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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Parti Québécois is looking for its fourth consecutive byelection win today in the riding of Chicoutimi, north of Quebec City. The riding had been a PQ stronghold before Andrée Laforest captured it twice for the Coalition Avenir Québec, first in 2018 and again in 2022.Chicoutimi has been vacant since Laforest, a former cabinet minister, left provincial politics in September.The Parti Québécois is high in the polls ahead of the provincial election in the fall, and leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon promises to hold a sovereignty referendum by 2030 if he’s elected premier.…

Qantas will rollout a new offer for frequent flyers after Virgin dropped a similar perk deal for travellers.

Washington on Monday (Feb 23) accused China of dramatically swelling its nuclear arsenal, and doubled down on claims that Beijing has conducting secret nuclear tests, demanding again it be part of any future arms control treaty.Washington said the lapsing earlier this month of New START – the last treaty between top nuclear powers, the United States and Russia – presented the possibility to achieve a “better agreement”, including Beijing.China has publicly rejected calls to enter negotiations on a new three-way treaty.Christopher Yeaw, the US assistant secretary of state for arms control and nonproliferation, told the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva…

In a military raid supported by the United States, Mexican forces have located and killed one of the country’s most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho”.In the immediate aftermath of his killing on Sunday, violence erupted in numerous areas of Mexico as gunmen set vehicles ablaze and erected roadblocks across 20 states.We break down who El Mencho was, how he was killed and what his death means for the US and Mexico.Who was El Mencho?He was the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which operates from the western state of Jalisco and is known…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Greenland’s rejection of President Donald Trump sending a U.S. military hospital ship has touched off a private-public healthcare debate amid ongoing diplomatic talks about Arctic security.Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Sunday turned down Trump’s offer, and now Trump special envoy to Greenland, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, has weighed in.”Shame on Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen!” Landry wrote in response to a Fox News report on Nielsen’s objection. “President Donald J. Trump and America care. After speaking to many Greenlanders about the day to day problems they face, one issue stood out —…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here’s what you need to know to start your day …TOP 31. Americans stranded in Puerto Vallarta describe city turning into a war zone2. Suspect identified after fatal shooting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate3. US assets in Middle East positioned for ‘highly kinetic’ warMAJOR HEADLINES’BOMB CYCLONE’ — Monster blizzard paralyzes Northeast with extreme snow, soaring power outages. Continue reading …CAPITAL CLASH — Thomas says Supreme Court misread IEEPA, wrongly blocking Trump’s tariff plan. Continue reading …SALTY FEELING — Team Canada…

Nova Scotia Finance Minister John Lohr is set to deliver the provincial budget today for the new fiscal year. Residents can expect to see spending cuts, which will likely result in service cuts as well.Some cuts have already started as the government announced last week it was closing three provincial museums as well as several tourist information centres.Lohr asked all government departments in December to recommend ways to reach a 10 per cent rollback of programs and grants, though said it was unlikely all suggestions would be implemented.Nova Scotia originally estimated a $700-million deficit, but that climbed to $1.3 billion…

Local Government minister Hannah Beazley revealed a monitor has been appointed at the City of South Perth following allegations of dysfunction between councillors and city staff.

Chad’s government says the border will remain ​closed until further ⁠notice, citing repeated violations by Sudan’s warring parties.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoBy Reuters, AFP and News AgenciesPublished On 23 Feb 202623 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareChad has closed its eastern border with Sudan after clashes in recent days linked to Sudan’s civil war killed five Chadian soldiers, as the conflict spilled over into Chadian territory, two sources told the Reuters news agency.The border closure on Monday comes after a Chadian official told Reuters that clashes on Saturday between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and militia fighters…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The cousin of an armed man shot and killed after driving into the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate described him as a “good kid” who never talked politics, saying the incident was “mind-blowing.”Braeden Fields, a cousin of the man authorities identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of North Carolina, described Martin as quiet, afraid of guns and from a family of avid Trump supporters.”He’s a good kid,” Fields, 19, told The Associated Press, adding that the two grew up together. “I wouldn’t believe he would do something like this.…