Jul 18 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Lyme disease has settled so deeply into parts of Canada many public health units now just assume if you get bitten by a tick, you should be treated for Lyme disease. In Ottawa, where more than two-thirds of the ticks tested in some neighbourhoods carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, the public-health unit […]
Jul 18 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Lyme disease has settled so deeply into parts of Canada many public health units now just assume if you get bitten by a tick, you should be treated for Lyme disease. In Ottawa, where more than two-thirds of the ticks tested in some neighbourhoods carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, the public-health unit […]
Jul 18 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Supreme Court may have just killed off the NDP's last legal hope to end a dispute with the House of Commons over payments to political staff, leaving the party's financial picture even gloomier. The high court declined Thursday to hear an appeal from the New Democrats over a $2.7-million dispute with the House of […]
Jul 18 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Supreme Court may have just killed off the NDP's last legal hope to end a dispute with the House of Commons over payments to political staff, leaving the party's financial picture even gloomier. The high court declined Thursday to hear an appeal from the New Democrats over a $2.7-million dispute with the House of […]
Jul 18 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Supreme Court may have just killed off the NDP's last legal hope to end a dispute with the House of Commons over payments to political staff, leaving the party's financial picture even gloomier. The high court declined Thursday to hear an appeal from the New Democrats over a $2.7-million dispute with the House of […]
Jul 17 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Several hundred Canadian millennials planned to rally in at least 30 cities across the country Wednesday, demanding a federal leaders' debate on climate change. Emma Jackson, a field organizer with the group Our Time, said the science is clear that humanity only has 11 years to get a grip on greenhouse-gas emissions before […]
Jul 17 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Several hundred Canadian millennials planned to rally in at least 30 cities across the country Wednesday, demanding a federal leaders' debate on climate change. Emma Jackson, a field organizer with the group Our Time, said the science is clear that humanity only has 11 years to get a grip on greenhouse-gas emissions before […]
Jul 17 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Several hundred Canadian millennials planned to rally in at least 30 cities across the country Wednesday, demanding a federal leaders' debate on climate change. Emma Jackson, a field organizer with the group Our Time, said the science is clear that humanity only has 11 years to get a grip on greenhouse-gas emissions before […]
Jul 14 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Some MPs are warning the high-stress, high-stakes environment of politics coupled with relentless work schedules and bouts of politically motivated marathon voting and debating sessions are one day going to kill someone. Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux, who has been an MP for nine years and served as the Liberal's deputy house leader since the last election, […]
Jul 14 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Some MPs are warning the high-stress, high-stakes environment of politics coupled with relentless work schedules and bouts of politically motivated marathon voting and debating sessions are one day going to kill someone. Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux, who has been an MP for nine years and served as the Liberal's deputy house leader since the last election, […]
Jul 14 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Some MPs are warning the high-stress, high-stakes environment of politics coupled with relentless work schedules and bouts of politically motivated marathon voting and debating sessions are one day going to kill someone. Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux, who has been an MP for nine years and served as the Liberal's deputy house leader since the last election, […]
Jul 12 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Conservative MPs want Canada's intelligence agency to probe whether a former Canadian ambassador is encouraging China to interfere in the upcoming federal election. John McCallum was the ambassador to China from March 2017 until January 2019, when the Liberals fired him following a number of public comments that broke with the government's line on the […]
Jul 12 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Conservative MPs want Canada's intelligence agency to probe whether a former Canadian ambassador is encouraging China to interfere in the upcoming federal election. John McCallum was the ambassador to China from March 2017 until January 2019, when the Liberals fired him following a number of public comments that broke with the government's line on the […]
Jul 12 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Conservative MPs want Canada's intelligence agency to probe whether a former Canadian ambassador is encouraging China to interfere in the upcoming federal election. John McCallum was the ambassador to China from March 2017 until January 2019, when the Liberals fired him following a number of public comments that broke with the government's line on the […]
Jul 10 2019 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadian Sikh organizations fear the Indian government is trying to interfere in the upcoming federal election after a flurry of Indian media articles accusing Canadian Sikhs of inciting violence and militancy in Punjab and the Canadian government of supporting them. Balpreet Singh, the lawyer for the World Sikh Organization in Canada, said a number of […]