A truck carries a container near a cargo ship bound for Japan at the Centerm container ship terminal at the Port of Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada August 3, 2025.  REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Carney visits Asia to forge new alliances and reduce U.S. dependence

Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney embarks on his first official visit to Asia on Friday in an attempt to deepen trade and security ties at a time when the North American country is struggling to lessen its overwhelming dependence on the U.S. and redefine its foreign policy in pursuit of new markets.








Donald Martel in 2018. Photo: Coalitionavenirquebec.org

New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers in Quebec get a new representative at the provincial cabinet table as Premier Francois Legault names Donald Martel the new minister of agriculture, replacing Andre Lamontagne.