Jan 17 2019 — Burnaby Now — It took about 30 seconds after Karen Wang pulled up for the tears to start flowing. Not from Wang – her mother began sobbing as soon as the media got close to her. Wang’s mom and sister accompanied her to the Burnaby Public Library next to Metrotown for a press conference Thursday that she announced […]
Jan 17 2019 — Alex Boutilier — Toronto Star — The federal Conservative party is canvassing its most faithful members to see if they agree with positions Andrew Scheer has taken in the lead up to this year’s general election. An “Official Platform Development Survey” was sent to Conservative Fund donors this month, asking if they agree with some of the policy positions Scheer and […]
Jan 17 2019 — Burnaby Now — A source in the Burnaby South association – who didn’t want their name used – told me this morning that local Liberals warned national Liberal officials about potential trouble with Wang, currently embroiled in a controversy over a social media post that dragged race into the byelection.
Jan 17 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Marc Emery, the prominent marijuana advocate often described as the “Prince of Pot,” is facing allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour. In an 1,800-word post published on Facebook just after midnight, Emery denied several allegations that Toronto journalist Deidre Olsen posted on Twitter on Wednesday night that accused him of grooming and exploiting young women from […]
Jan 17 2019 — The Canadian Press — Maxime Bernier looked to garner support for his fledgling People’s Party of Canada Thursday as he spoke to a small business audience in New Brunswick — his first East Coast foray since starting his new party four months ago. He pitched his support for a revived Energy East pipeline, reducing equalization and removing barriers to […]
Jan 17 2019 — Licia Corbella — Calgary Herald — Anyone in Canada who knows anything about the target on the back of Canadian oil and gas knows the name Vivian Krause. Everyone else should. Krause’s name has become synonymous with the fight against the concerted effort by U.S. oil interests working to land-lock Canadian oil and gas by using environmental groups to protest against […]
Jan 17 2019 — Toronto Star — The free tuition program introduced by the Liberal government will soon be a thing of the past, with the Ontario government returning to a grant-and-loan system it says is more financially sustainable and that will still help needy students attend college or university. As part of a package of post-secondary reforms announced Thursday, Minister of […]
Jan 17 2019 — The Canadian Press — U.S. President Donald Trump is rolling out an ambitious vision for bolstering his country’s defences against missile attacks whose scope and costs could have major implications for Canada and North American security. Canadian officials were watching closely as Trump revealed his vision following a U.S. review of American and allied defences against new missiles developed […]
Jan 17 2019 — The Canadian Press — Newly appointed Justice Minister David Lametti says he’s interested in hearing proposals aimed at ensuring grievously ill Canadians aren’t forced to end their lives prematurely rather than risk losing the mental capacity required to receive medical assistance to die. Lametti, who was named to the Justice portfolio on Monday, won’t promise to change Canada’s two-and-a-half-year-old […]
Jan 17 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — John McCallum, Canada’s ambassador to China, will appear before a House of Commons committee Friday to brief members on efforts to secure the release of the two Canadians detained in that country. McCallum is expected to brief the committee in a closed door meeting at 10 a.m. on Friday. The development comes after a joint […]
Jan 17 2019 — The Canadian Press — A Toronto-area woman who admitted to attacking workers at a Canadian Tire store with a golf club and butcher knife in an effort to help ISIL has been found guilty of several terror charges. Jurors deliberated for just over an hour on Thursday before delivering the verdict in the case of Rehab Dughmosh, who was […]
Jan 17 2019 — Bill Curry — Globe and Mail — More than 10 years later, Canadians are facing the prospect of another federal election campaign focused on the merits of a carbon tax. Stéphane Dion, the man who led the Liberal Party to defeat in 2008 with a campaign built around a carbon tax, said it would be a “mistake” to turn back now that […]
Jan 17 2019 — The Canadian Press — Canadian officials are condemning the killers of a Canadian mining company executive whose bullet-riddled body has been found in Burkina Faso. Kirk Woodman, a Halifax man who worked for Vancouver-based Progress Minerals Inc., was found dead Wednesday in Oudalan province, an official with the west African country’s Ministry of Security said Thursday. Jean Paul Badoum […]
Jan 17 2019 — Joe Warmington — Sun Media — Karen Wang says her apology to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh stands. But her resignation as the Liberal candidate for Burnaby South does not. In fact, the 43-year-old mother of two and daycare operator has written Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other senior Liberal party brass withdrawing the resignation she sent out Wednesday. Wang is holding […]
Jan 17 2019 — Mike Crawley — CBC — In what would be its first major move to restructure Ontario’s health system, the Doug Ford government is considering a sharp cut to the bureaucracies that are supposed to co-ordinate health care services at the local level. CBC News has learned that the PCs are taking aim at the province’s 14 local health integration networks […]