May 29 2020 — Global News — President Donald Trump says the U.S. is breaking off ties with the World Health Organization. “Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs,” Trump told […]
May 29 2020 — Global News — The Canadian Council of Imams is calling on the federal government to investigate their allegations of Islamophobia within the Canada Revenue Agency for making what they call “false” and “misleading” claims against two Muslim leaders. The allegations come after the CRA stripped the charity status of the Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque in 2018 […]
May 28 2020 — Global News — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is being accused of using a new, dangerous tone when talking about COVID-19. During an emergency debate in the legislature on Wednesday, Kenney referred to the virus as “an influenza” on multiple occasions. “We cannot continue indefinitely to impair the social and economic — as well as the mental health and […]
May 28 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a gun ban on what he describes as “military-style assault rifles,” he quickly came under fire over a lack of details about how exactly it would work. While Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News suggests a clear majority of Canadians support the idea behind Canada’s new gun ban, […]
May 27 2020 — Global News — The Department of National Defence (DND) says the remains of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and a large part of the helicopter they crashed in have been located. In a news release Wednesday, DND said they were located early Wednesday morning by the CAF and United States navy search and recovery team near the […]
May 27 2020 — Matthew Fisher — Global News — The government of Canada claims that it stands with the people of Hong Kong on the eve of new Chinese laws on sedition and treason that are being imposed on the territory. Well, sort of. Foreign minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has joined Australia and the United Kingdom in expressing deep concern about what China is up […]
May 27 2020 — Beatrice Britneff — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday he’s “not taking anything off the table” when it comes to addressing shortcomings in Canada’s long-term care homes, but stayed tight-lipped on whether he thinks there should be a national inquiry into the state of the challenged system.
May 27 2020 — Global News — Veteran American actor Richard Herd died on Tuesday. He was 87. The entertainer was best known for playing Mr. Wilhelm — George Costanza’s (Jason Alexander) supervisor at his job with the New York Yankees — on the late 1980s and ’90s sitcom Seinfeld. He also played the Klingon L’Kor on Star Trek: The Next Generation […]
May 27 2020 — Global News — The three Canadian cities shortlisted to play host to the NHL playoffs will be skipped over by the league if players are forced to quarantine in their hotels rooms after arriving, the NHL’s deputy commissioner says.
May 26 2020 — Global News — While the U.S. approached 100,000 coronavirus deaths under Donald Trump‘s leadership on Tuesday, the president was busy devoting much of his Twitter energies to the 2001 death of MSNBC host Joe Scarborough‘s former intern, whom the president keeps claiming was “murdered,” without evidence.
May 26 2020 — Mercedes Stephenson and Stewart Bell — Global News — Military personnel sent to nursing homes in Ontario have observed shocking conditions, including “blatant disregard” for infection control measures, mistreatment of residents and a level of care described as “horrible,” according to documents obtained by Global News. Canadian Armed Forces teams deployed to five of the province’s worst-hit long-term care homes to help control COVID-19 […]
May 25 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada remains concerned about a new Chinese bill that experts warn will destroy the last vestiges of the one country, two systems governance model for Hong Kong. But he gave no indication his government is willing to act to protect the 300,000 Canadians living in Hong Kong or to protect […]
May 24 2020 — Beatrice Britneff — Global News — Peter MacKay, one of four candidates left fighting to be the next leader of the Conservative Party, says he doesn’t believe that Canadians want a federal election this fall as the country continues to grapple with the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic. MacKay’s comments, made in an interview on The West Block that aired […]
May 24 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Despite warnings from national security experts that Canada needs a strategy to deal with hostile foreign takeover attempts post-coronavirus, Finance Minister Bill Morneau won’t say whether the government will consider keeping new rules in place after the economic crisis ends. In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Morneau was asked about a warning […]
May 24 2020 — Global News — The coronavirus pandemic and the Chinese regime’s behaviour throughout are driving home the need for Canada and other Western allies to start “decoupling” from the country, says Canada’s former ambassador to China. At the same time, David Mulroney warns the regime is using global focus on the pandemic to “demolish” its one country, two systems […]