Articles by Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press

Oct 4 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs are expressing outrage and disappointment at the federal government's decision to appeal a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling ordering Ottawa to pay billions of dollars in compensation to First Nations children and their families separated by a chronically underfunded child-welfare system. "This is beyond unacceptable. The government of Canada is once again preparing […]

Oct 4 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs are expressing outrage and disappointment at the federal government's decision to appeal a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling ordering Ottawa to pay billions of dollars in compensation to First Nations children and their families separated by a chronically underfunded child-welfare system. "This is beyond unacceptable. The government of Canada is once again preparing […]

Oct 4 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs are expressing outrage and disappointment at the federal government's decision to appeal a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling ordering Ottawa to pay billions of dollars in compensation to First Nations children and their families separated by a chronically underfunded child-welfare system. "This is beyond unacceptable. The government of Canada is once again preparing […]

Sep 18 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — HALIFAX — A 2001 yearbook photo of a costumed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his face and hands darkened by makeup, detonated Wednesday on the federal campaign trail, instantly tarnishing the Liberal leader's bona fides as a champion of tolerance and stopping the party's re-election momentum squarely in its tracks. The jarring black-and-white photo, posted online by Time magazine, originally […]

Sep 18 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — HALIFAX — A 2001 yearbook photo of a costumed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his face and hands darkened by makeup, detonated Wednesday on the federal campaign trail, instantly tarnishing the Liberal leader's bona fides as a champion of tolerance and stopping the party's re-election momentum squarely in its tracks. The jarring black-and-white photo, posted online by Time magazine, originally […]

Sep 16 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — WATERLOO, Ont. — As the three main political parties continue courting votes from middle-class families, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau surrounded himself with children Monday and promised help for parents who need more child care before and after regular school hours. Trudeau's campaign announcement that a re-elected Liberal government would create up to 250,000 more spaces for before- and after-school […]

Sep 16 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — WATERLOO, Ont. — As the three main political parties continue courting votes from middle-class families, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau surrounded himself with children Monday and promised help for parents who need more child care before and after regular school hours. Trudeau's campaign announcement that a re-elected Liberal government would create up to 250,000 more spaces for before- and after-school […]

Sep 16 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — WATERLOO, Ont. — As the three main political parties continue courting votes from middle-class families, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau surrounded himself with children Monday and promised help for parents who need more child care before and after regular school hours. Trudeau's campaign announcement that a re-elected Liberal government would create up to 250,000 more spaces for before- and after-school […]

Sep 12 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau headed Wednesday to what he calls his "second home" in British Columbia for his first event of the 2019 election campaign — a province full of both opportunity and peril for the governing party. He headlined a boisterous evening rally in the riding of Vancouver Kingsway — right next door to the constituency held by […]

Sep 12 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau headed Wednesday to what he calls his "second home" in British Columbia for his first event of the 2019 election campaign — a province full of both opportunity and peril for the governing party. He headlined a boisterous evening rally in the riding of Vancouver Kingsway — right next door to the constituency held by […]

Sep 9 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — If Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants the support of more Indigenous voters in the federal election, he should disavow the approach of his predecessor Stephen Harper, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde. During an event in Ottawa Monday to launch a platform of First Nations election priorities, Bellegarde said progress has been made on key issues […]

Sep 9 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — If Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants the support of more Indigenous voters in the federal election, he should disavow the approach of his predecessor Stephen Harper, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde. During an event in Ottawa Monday to launch a platform of First Nations election priorities, Bellegarde said progress has been made on key issues […]

Sep 9 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada has been treating Indigenous issues as higher priorities since the last federal election but more work needs to be done, says Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde. The national group, which includes First Nations chiefs from across Canada, is outlining its election priorities for Canada's First Nations, with less than a week before the […]

Aug 26 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — BIARRITZ, France — He may have spent the weekend an ocean away from home, rubbing elbows with world leaders during tense talks on international crises, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kept cool, collected and decidedly out of the fray. For a political leader who thrives in the flash of cameras and curated social media content, it was an […]

Aug 26 2019 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — BIARRITZ, France — He may have spent the weekend an ocean away from home, rubbing elbows with world leaders during tense talks on international crises, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kept cool, collected and decidedly out of the fray. For a political leader who thrives in the flash of cameras and curated social media content, it was an […]