Jan 26 2020 — Global News — Conservative leadership candidate Marilyn Gladu says she would allow caucus members to bring forward private members bills to restrict abortion. But while she thinks those can lead to “healthy discussions,” she doesn’t think it would find support among the caucus.
Jan 26 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Conservatives aren’t looking at the ratification of the new NAFTA trade deal as a chance to bring down the government, says chief opposition whip Mark Strahl. But he says they want more information about the sectors that will be impacted by the deal, and they want to see the government take those requests seriously.
Jan 26 2020 — Global News — Andrew Scheer is signalling he’ll be seeking another term as MP in 2023 after stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party. “I love my riding. I love the people of Saskatchewan. I love fighting for the interests of people of my riding and all the communities that it entails,” he said Saturday. He said […]
Jan 25 2020 — Global News — Erin O’Toole on Saturday confirmed in a social media video his candidacy for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada. In a tweet accompanying the video the Member of Parliament for Durham wrote: “Let’s go.”
Jan 24 2020 — Global News — Canadian rock legend Neil Young moved to the U.S. in 1966 at the age of 21, and now, nearly 54 years later, he’s been granted American citizenship. The Heart of Gold singer confirmed the news through his website, the Neil Young Archives, on Wednesday. He is now a dual citizen of both Canada and the […]
Jan 24 2020 — Global News — Health officials have identified a second case of the coronavirus in the United States — this time in Chicago, Ill. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case on Friday.
Jan 22 2020 — Global News — The Trudeau government will face a test next month that will challenge its commitment to climate policies and its efforts to reconcile with Western Canada. The Teck Frontier proposal is one of the largest oil sands mines ever proposed in Alberta and the federal cabinet has until the end of February to decide whether the […]
Jan 22 2020 — Global News — Rookie MP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington Derek Sloan has announced he will be running in the leadership race for the Conservative Party of Canada. Sloan was first elected to federal Parliament in October 2019 and had no political experience prior to the election. Nevertheless, according to a news release sent out on Wednesday, he has […]
Jan 22 2020 — Global News — Terry Jones, a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, has died at 77. He had been suffering from dementia.
Jan 22 2020 — Global News — For two and a half days, the Liberal cabinet huddled at the Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg, focusing on their objectives amid the context of their new reality: a minority government that will need opposition support to get anything done. But from the prime minister’s closing news conference Tuesday and the ministers who spoke publicly when […]
Jan 21 2020 — Global News — The Trudeau government is seeking to award a $120,000 sole-sourced contract for “security council training” to a company chaired by former Liberal MP Allan Rock. According to a government notice, the contract is to provide Global Affairs staff with specialized training for countries preparing for membership on the United Nations Security Council.
Jan 21 2020 — Global News — A local bakery is fighting back against online criticism after the prime minister made an unscheduled visit Monday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted online that he stopped in at Winnipeg bakery Oh Doughnuts to pick up tasty treats during a three-day Liberal Cabinet Retreat being held in the city until Tuesday. Oh Doughnuts replied the […]
Jan 21 2020 — Global News — Mike Sloan, known by Londoners for his brash, vocal advocacy for the city’s disadvantaged and, in recent months, to Twitter users around the world for his candid, sometimes humorous documentation of his fight against cancer, died Monday at the age of 50.
Jan 20 2020 — Global News — Dual citizens killed in the downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet earlier this month near Tehran, Iran will be treated as Iranian citizens, the country’s foreign ministry announced on Monday. In a televised weekly news conference, Abbas Mousavi, a spokesman for Iran‘s foreign ministry, said the country considers dual nationals killed in the downing of […]
Jan 20 2020 — Global News — Revered American singer-songwriter David Olney died on Saturday, Jan. 18. He was 71. The veteran musician and poet died after suffering a heart attack on stage during his own set at the 2020 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.. A statement issued to Olney’s official website confirmed his passing on Saturday.