The climate insurance gap is widening, and it’s leaving marginalized Canadians behind
By Anne E. Kleffner, Derek Cook & Mary Kelly Every year, extreme weather events wreak havoc across Canada, disrupting the lives of tens of thousands. Financial losses from these events have surged, surpassing $7 billion in 2024, due in part to climate change, asset accumulation and more people living in high-risk areas. Evidence from Canada, the United States and Europe shows
U.S. lays out terms for trade deal with Canada
By Brett Rowland U.S. leaders want American products, including whiskey and milk, on Canadian shelves as part of any deal between the neighboring nations. U.S. officials have laid out demands for trade talks with Canada and Mexico, making clear that they won’t rubber stamp the existing free trade agreement for the three North American nations
US House passes bill to remove gray wolf from Endangered Species Act list
By: Jacob Fischler The U.S. House on Thursday passed, 211-204, a bill to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf outside Alaska. The bill, sponsored by Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert, would direct the Interior secretary to reissue a 2020 rule removing ESA protections that delisted wolves other than the Mexican wolf in the lower 48
Kremlin Envoy Heads To Ukraine Talks In Florida After Deadly Russian Strike On Odesa
By Ray Furlong The Kremlin’s senior negotiator in talks on ending the war in Ukraine, Kirill Dmitriev, said he was on his way to Florida for fresh meetings with US counterparts on December 20 – hours after a Russian strike on Ukraine’s Odesa region killed eight people and injured 27. The talks and attack follow another
Trump kicks off NC’s 2026 midterms by attacking Roy Cooper in Rocky Mount speech
By:Brandon Kingdollar President Donald Trump launched the opening salvo in North Carolina’s midterm elections Friday night at a speech in Rocky Mount, blasting Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper as “radical left” and praising Republican Michael Whatley. Speaking for more than an hour to a crowd of several hundred in Rocky Mount, Trump called Cooper a
