Victorian firefighters are briefed ahead of their departure to Canada via Brisbane. Photo: Vic Emergency A 96-strong contingent of Australian firefighters has left for Canada to join in the fight against 200-plus bushfires that have burnt 2.3 million hectares and spread smoke as far as Europe. From NSW, 54 firefighters flew out of Sydney on…
Trade mission delegates at the Sydney Opera House, in front of the harbour bridge. Photo: Trade Canada/Twitter (X) A Canadian trade mission came to the country looking for new deals amid their country’s ongoing trade tariff row with the US. The 220-strong delegation was led by Canada’s Minister of Export Promotion and International Trade Mary…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to a shopper in a Montreal grocery store late last year. Photo: Twitter/X. Justin Trudeau is resigning as Canadian Prime Minister and as leader of that country’s ruling left-leaning Liberal Party. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its new leader,” the 53-year-old leader…
The Canadian parliament in Ottawa. Picture: stock Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is facing mounting calls to go after his finance minister quit and continuing trolling from US President-elect Donald Trump. Chrystia Freeland quit on Monday (local time) as she led a cabinet committee on Canada-US relations, liaising with Canada’s 10 provinces. She has since been…
Photo: stock US President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to slap new tariffs on foreign imports is already prompting threats of counter tariffs and warnings of job losses. On Monday, Trump announced on social media that he intends on his first day in office to imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and another…
The new heated chair lifts have begun operating at Banff. Picture: supplied An almost-new lift experience has come to the ski fields of Banff in Alberta, Canada – a high-speed, heated chair bubble. The Super Angel LX six-passenger bubble chair began operations at the Canadian Rocky Mountain ski resort of Banff Sunshine Village in Alberta…
Picture: stock Experienced Canadian officers are the target of South Australian Police’s (SAPOL) latest overseas recruitment campaign. The SA government says experienced Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers will be targeted based on campaigns used in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. Any RCMP recruits will be fast-tracked to get them into service as soon as…