As Alberta approaches a pivotal referendum, the province finds itself at a crossroads, not merely over a political question, but over the kind of future its people wish to build for themselves, their children and generations yet to come. With the final day of advance voting arriving amid fierce prairie winds, Albertans on both sides of the debate took to ...

Gnanasara’s return to prison reignites debate over judicial independence, religious authority and political privilege, while President Anura Kumara Dissanayake insists that no individual is above the law. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court decision to invalidate the presidential pardon granted to controversial Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero has reopened a long-running debate over the rule of law, political influence and the ...

COLOMBO –  Sri Lanka intends to complete its current International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme when the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) expires in March 2027 and does not currently plan to seek a successor programme linked to debt restructuring, Minister Bimal Rathnayake has said. Rathnayake said the government would end the present IMF arrangement but would continue normal engagement with ...

When Those in Power Say, “I Don’t Remember” There are few phrases more powerful in a courtroom than “I don’t remember.” For an ordinary witness, it may simply reflect the limitations of human memory. But when the witness is a former Defence Secretary being questioned about disappearances, abductions and the conduct of security institutions, the phrase takes on a much ...