Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the central bank has to rebuild trust with Canadian households. After the last two years of interest rate hikes and messaging missteps, that’s not going to be an easy job. The central bank cut rates this week for the first time since March 2022, when it embarked on one … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he disagrees with a member of his caucus who says he wants to see more restrictions on abortion and would vote against same-sex marriage if there’s a future bill on the issue in Parliament. In an interview with Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, who hosts a podcast called Uncommons, Alberta Conservative … Read more
South Africans went to the polls for the seventh general elections since 1994 on Wednesday, 29 May. Bookmark The South African website’s Elections 2024 hub for the latest news you need to know And Mzansi voiced its displeasure with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in no uncertain terms. Prior to voting day, experts believed … Read more
One of the core policies the Liberals introduced to protect Canada’s elections has been criticized again for failing to alert Canadians to foreign interference it observed in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. In a recent report, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA), one of Canada’s intelligence watchdog bodies, criticized the Critical Election Incident … Read more
Indigo Books & Music Inc. shareholders have voted to approve a deal that will see the retailer become a private company. Shareholders voted Monday in favour of a $2.50 per share offer from Trilogy Retail Holdings Inc. and Trilogy Investments L.P., which already held a 56 per cent stake in Indigo. The Trilogy companies are owned … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his family cast their vote in Delhi during the sixth phase of the general elections. The Delhi CM was accompanied by her wife Sunita Kejriwal and his children.Arvind Kejriwal was seen helping his ailing father to the polling station. Earlier, AAP leaders like Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj, and … Read more
South African-born cricketer Kevin Pietersen – who left the country to play for England – has urged citizens to “vote for change” in the upcoming elections. The retired star also commented how his country of birth had “reached rock bottom.” Kevin, who was born to an Afrikaaner father and a British mother, left SA at … Read more
With less than one week to go to the most important election in South Africa’s 30-year democracy, the commission assures Mzansi that 2024 IEC vote rigging is ‘impossible’. The South African has already looked into the following election topics: 2024 IEC VOTE RIGGING Are you ready for the big vote on Wednesday 29 May 2024? … Read more
Let the debate begin: What are the best music albums ever? Apple Music certainly has an idea. On Wednesday, the music streaming giant announced its 10 greatest albums of all time, with Lauryn Hill’s iconic The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill from 1998 claiming the top spot. The record, Hill’s debut, outranked other classics from Beyoncé, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Prince, … Read more
As India heads into the crucial fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, May 20, 2024, Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan have come forward to encourage the citizens of Maharashtra to cast their votes and fulfill their civic duties. Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan urge Maharashtra citizens to cast … Read more
