Saskatchewan legislative session returns with deficit budget looming | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] By Jeremy Simes The Canadian Press Posted March 2, 2026 8:17 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan politicians are set to return to the legislature Monday for the spring sitting. Premier Scott Moe has said his Saskatchewan Party government plans to introduce a deficit budget later this month. Moe […]
More young men contacting Ontario gambling helpline, new study finds | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The rate of young men contacting Ontario’s mental health helpline for gambling-related problems has increased by more than 300 per cent after the province allowed private online gambling, a new study suggests. The researchers behind the study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday say the findings represent a need for stronger […]
Travel stocks sink after thousands of flights grounded following Iran strikes
[ad_1] A display board shows canceled flights to Dubai and Doha amid regional airspace closures at Noi Bai International Airport, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Thinh Nguyen | Reuters Airline and travel stocks fell Monday after airspace closures throughout the Middle East […]
Donald Trump says he took out Khamenei before ‘he got me’
[ad_1] President Trump has said he took out Ayatollah Khamenei before “he got me” seemingly referring to the failed Iranian assassination attempts orchestrated against him. “I got him before he got me,” Trump told ABC News Sunday as he reacted to the death of the Iranian Supreme Leader, 86. “They tried twice. Well I got […]
Moving metrics: How the Ford government pulled back reporting its successes and failures | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] A suite of provincial targets and data points used by the public to measure the success of the Ford government appears to have been gradually pulled back or eliminated by the Progressive Conservatives — a trend that critics suggest is a deliberate strategy to frustrate accountability, but one that the premier’s office denies Targets, […]
More than 100,000 Brits may need evacuating from Middle East
[ad_1] Several airlines have suspended all their flights to and from the Middle East amid conflict in the area Neil Lancefield, Press Association Transport Correspondent 09:54, 02 Mar 2026 A number of airlines have suspended flights to destinations in the Middle East(Image: PA) Officials are understood to be working on plans that could see more […]
Texas GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales close to losing seat over alleged affair with aide who fatally lit herself on fire
[ad_1] SAN ANTONIO — GOP Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales is dangerously close to losing his seat to a gun-fanatic YouTuber after the married pol refused to resign when a staffer burned herself to death over their alleged affair. Gonzales is in the biggest fight of his political career this week, facing an ugly uphill primary […]
Khamenei’s death met with ‘jubilation’ among Iranian-Canadians: Liberal MP – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Iranian-Canadian communities are greeting news of the death of Iran’s supreme leader with jubilation, according to Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi. Ehsassi, whose Willowdale riding in Toronto has a significant Iranian-Canadian population, was in the crowd at a large protest against the Iranian regime in Richmond Hill on Saturday when news of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s […]
What travelers need to know after the U.S., Israeli strikes on Iran
[ad_1] Stranded passengers wait at the Velana International Airport in Male on March 1, 2026 after the cancellation of several flights destined for the Middle East. Mohamed Afrah | Afp | Getty Images Travelers are stranded as far away as Australia, Brazil and the Maldives after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran this […]
Anthropic’s Claude hits No. 2 on Apple’s top free apps list after Pentagon rejection
[ad_1] In this illustration, the Claude AI app is seen in the app store on a phone on February 16, 2026 in New York City. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the Defense Department used Anthropic’s Claude Ai, via its Palantir contract, to help with the attack on Venezuela and capture former President […]