Jul 3 2019 — CTV News — Paris Fashion Week is underway and Celine Dion has been basking in the limelight with her bold, colourful and unconventional outfits. Harper’s Bazaar called one of her outfits “legendary;” USA Today described some of her looks as “wacky couture;” and CNN’s Marianna Cerini dubbing Dion as the “queen of couture week.” One of those ensembles […]
Jul 3 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — An Indigenous-led group says that it will be ready to submit a bid for a majority stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline and the expansion project as early as next week. The group, called Project Reconciliation, says that its coming bid will “work for all sides.” Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the […]
Jul 1 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Americans view the bilateral relationship with Canada as “one of the most important” relationships and will work to maintain it, according to U.S. President Donald Trump. In a statement congratulating his neighbours to the north on the occasion of Canada Day, Trump offered his “best wishes for your nation’s bright future.” “Since its founding, Canada […]
Jul 1 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — On the last Canada Day before the next election, the main federal party leaders are making campaign-style stops, and where they are visiting may offer early indications of where the various parties look to make gains, or hold on to seats. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau started his day at a community Canada Day event in […]
Jun 29 2019 — CTV News — An Ontario community now has bragging rights to an official Guinness world record after forming the world’s largest-ever human maple leaf. A total of 3,942 people dressed in red T-shirts gathered at Centennial Park in Trenton, Ont. on Saturday to form the massive, 11-point leaf. The record-breaking event, held on the Canada Day long weekend, […]
Jun 29 2019 — CTV News — The environment is emerging as “one of the defining battle grounds” for the upcoming federal election, according to Nanos Research analyst Nik Nanos. “For the first time in 15 years, the last four weeks have had the environment as the top national issue of concern,” Nanos told CTV News. “More important than jobs, more important […]
Jun 28 2019 — CTV News — A CN train derailed inside the Port Huron-to-Sarnia rail tunnel under the St. Clair River Friday morning. According to Port Huron city manager James Freed, no injuries have been reported and there’s no threat to public safety as a result of the train derailment. Freed said U.S. Homeland Security and Emergency Management agencies have been […]
Jun 27 2019 — CTV News — Canada shows no signs of slowing down shipments of light-armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia despite deepening concerns of human rights abuses and an outstanding debt to Canada of more than $1 billion. A new report from Global Affairs reveals that, from 2016 to 2018, Canada shipped 217 armoured combat vehicles – almost all of them […]
Jun 27 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, who previously opposed the proposed legalization of cannabis, now says a Conservative government would not only keep cannabis legal but would also stay the course with its support of pardons for Canadians convicted of pot possession. “We will maintain…the fact that cannabis is legal, we are not going to change that […]
Jun 25 2019 — CTV News — Premier Doug Ford is reassuring his Progressive Conservative caucus that his former chief of staff Dean French “no longer has any influence” in his government. Ford sent a caucus-wide email Tuesday afternoon, three days after French resigned amid a public appointment scandal in which two people with personal connections to French were given high-salaried government […]
Jun 25 2019 — CTV News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being criticized after appearing to have plastic cutlery during a meeting, despite his government’s plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021. He tweeted a photo of his meeting with the youth council in his Quebec riding, in which a pile of plastic cutlery can be seen on the […]
Jun 23 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer acknowledges that his proposal to cap emissions from big polluters will include the government setting a cost per tonne of excess emissions, but he won’t call it a price. A big piece of his plan is to force large-scale polluters—those who emit more than 40 kilotonnes a year—to reinvest in […]
Jun 22 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — eader Jagmeet Singh can’t say when a New Democrat government would balance the budget. In an interview on CTV’s Question Period Singh vowed to be responsible with the budget if elected, but stated his intention is to follow through on the still-growing list of progressive promises he’s making.
Jun 22 2019 — CTV News — Premier Doug Ford’s chief of staff Dean French — a powerful backroom operative, considered by some as the shadow premier — has resigned amid a controversy of patronage appointments. The Premier’s office released a stunning statement Friday evening saying Ford had accepted his chief of staff’s resignation and that French will be returning to the […]
Jun 18 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Back and forth on amendments between the House and Senate, potentially one last marathon voting filibuster, and one final prime minister’s question period. Expect all that and potentially more procedural wrangling in the final four days that the House of Commons is scheduled to be in session. After four years, more than 90 sitting weeks, […]