Tom Brodbeck.

Opinion

By Winnipeg Free Press | Opinion | April 14th 2023

When it comes to Canada's housing crisis, we need to talk about the biggest problem of all: our own attitudes. Photo by Tiago Rodrigues / Unsplash

We’re all to blame for Canada’s brutal housing market

The beating heart of any successful housing strategy in this country involves going after the biggest enemy in all this: our own behaviour, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Opinion