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CBC'It's OK if Canada isn't for you': This Calgary newcomer wants to go back home. She isn't alone
A year and a half after moving to Canada from the Philippines, Ali Quina is strongly considering moving back home. Life here is just so much harder than people made it out to be, she said.Quina came to Calgary looking for opportunities and a better quality of life. But even after moving here with work experience in marketing and completing a certificate at the University of Calgary, she's struggling to find a job in her field.So she's working part time as a server and said she's barely getting b
- The Daily Beast
Mexican President Hits Back at Trump With New Name for North America
Mexico’s president has signaled to Donald Trump that she can play the regional renaming game, too. Claudia Sheinbaum chided Trump on Wednesday for claiming her nation was run by drug cartels and proposing that the Gulf of Mexico—as its been named since the 17th century—be renamed the “Gulf of America.” Sheinbaum brandished a massive map of North America from 1607 that labeled the continent as “América Mexicana,” or “Mexican America,” at a news conference. She then joked that maybe Mexico should
- The Daily Beast
Top Dem Backs Renaming Gulf of Mexico on One Condition
Sen. Chuck Schumer weighed in on Donald Trump’s controversial idea to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” as the president-elect ramps up his expansionist rhetoric ahead of the inauguration. The New York Democrat said he was fine with Trump’s desire to dub the waterway something “more patriotic,” but only if the he “first agrees to work with us on an actual plan to lower costs for Americans.” “That is what the American people want us to focus on first, not on renaming bodies of wa
- The Daily Beast
Canadian Politician Fires Back at Trump: We’ll Buy Two of YOUR States
A prominent Canadian politician shot back at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that the two countries should merge by suggesting that his nation could purchase two American border states instead. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, the leader of Canada’s most populous province since 2018, joked on Monday that Canada could instead purchase Alaska and Minnesota as a counteroffer. “I know under my watch, in Ontario, we would never be for that at all,” Ford said of Trump’s threats to acquire its
- Business Insider
The LA wildfires are ripping through the celebrity-packed Pacific Palisades. Here's which stars have lost homes.
"Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill was among the thousands who evacuated Los Angeles. Other stars, including Paris Hilton and Billy Crystal, have lost their LA homes.
- The Daily Beast
CNN’s Scott Jennings Makes L.A. Fire Hell All About DEI
Scott Jennings felt the ire of Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), who took a blowtorch to him after he appeared to suggest on CNN NewsNight that the southern California wildfires are worse because there are not enough white men working as fire fighters. Jennings was attempting to make a point against diversity, equity and inclusion programs (DEI), swiping at a 2023 report about a training program that aimed to diversify the ranks of California fire departments, which are dominated by white males. His
- HuffPost
Social Media Users Slam Donald Trump's 'Unhinged' Canada Maps
The president-elect's "Oh Canada" post drew ire online.
- The Daily Beast
‘Traitor’ Kevin O’Leary Ripped by Fellow Canadians for Pushing U.S.-Canada Deal
Kevin O’Leary’s countrymen are fed up with his supposed dealmaking to merge the U.S. and Canada. Canadians have come out en masse to clown the Montreal native—who has since ditched the great white north for sunny Miami Beach—over his efforts to combine his homeland with his adopted nation, as Donald Trump has recently proposed doing. The outrage came after Trump posted to Truth Social that “many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State,” with some determining the president-elect must have reac
- HuffPost UK
Trump Has Decided Who Is Responsible For Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine – And It's Not Putin
The president-elect also revealed he wants to meet with the Russian president "long before six months".
- The Independent
Don Jr. was told the ‘whole town’ would show up for his Greenland arrival. It appears they did not
Trump Jr.’s visit occurred weeks after Trump re-ignited the calls for the U.S. to acquire Greenland
- People
19-Year-Old Woman 'Repeatedly Assaulted' at Home by Other Teens and Made to Walk Outside ‘Partially Clothed,’ Police Say
The woman was eventually found by a Good Samaritan who called police, Ohio officers said
- The Daily Beast
Jesse Watters Tells Canadians: It’s A ‘Privilege’ to Be Taken Over
Fox News host Jesse Watters is all-in when it comes to Donald Trump’s stated desire to annex Canada, even telling a prominent politician from America’s northern neighbor Tuesday that it should be considered a “privilege” to be taken over because “that’s what everybody else in the world wants.” Watters’ first question to Ontario Premier Doug Ford was blunt: “What’s your problem with the United States absorbing Canada?” Ford said he gets why Trump, a “real estate tycoon,” is making these overtures
- Hello!
King Charles and Queen Camilla share stunning recent photo of Princess Kate on her 43rd birthday
The King sent well-wishes to his daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales, on her 43rd birthday on 9 January
- Hello!
Zara Tindall shocks in backless dress - and you should see her silhouette
Zara Tindall is in Australia with her husband Mike and the daughter of Princess Anne was seen shopping in a blue backless dress.
- HuffPost
Trump Goes On Puzzling Truth Social Rant About California Wildfires
The president-elect acknowledged the wildfires by... blaming Gov. Gavin Newsom.
- The Canadian Press
Is Donald Trump kidding? Americans in Canada react to tariff, annexation threats
Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump has been courting controversy in Canada since his election victory, with threats to impose whopping tariffs on Canadian goods and musings about the country becoming "the 51st state."
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Wanted This Fox News Host As Running Mate, Says New Book
But Trump's team talked him out of it and he went with JD Vance instead.
- The Canadian Press
Biden casts doubt on his fitness to serve another four years days before term ends
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, in a new interview days before he leaves office, cast doubt on his fitness to serve another four years even as he maintained that he could have won election to a second term.
- People
Denise Richards Breaks Down in Tears as She Recalls How She 'Froze' During a Sexual Assault: 'I Couldn't Even Scream for Help'
"I've been through traumatic situations that have been very terrifying for me. I want to learn how to deal with those issues and be stronger," Richards explained on the first episode of 'Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test'
- The Canadian Press
Ford pitches Trump on grand energy plan in effort to avoid tariffs
BOWMANVILLE, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pitching U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on a vision to supply the two nations with energy, as he positions himself as the country's protector amid a "lack of leadership" in Ottawa in the face of American tariff threats.