Jun 4 2020 — CBC — Calgary-based comedian and actor Andrew Phung is urging non-profit organizations not to take donations from W. Brett Wilson and says he’ll boycott any that do, after taking offence at a tweet from the Calgary philanthropist and entrepreneur that he called “terrible and offensive.” Wilson’s tweet came as he weighed in on whether the city should go ahead and build […]
Jun 4 2020 — Katie Simpson — CBC — The United States is prepared to reassess its intelligence-sharing arrangement with Canada if Huawei is given the green light to take part in building Canada’s 5G networks, a State Department spokesperson said today. The federal government still has not announced its decision on whether the Chinese telecom giant will be allowed to participate in building […]
Jun 4 2020 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — New public health figures show Canada could see between 97,990 to 107,454 cases by June 15. While new federal figures show the emergence of new cases of COVID-19 is slowing in some parts of Canada, the pandemic continues — and some regions and age groups are being hit particularly hard. During a briefing in Ottawa […]
Jun 4 2020 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Canada’s border agency says there’s “growing evidence” that organized crime groups are trying to corrupt its officers, leading to a growing number of cases of drug and firearm smuggling. The warning was included in a set of documents prepared for Public Safety Minister Bill Blair when he took over the job late last year. The […]
Jun 4 2020 — Kathleen Harris — CBC — Citizenship tests and ceremonies have been cancelled for more than two months because of the global pandemic — but newcomers could soon be taking their oaths online through virtual citizenship events. On March 14, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said it would cancel the ceremonies “until further notice.” Dhiti Nanavati has been working hard for […]
Jun 4 2020 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is planning to spend more than $88 million to get its message out on everything from health advice to government programs related to COVID-19, CBC News has learned. That’s on top of money that government departments have already budgeted for communicating with Canadians on other issues.
Jun 3 2020 — Peter Zimonjic — CBC — Former Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day has stepped down from his role as a commentator on CBC News Network’s Power & Politics — and has left senior positions at two major companies — after making comments on Tuesday’s show about racism in Canada he later admitted were “insensitive and hurtful”. “I ask forgiveness for wrongly […]
Jun 3 2020 — Kathleen Harris — CBC — Canada’s top court will begin virtual hearings for the first time next week — and members of the public will be allowed to watch the justices at work. The Supreme Court hearings will take place through the video conferencing platform Zoom. In a media release, Chief Justice Richard Wagner said the court has been doing […]
Jun 3 2020 — CBC — Warmer temperatures due to climate change lead to wetter air, and we’ve seen more extreme rainfall and flooding across North America. But is there really evidence that the two are related? Yes, there is. A new study from researchers at Environment and Climate Change Canada found that climate change has made:
Jun 3 2020 — John Paul Tasker — CBC — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has condemned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s failure to call out the “reprehensible” actions of U.S. President Donald Trump as protests escalate over anti-black racism. “His silence reveals hypocrisy,” Singh said during a news conference in Ottawa Wednesday. When asked Tuesday to comment on Trump’s threat to use military force against protesters […]
Jun 3 2020 — CBC — The rise of the U.S. shale oil sector shook up energy markets worldwide, but the economic wallop of the pandemic is now rattling that same industry to the core. The situation has led to billions of dollars of losses and fears of a wave of bankruptcies, while some believe a recovery could be at least […]
Jun 3 2020 — Catherine Cullen — CBC — Conservative leadership candidates are weighing in on the crisis in long-term care, calling for everything from new funding to keep people in their homes to a criminal crackdown on those who abuse the elderly. CBC News asked all four leadership candidates what they would do to address the issue — which was exposed recently in […]
Jun 3 2020 — Murray Brewster — CBC — Canadian troops serving in long-term care facilities are not being uniformly tested for the novel coronavirus — an omission that alarms a leading health and safety policy expert. In response to questions from CBC News, the Department of National Defence (DND) said that soldiers, sailors and aircrew throughout the Canadian Forces are tested if they […]
Jun 2 2020 — Aaron Wherry — CBC — For 21 seconds on Tuesday morning, Justin Trudeau said nothing. Between the end of a reporter’s question about Donald Trump and the start of the prime minister’s response, there was a long, tense silence. Anyone could have filled that silence with a stream of awful images and ideas from the last few days, and the […]
Jun 2 2020 — Joanne Chianello — CBC — After telling city councillors that “racism is in our midst,” Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson announced he’ll be participating in the “No Peace Until Justice” march at the U.S. Embassy on Friday afternoon. Near the end of a brief finance and economic development committee meeting Tuesday morning, the mayor took the opportunity to address the upheaval […]