Month: May 2019

OTTAWA —  If the 2019 election ends up in a minority situation but the Tories have the most seats, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May thinks the Liberal government should try to form a new  government with support from other parties. In an interview with HuffPost Canada’s politics podcast ‘Follow-Up,’ May said that if the campaign…

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The mother of a young Newfoundland girl says she’s relieved a social media company has disabled a site that used images of her dead daughter to promote an anti-vaccination campaign. Holly Denine recently came across a Facebook page displaying a photo of her daughter Nevaeh Denine, with text that falsely stated…

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Florida police say they have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the murder of an elderly Quebec couple found dead in March in their mobile home in Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday in a news release they arrested Quinton Johnson for the…

Celina Caesar-Chavannes says her public split with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not “discredit” him as a feminist leader. Caesar-Chavannes quit the Liberal caucus in March shortly after telling The Globe and Mail that the prime minister yelled at her after she revealed that she would not run again this fall. The Prime Minister’s Office…

OTTAWA — Flood-ravaged provinces are asking the federal government to provide almost $138 million to move or buy out homeowners affected by previous years’ inundations, according to new data that gives a glimpse into the national costs of helping residents leave floodplains. Calculations based on previous experience suggest that the total cost of giving up…

OTTAWA — Conservative leader Andrew Scheer says his party’s climate plan will aim to hit Canada’s promised greenhouse-gas emissions targets but the party will not say whether that means all of the emissions cuts it wants to count will actually happen here. Scheer intends to release his climate plan next month and he said Wednesday…

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford laughed off a booing crowd at the opening of the Special Olympics Ontario Invitational Youth Games Tuesday night. “I haven’t heard that much energy in a long time,” he said. “Boy, that’s the first event I’ve ever had some boos, but anyways.” Click Here: cheap kanken backpacks Watch the…

Federal Liberals are poised to force Conservatives to clarify if they believe Canada should meet the greenhouse gas emissions targets spelled out in the Paris climate accord. Click Here: cheap kanken backpacks Environment Minister Catherine McKenna went on the offensive Tuesday with a motion that calls on the House of Commons to recognize climate change…

PARIS —Canada is offering softwood lumber and steel to help with the reconstruction of Paris’s famed Notre Dame Cathedral, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday after touring the iconic monument that was partially destroyed by fire in mid-April. Not long after arriving in Paris, Trudeau visited Notre Dame alongside the cathedral’s rector, Patrick Chauvet, and…

TORONTO — Ontario should see more Indigenous people sitting on juries after the Progressive Conservative government’s budget bill comes into effect. Bill 100, which is in the final stages of being passed into law, includes a schedule that will change the way juries are selected. Jury source lists will come from the Ministry of Health’s…