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Arabnews24 - Canada : This weekend is all about giving back to fathers. While some dads may prefer to chill out at home or in the backyard, others may want to be out and about. This is their weekend, so spend it doing what they like to do. If you and your dad are venturing out and are not sure what to do, below is a planner to help you along.

Arabnews24 - Canada :NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says her party will hold Doug Ford accountable for every decision he makes once he’s sworn in as Ontario’s premier.Horwath, whose New Democrats are holding their first caucus meeting as the official Opposition today, says many Ontario residents have concerns about Ford’s agenda, particularly when it comes to possible spending cuts.

Arabnews24 - Canada: With Progressive Conservatives handed a majority government on Thursday, Doug Ford took the stage in a Toronto ballroom and, thundering all the phrases that won him the premier’s office, heralded a new, Fordian era in Ontario: “The party with the taxpayers’ money is over,” he said. “It’s done.” Late Thursday night, the PCs were leading in at least 76 ridings — a gobsmacking showing in an election once considered to be a tight race. The NDP, which emerged midway through the campaign as the best hope for voters opposed to a Ford-led PC government, were firmly in second place,

Arabnews24 - Canada:  Andy Blatchford wrote ,As one week packed with major economic and political developments comes to a close, another begins for the Trudeau government.Over a span of just a few days, the Liberals announced a plan to potentially spend $4.5 billion to buy a controversial pipeline, watched the chances of a quick NAFTA renegotiation sputter and joined other G7 allies in moving closer to a punishing tariff war with the United States.The political stakes are high. When Canadians go to the polls next year, the significant events of this tight time window could weigh heavily on their decisions at the ballot box.

Arabnews24 - Canada :With two weeks to go until the Ontario election, a new poll suggests if the vote were held today, the NDP could form a majority government.The Forum Research poll, which was released on Friday, said almost half of Ontarions — 47 per cent — would support the NDP. Thirty-three percent of respondents said they would support the PCs, while 14 per cent said they would back the Liberals. Around four per cent said they would back the Greens or another party.“If the election were held today, we project these results would see an NDP majority government with 79 seats

Arabnews24 - Canada :Police are searching for two suspects after a bomb detonated inside an Indian restaurant in Mississauga, injuring up to 15 people, three of them critically .Peel police in the city were called to the area of Hurontario Street and Eglinton Avenue just after 10:30 p.m. Thursday after reports of an explosion at the Bombay Bhel Restaurant.At a news conference on Friday morning, Peel police Chief Jennifer Evans, said there is no indication that the explosion was an act of terrorism or a hate crime.Peel Paramedics said at least three people — a 35-year-old man from Brampton, a 62-year-old Mississauga woman,

Arabnews24 - Canada: On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, New Jersey’s third largest city, Paterson, elected its first Arab mayor ever named, Andre Sayegh. Sayegh is a child of immigrants from Lebanon . He was born, raised, and currently resides in the city of Paterson, New Jersey.This is not the first time that Sayegh has run for this position. Prior to his most recent campaign, he ran for the position of mayor two times. Sayegh didn’t let his unsuccessful two campaigns deplete his determination to help Paterson in the way he deemed the best fit. One could say: third time’s the charm!

Arabnews24 - Canada: President Donald Trump has branded his latest attempt to discredit the special counsel's Russia investigation as "spygate," part of a newly invigorated strategy embraced by his Republican colleagues to raise suspicions about the probe that has dogged his presidency almost since the start.Trump now is zeroing in on — and at times embellishing — reports that a longtime U.S. government informant approached members of his 2016 campaign during the presidential election in a possible bid to glean intelligence on Russian efforts to sway the election.

Arabnews24 - Canada : The first portraits of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s wedding have been released by Kensington Palace.The images were captured by photographer Alexi Lubomirski at Windsor Castle, following the couple’s wedding ceremony on Saturday.“It has been an incredible honour and privilege to document The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s inspiring journey of love, hope and family,” Lubomirski said in a statement Monday.“This has been a beautiful chapter in my career and life, that I will happily never forget.

Arabnews24 - Canada :An estimated 100,000 people came out to catch a glimpse of the couple after royal weddingMeghan Markle and Prince Harry, now officially the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, were all smiles as they rode in a horse-drawn carriage and waved to crowds of well-wishers after their wedding ceremony at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle on Saturday.According to Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, more than 100,000 people are estimated to have lined the route of Harry and Meghan's wedding procession route in Windsor.