Aug 9 2019 — Global News — Students getting ready to go back to class shouldn’t worry about school shootings, says U.S. President Donald Trump, but instead “really study hard.” Trump made the comments outside the White House on Friday as he left for a vacation in New Jersey. He said “serious” talks are taking place on gun control following two deadly […]
Aug 9 2019 — Global News — Jody Wilson-Raybould’s former party has named who will take on the now-Independent MP in October’s federal election. The Liberals on Tuesday are set to acclaim Vancouver tech entrepreneur Taleeb Noormohamed as their nominee for the Vancouver-Granville riding, where Wilson-Raybould is seeking reelection. Noormohamed has been a federal Liberal candidate before, when he ran to represent […]
Aug 7 2019 — Global News — The federal ethics commissioner has opened an inquiry into the conduct of B.C. Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido, whose former law firm has been linked to financial transactions and business dealings with an alleged Chinese organized crime figure, Global News has learned. In a letter dated Aug. 6 from Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario […]
Aug 7 2019 — Global News — The U.S. and China have upped the ante in their ongoing trade war, as the Trump administration threatened new tariffs on Chinese imports and Beijing retaliated by letting the yuan depreciate, which prompted the U.S. Treasury to label China a currency manipulator. All this happened in the past six days and has implications for both […]
Aug 5 2019 — Global News — We may think we have 12 years to curb climate change, but some Canadian climate experts say we likely have close to 18 months instead. Climate scientist Ian Mauro from the University of Winnipeg says 2020 is the climate change deadline we should be eyeing. “We need to bring down our emissions and peak [in] […]
Aug 5 2019 — Global News — Sunday’s Vancouver Pride Parade saw Prime Minister Justin Trudeau march through the city’s West End for the fourth straight year, the first sitting prime minister to do so. Alongside him were NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May — but not Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. Trudeau couldn’t help but comment on the […]
Aug 4 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The agreement announced last week by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to spend millions on social and community housing in Nunavut marks progress but is not a solution to the problem, said one northern senator.
Aug 4 2019 — Global News — The National Council of Canadian Muslims is calling on a Toronto-area Conservative candidate to step aside following reports about her past social media posts. Nadia Hasan, acting executive director of the council, said Saturday that Ghada Melek’s alleged comments on Islam and the LGBTQ2 community show she “wouldn’t know how to serve” all citizens in […]
Aug 3 2019 — Rob Breakenridge — Global News — It was a story this week that felt awfully familiar: the Liberals using their majority on a Commons committee to block an investigation into a potentially embarrassing or even scandalous matter. When it was first reported that opposition members on the foreign affairs committee were bringing forward a motion calling on the committee to look […]
Aug 2 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The process to bring a third shipyard into the National Shipbuilding Strategy is officially getting underway. Whichever firm is selected will be tasked with building six newly announced icebreakers that will operate in the Atlantic Ocean and through the St. Lawrence waterways, officials say.
Jul 31 2019 — Global News — Nathalie Des Rosiers, MPP for Ottawa-Vanier submitted her resignation on Wednesday as she prepares to move into her new role as Principal of Massey College. Des Rosier announced her intentions back in May of this year as she takes over the position from the former principal Hugh Segal, who retired at the end of June.
Jul 31 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have only mentioned Ontario Premier Doug Ford by name once in a rally speech to Liberal candidates on Wednesday, but the specter of him was woven throughout his remarks criticizing conservative politicians promising to work “for the people.” At a meeting of nominated Liberal candidates on Wednesday in Ottawa, Trudeau […]
Jul 31 2019 — Global News — Washington National Cathedral — the venue where U.S. President Donald Trump attended Christmas Eve mass last year — has issued a statement denouncing his recent “racialized rhetoric” that targeted Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings and his majority-black district in Baltimore.
Jul 30 2019 — Global News — Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday that the federal government is looking into the Captial One Financial data breach, which affected about six million Canadians. “I’ve already spoken with the head of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. I’ve asked him to start an investigation into this issue,” Morneau said.
Jul 30 2019 — Global News — American voters believe Donald Trump is racist, but most aren’t in favour of impeachment, according to a new survey. A Quinnipiac University National Poll released Tuesday found that 51 per cent of U.S. voters believe their president is racist. That number has gone up by two per cent, compared to a previous Quinnipiac poll conducted […]