Saturday, March 1, 2025

Canada on Capitol Hill: Inside the fight against Trump's tariffs

A woman with brown hair, wearing a red suit, stands near the U.S Capitol building.

The House gets an exclusive look into the corridors of power on Capitol Hill as Canadian Ambassador Kirsten Hillman makes a last-ditch push to spare the country's economy from President Donald Trump's punishing tariffs.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/capitol-hill-the-house-1.7471641?cmp=rss

Friday, February 28, 2025

Joly says Canada-U.K. friendship is 'in our DNA' after British PM's White House comments

Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly answers questions from journalists before a meeting of the Liberal caucus in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said she doesn't believe the relationship between Canada and the United Kingdom has changed after comments made by the British prime minister during a visit to the White House.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/joly-starmer-canada-uk-1.7471906?cmp=rss

Countries reach a $200-billion deal to protect nature. The U.S. was not involved

Forest lines near the city of Belem, Brazil, in the Amazon rainforest, where the next global U.N. climate conference will be held. Host country Brazil helped to bring about a related deal on funding for conserving nature and biodiversity.

A gathering of countries in Rome this week agreed on a plan to generate $200 billion US in finance a year by 2030 to halt and begin to reverse the destruction of the natural world.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/nature-environment-deal-countries-1.7471361?cmp=rss

Thursday, February 27, 2025

If we've missed the 1.5-degree climate target, what’s next?

If we missed the 1.5 degree climate target, what’s next?

Earth has crossed the critical 1.5 C warming threshold, according to two major global studies. But scientists say there is still hope for keeping warming below the next target of 2 C.



source https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6664247?cmp=rss

Israel sends negotiators to Cairo to extend 1st phase of Gaza ceasefire

Children play with a wagon near rubble.

Israel announced on Thursday it was sending negotiators to Cairo for talks, seeking to extend a first phase of a ceasefire due to expire in two days, in the apparent aim of securing the release of more hostages while delaying any final deal on Gaza's future.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-ceasefire-1.7470054?cmp=rss