Month: October 2019

MONTREAL — Mac the Moose can rest easy — a Quebec town that wants to build its own massive moose statue next year says it doesn’t want to challenge the record for the world’s tallest, recently regained by the famed Moose Jaw, Sask., roadside attraction. Nicolas Martel, the mayor of Desbiens, Que., told The Canadian…

CALGARY — Alberta’s police watchdog is probing an officer-involved shooting in Calgary, which investigators say began when a vehicle drove towards a military parade and ended with two suspects in custody. Calgary police say their officers were supporting the downtown event on Saturday afternoon when the vehicle rounded a corner, drove around barriers and headed…

If you’re not one of the 4.7 million Canadians who voted in advance in this federal election, then Monday, Oct. 21 is your day to get out and cast your ballot.  Canadians have 12 hours to vote at their assigned polling station. Check out Elections Canada’s website here for the exact locations. Voting hours are: Newfoundland…

VANCOUVER — The leader of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) says the minority government elected Monday presents an opportunity to keep moving the needle on issues affecting Indigenous Peoples in Canada. National Chief Perry Bellegarde said the Liberals accomplished more for Indigenous rights than any other government in its first term but an enormous…

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada has offered a sobering assessment of the Canadian Forces’ four-year war on sexual misconduct, suggesting in a new report Wednesday that the military has made only minimal progress on several fronts. Click Here: Cheap France Rugby Jersey The report was the result of a survey of about 36,000 service members conducted…

REGINA – Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer stayed firmly in campaign mode Tuesday, accusing Justin Trudeau of being solely responsible for stark regional divisions reflected in the election results. The day after the election, Scheer told reporters in Regina that the final seat tallies — which showed the resurgence of the separatist Bloc Québécois and a…

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is preparing the biggest step yet toward a potential presidential campaign: a trip to Iowa in the coming weeks, which is in the final stages of planning and will soon be announced, according to four people with knowledge of the trip. Going to Iowa would be the latest signal from Brown…

Kamala Harris has a book coming out in January. Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Julián Castro are already hawking theirs. Great literature? Not usually. But in a quadrennial rite of presidential politics, the 2020 book primary is in full swing. Harris’ memoir, “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey,” debuts next month, with sell-out appearances…

Kamala Harris’ Democratic opponents are already telegraphing that they plan to make her law-and-order background an enormous vulnerability with voters on the left. But the California senator, who announced her bid for the White House on Monday amid an early wave of scrutiny of her career as a prosecutor, thinks she can turn the criticism…

As Democrats spar on the debate stage this week, the president’s campaign will be unleashing dozens of Donald Trump backers on the airwaves in 2020 swing states, blasting out any embarrassing moments on social media and dispatching talking points to ensure everyone stays on message. It’s all part of a robust response Team Trump has…