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Canada is taking steps toward becoming European Union's first associate member 30 October 2026 at 22:25

Canada is taking steps toward becoming European Union's first associate member

30 October 2026 at 22:25

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would attend a meeting of European leaders in June to conclude negotiations on the proposed relationship.

World news | The Guardian
Canada and EU announce new alliance open to like-minded countries 30 October 2026 at 22:42

Canada and EU announce new alliance open to like-minded countries

World news | The Guardian

By: Leyland Cecco in Toronto

30 October 2026 at 22:42

Alliance for the Future, unveiled at Montreal summit and open to other countries, conceived for world ‘shaken by new storms’

Canada and Europe have announced a new alliance of like-minded nations to serve as both a “protective canopy under which our citizens can thrive” and a powerful hedge against the unpredictable nature of geopolitics, while welcoming other countries to join.

Speaking to reporters on Friday from Montreal, the prime minister, Mark Carney, and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, called the new partnership the Alliance for the Future and said the “deepest possible partnership between Canada and the 27-member bloc had the potential to offer unprecedented stability and opportunity”.

The Guardian
Canada and EU announce new alliance open to like-minded countries 30 October 2026 at 22:42

Canada and EU announce new alliance open to like-minded countries

The Guardian

By: Leyland Cecco in Toronto

30 October 2026 at 22:42

Alliance for the Future, unveiled at Montreal summit and open to other countries, conceived for world ‘shaken by new storms’

Canada and Europe have announced a new alliance of like-minded nations to serve as both a “protective canopy under which our citizens can thrive” and a powerful hedge against the unpredictable nature of geopolitics, while welcoming other countries to join.

Speaking to reporters on Friday from Montreal, the prime minister, Mark Carney, and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, called the new partnership the Alliance for the Future and said the “deepest possible partnership between Canada and the 27-member bloc had the potential to offer unprecedented stability and opportunity”.

The Guardian
‘It really was the idiots in charge’: inside the TV sketch show that launched a generation of stars 30 October 2026 at 18:33

‘It really was the idiots in charge’: inside the TV sketch show that launched a generation of stars

The Guardian

By: Dale Shaw

30 October 2026 at 18:33

It influenced The Simpsons and sparked the careers of Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy and many others. Now this extraordinary Canadian series is finally getting its due

SCTV – short for Second City Television – is one of most influential comedy shows ever created. In the 1970s and 80s, while North American comedy fans worshipped at the altar of Saturday Night Live, the comedy nerds loved SCTV. The Canadian sketch show was weird. It was dark. It was multilayered and years ahead of its time.

Dave Thomas, head writer and an original cast member, was there from the start. “Conan O’Brien said that he used to watch and he thought, ‘This show is being written specifically for me,’” Thomas tells me. “There were references in it that he was absolutely sure only he got. We wrote at the top of our reference level. And the idea was to see if the audience would meet us there.”

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