Jun 17 2019 — CTV News — Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby tweeted a Father’s Day message urging dads to make a “renewed oath to fulfilling our purpose.” “Hey, Hey, Hey…It’s America’s Dad…I know it’s late, but to all of the Dads… It’s an honor to be called a Father,” the Twitter post read. “so let’s make today a renewed oath to […]
Jun 17 2019 — CTV News — Thousands of people have already gathered outside Toronto City Hall more than five hours before the NBA champion Toronto Raptors will arrive following a parade through city streets. The team will ride on open-air double-decker buses, with the Larry O’Brien Championship trophy in tow, for about two and a half hours starting at 10 a.m. […]
Jun 17 2019 — CTV News — Even Oprah Winfrey has Raptors fever. The famed talk show host and entertainment mogul was in Montreal Sunday night for a stop on her Your Path Made Clear book tour sporting a Toronto Raptors jacket. In a video posted to Instagram, Winfrey toys with wearing a personalized jersey for her show
Jun 16 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — The federal NDP’s promise to deliver a national universal pharmacare plan by 2020 is “not realistic,” according to Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, who couldn’t say what year the Liberals would propose to deliver the program. On Wednesday, the panel studying the prospect of a national pharmacare plan issued its final report. It said that […]
Jun 14 2019 — Graham Slaughter — CTV News — An Ontario MP who quit the Liberal caucus amid the SNC-Lavalin affair now says she believes it’s important to “move forward and work together for the greater good” after a friendly personal meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Celina Caesar-Chavannes, an Independent MP for Whitby, Ont. who left the Liberals three months ago, told CTV […]
Jun 13 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — The current diplomatic spat between Canada and China amounts to the “worst crisis” Canada’s former ambassador to China has ever seen in diplomatic relations between the two countries. “It’s really an unprecedented situation,” Guy Saint-Jacques, who served as Canada’s ambassador to China from 2012 to 2016, told Don Martin during an interview for CTV’s Power […]
Jun 13 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Former interim leader of the federal Conservative Party Rona Ambrose is accusing her former caucus colleagues of blocking her private member’s bill requiring sexual assault education for would-be judges to ensure that another bill about Indigenous rights does not pass. In a tweet on Wednesday Ambrose said she was told the Conservatives will “block” her […]
Jun 12 2019 — CTV News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to visit Washington, D.C. to meet U.S. President Donald Trump later this month in advance of the G20 summit in Japan, a government source tells CTV News. No date for the meeting has been confirmed yet. Trudeau intends to discuss with Trump the ratification of the new USMCA deal […]
Jun 11 2019 — CTV News — The frozen coastline of a Canadian Arctic island is eroding at up to a metre a day as a warming climate leads to longer summers, new research has found. Researchers say the rate of collapse they found is six times faster than the average for the previous 65 years. “Big chunks of land were breaking […]
Jun 11 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Members of Parliament will begin debating the new NAFTA implementation bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Bill C-100, the “Canada United States Mexico Agreement Implementation Act” was tabled on May 29 by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This is the first time the legislation is coming up for debate since then, which has prompted […]
Jun 10 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has unveiled his party’s plan to help Canadians save money on their internet and cell phone bills. In an exclusive interview on CTV News Channel Monday, Singh spelled out how his party would improve telecommunications services and make them more affordable.
Jun 9 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Should the fall federal election conclude in a minority government scenario, and the Green Party is in a positon to assist the party with the most seats, it will only do so if that party has a serious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In an interview on CTV’s Question Period, Green Party Leader Elizabeth […]
Jun 9 2019 — Josh Dehaas — CTV News — A Canadian citizen who was shot in Sint Maarten has died in Florida, Global Affairs Canada confirms. “Canadian consular officials are in contact with local authorities in Florida and are providing consular assistance to the family,” a spokesperson told CTV News in a statement. “Due to the provisions under the Privacy Act, no further information […]
Jun 6 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — How a party pledges to handle climate change is more likely to influence female voters and voters in Quebec, and this could be bad news for the Conservative party, says pollster Nik Nanos. According to a new Nanos Research survey commissioned by CTV News, nearly six in 10 Canadians surveyed say that climate change will […]
Jun 4 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — China’s Ambassador to Canada Lu Shaye says national security concerns about Chinese tech giant Huawei are “unfounded” and “baseless,” pushing for Canada to decide for itself whether to go ahead with including Huawei in its core advanced 5G network. “Canada is independent country, and you have institutions very competent to evaluate this problem,” Lu told […]