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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Lebanon’s new head of state, destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County, and a deadly attack on Chad’s presidential palace. Forming a Government Lebanese parliamentarians elected Gen. Joseph Aoun on Thursday to be the country’s next president, ending a yearslong power vacuum that witnessed a 14-month war […]
By Canadian Press Dec 9, 2024 | 1:58 PM OTTAWA — The Métis National Council says it has elected a new president after months of turmoil that saw the once-united organization splinter and have its legitimacy questioned. In a news release, the council announced Victoria Pruden will be its new president, replacing Cassidy Caron, whose […]
The B.C. election has produced a Canadian first with women being more than half of those elected. Of the 93 people voted into the legislature, 49 identify as female, which is 52.7 per cent — up almost 10 per cent from the last election. The NDP caucus has fully embraced the move to gender equity […]