Norimitsu Onishi

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Norimitsu Onishi

NISKU, Alberta -- Back home for the first time since the start of the campaign, Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader seeking to become Canada’s next prime minister, fired up his most ardent supporters with his greatest hits. Thousands had come to a cavernous building in an industrial park in central Alberta, many parking by the roadside and walking the last mile or two, in what was the politician’s biggest rally yet.

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.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Norimitsu Onishi

9 hours agoCanadian snowbirds, stung by Trump, flock from Palm SpringsPALM SPRINGS —Christopher Climie, who recently moved to Palm Springs, was supposed to be hosting visitors from his native Canada this week. Ten friends — all gay men, like Climie — had planned to fly in from Toronto. They were going to trade the cold and rain for a hot desert weekend at the …1 day agoWhat happens when an economist becomes prime minister?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Norimitsu Onishi

A spokesman for Mr. Poilievre's campaign did not respond to a request for comment for this article. A career politician, Mr. Poilievre nevertheless describes himself as an outsider because of his origins. Born in Calgary to a 16-year-old single mother, he was adopted by two schoolteachers and raised in a middle-class home in the city's suburbs. He is married to Anaida Poilievre, a Venezuelan immigrant who grew up in Montreal and worked in Parliament. The Poilievres have two young children.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Norimitsu Onishi

21 hours agoOn Liberation/Burn-the-Global-Economy-to-the-Ground Day, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith posted a grinning photo of herself on social media stamped with a banner declaring, “U.S. Tariff Announcement: Big Win for Alberta and Canada.” In the accompanying caption, she said, “This is precisely what I …