Month: April 2019

TORONTO — Leaders from Kashechewan First Nation are looking to the Ontario government and even foreign ambassadors for support in relocating their community, which they say the federal government has delayed for years. “Our young people are getting really sick and tired of this,” Chief Leo Friday told reporters at Queen’s Park Monday. Kashechewan came…

The families of Canadians killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash last month launched a collection of lawsuits against Boeing on Monday, alleging the plane manufacturer put profits over safety when it rushed a new aircraft model to market. All 157 people on board were killed when the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft en route from…

EDMONTON — A skunky smell greeting travellers at Edmonton’s airport doesn’t mean stinky critters are running loose in the area. The scent is coming from the Edmonton International Airport’s new neighbour, Aurora Sky, one of the world’s largest cannabis facilities, which produces more than 100,000 kilograms of marijuana per year. Aurora Cannabis, the company that…

OTTAWA — New Democrats want the federal government to take back the $12 million pledged to Loblaw Co. to help the grocery retailer upgrade its fridges to higher efficiency models. NDP MP Daniel Blaikie tabled the opposition motion Monday to “put people first.” Text of the motion claims the government has given corporate executives and…

The director John Singleton, the first African American filmmaker to receive a Best Director Oscar nomination, died Monday at age 51 after suffering a stroke earlier this month, his family confirmed to The Associated Press. “We are sad to relay that John Singleton has died. John passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family and friends,”…

OTTAWA — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s whirlwind visit to Ottawa this weekend has offered the Liberal government a rare chance to trumpet a strong international alliance in the face of unyielding strain with its two top trading partners. Canada finds itself between a rock and a hard place with the United States and China:…

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia businessman and philanthropist is suing Twitter for publishing what he calls “false and defamatory” tweets that escalated during the 2016 United States election. Frank Giustra is the founder of Lionsgate Entertainment and CEO of the Fiore Group of Companies, as well as a member of the board of trustees of…

QUEBEC — The father of the Quebec City mosque shooter is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others to stop referring to his son as a terrorist. In an open letter to Trudeau, Raymond Bissonnette says the label has “greatly increased” the danger to his family. He says while his son’s crimes were “of the…

OTTAWA — Big business leaders worried about Canada’s aging demographics have been urging political parties to avoid inflaming the immigration debate ahead of this fall’s federal election. The head of the lobby group representing chief executives of Canada’s largest corporations said he’s already raised the issue with political leaders who are shifting into campaign mode…

KANATA, ONT. — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer didn’t have much to say Thursday about a private conference he held with oil executives earlier this month to iron out a plan to boot the Liberals from government. “I meet with people all the time. I meet with different representatives of many different types of industries,” Scheer…