Amber Bracken

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Matina Stevis-Gridneff |Amber Bracken

profileDanielle Smith, the premier of the oil-rich province of Alberta, takes pride in her MAGA ties. As her country faces existential threats from President Trump, she thinks her party and her province stand to gain. Danielle Smith, the premier of the Canadian province of Alberta, has been referred to as "divisive" by supporters and critics alike. profileDanielle Smith, the premier of the oil-rich province of Alberta, takes pride in her MAGA ties.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Norimitsu Onishi |Amber Bracken

Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative seeking to become prime minister, fires up the faithful in Alberta, including Trump supporters, with his anti-elitist, anti-woke message. Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, speaking during a rally this week in Nisku, just south of Edmonton, Alberta. Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative seeking to become prime minister, fires up the faithful in Alberta, including Trump supporters, with his anti-elitist, anti-woke message.

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Matina Stevis-Gridneff |Christina Thornell |Amber Bracken |David Jouppi

Since President Trump’s election, Canada has intensified its efforts to curb illegal immigration into the U.S. However, with mass deportations underway in the U.S., a new dynamic is emerging at the border. Matina Stevis-Gridneff, The New York Times’s Canada bureau chief, reports from the border. Source link

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Matina Stevis-Gridneff |Amber Bracken

The pre-dawn call by U.S. border agents to their Canadian counterparts was shocking: A group of nine people, most of them children, were about to enter Canada on foot. On Feb. 3 at 6:16 a.m., when the group was spotted, the border between Alberta and Montana was brutally uninviting, covered in snow, dark with a temperature of minus 17 degrees Fahrenheit.

Dec 29, 2024 | discoverairdrie.com | Amber Bracken

A look at national news events in July 2024 1 - The strike is over at WestJet. The Calgary-based airline reaches a deal with its mechanics to end a strike that had disrupted the travel plans of tens of thousands of travellers over the Canada Day long weekend and saw 829 flight cancellations. In a statement on its website overnight, WestJet says there will still be flight disruptions in the week ahead as its planes are brought back into service.