Sep 16 2021 — Althia Raj — St. Catharines Standard — Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole must be wishing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney could have held off a few extra days before announcing sweeping public health changes and a mea culpa to the province over his handling of COVID-19. Wednesday evening, Kenney acknowledged the fourth wave of the pandemic is ripping through his province at an alarming […]
Sep 5 2021 — St. Catharines Standard — One of Dean Allison’s opponents in the Niagara West riding has fired a broadside at the incumbent Conservative MP over his promotion of the controversial drug ivermectin as a possible COVID-19 treatment, and called for Allision to retract his statements. “As a member who is elected to office, he has a duty to his constituents, […]
Aug 28 2021 — Jacques Gallant — St. Catharines Standard — In the wake of the cancellation Friday of a rally featuring Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau over safety concerns due to protesters, leaders on the campaign trail Saturday faced the question: Has the temperature on the campaign trail become too hot, and dangerously so? And that question led to another: How much are the leaders and […]
Aug 26 2021 — Alex Ballingall — St. Catharines Standard — If Jon Evenchick gets a tattoo of Jagmeet Singh’s face, it’ll be on his left shoulder blade and about twice the size of a toonie. Evenchick, who runs a comedy and music venue in downtown Ottawa, wrote on Twitter this week that he’ll get the ink if 5,000 users share his post. And while he […]
Aug 10 2021 — Jacques Gallant — St. Catharines Standard — While he will not face charges as a result of a misconduct investigation that concluded last week, Adm. Art McDonald has not returned to his role as head of the military. A spokesperson for the Privy Council Office, which supports the Prime Minister’s Office, said Tuesday that “a determination on next steps will be made […]
Aug 6 2021 — Stephanie Levitz — St. Catharines Standard — Linda Frum, one of the most high-profile Conservative women in the country, is resigning from the Senate, the Star has learned. Frum will retire later this month, 12 years to the day after she was appointed by prime minister Stephen Harper to represent Ontario, and well ahead of the mandatory retirement age of 75. She […]
Jul 30 2021 — Alex Boutilier — St. Catharines Standard — Driving along the coast in Cape Breton, you could be forgiven for not realizing there’s a provincial election campaign going on. Few political lawn signs mar the yards along rural roads, bordered by forest on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. Aside from brief news clips between classic rock playlists or country […]
Apr 27 2021 — St. Catharines Standard — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his chief of staff Tuesday over the handling of an allegation in 2018 against Canada’s then top soldier. Trudeau called chief of staff Katie Telford an “extraordinarily strong leader” on the issue of sexual misconduct in the military, when asked by reporters at a news conference whether he was disappointed […]
Apr 7 2021 — Alex Ballingall — St. Catharines Standard — Green Leader Annamie Paul is facing obstacles inside her party that threaten her success as Canada’s first Black political leader, according to several Green insiders and a top member of her political circle. Over her first six months as leader, Paul has endured “significant resistance” from high-ranking officials on the Green party’s most powerful governing […]
Mar 19 2021 — Susan Delacourt — St. Catharines Standard — At some point in this weekend’s big, virtual convention, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole may dream aloud about winning a majority in the next election. Many will laugh — especially Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, who have been enjoying all the recent reports of unrest and low spirits in the Conservative party. While it is true that events […]
Feb 14 2021 — St. Catharines Standard — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford condemned Saturday online threats directed at Niagara’s acting medical officer of health. The Niagara Regional Police launched an investigation following the Saturday publication of a Standard story about the threats of assault and murder of Dr. Mustafa Hirji. “I am outraged to hear threats have […]
Sep 24 2020 — St. Catharines Standard — Canada is desperately in need of a little optimism right now and Justin Trudeau, the self-branded “sunny ways” guy, should be just the prime minister for troubled times. But politics is always a dance between hope and fear — doubly so in a pandemic. So Canadians were treated to two speeches from Trudeau and his […]
Sep 22 2020 — Alex Boutilier — St. Catharines Standard — Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says his COVID-19 diagnosis is a reminder of the need for “vigilance” as regions across Canada enter the pandemic’s second wave. Speaking to the Star on Tuesday from self-isolation in his Ottawa home, O’Toole said he recognizes that politics needs to be done differently during the global health crisis — even […]
Sep 21 2020 — Alex Boutilier — St. Catharines Standard — Peter MacKay has publicly endorsed the former executive director of Maxime Bernier’s far-right People’s Party of Canada in the race for a seat on Halifax’s municipal council. In a video message posted on Twitter last week, MacKay endorsed Clinton Desveaux in his bid represent Dartmouth South-Eastern Passage. Desveaux worked with Bernier after he split from […]
Sep 21 2020 — Heather Scoffield — St. Catharines Standard — The federal government has indicated that it’s willing to put up to half a billion dollars into financing electric vehicle production in Oakville, with some money coming from the provincial government — an offer that could allow the Ford plant to stay open for years to come, the Star has learned.