Viktor Orbán calls EPP critics ‘useful idiots’
Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary. Viktor Orbán calls EPP critics ‘useful idiots’ Critics of the Hungarian prime minister say his Fidesz party should be expelled from the European People’s Party. By Matthew Karnitschnig 3/2/19, 10:39 PM CET Updated 4/19/19, 1:14 AM CET Click Here: Cheap FIJI Rugby Jersey BERLIN – Hungarian leader Viktor…
Winners and losers of Europe’s copyright reform
STRASBOURG — The European Commission, Parliament and EU countries agreed Wednesday on the controversial copyright reform, after two and a half years of painful negotiations and unprecedented lobbying campaigns from all sides of the argument. The reform was initially presented by the Commission in September 2016. The most contentious aspects of the text were mainly targeting…
Wet’suwet’en Allies Picket B.C. Government Services In Victoria
VICTORIA — Morgan Mowatt is fed up with people feeling “inconvenienced” by demonstrations in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. “There seems to be this assumption that people haven’t taken every other route,” said Mowatt, a PhD student at the University of Victoria and a member of the Gitxsan First Nation, as we stood off to…
Andrew Scheer’s Anti-Blockades Speech Denounced By Party Leaders
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was denounced by other party leaders Tuesday for giving a speech that, according to the NDP, amounted to “absolute racism” in response to the government’s handling of the continued Wet’suwet’en crisis. For 12 days, the federal government has struggled to deal with mounting protests in support of the Wet’suwet’en…
University Of Calgary Researchers Uncover New Tyrannosaur Species
University of Calgary researchers have uncovered a new species of tyrannosaur in southern Alberta. At 79.5 million years old, it is one of the oldest tyrannosaur species discovered in North America. Researchers say it was eight to nine meters long and weighed about two tonnes as a full-grown adult. Watch the video above to learn…
Police Investigate Suspicious Package Sent To Doug Ford's Home
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s office says police were called to his house today to investigate a suspicious package. It is believed to have been sent in the mail. His wife, Karla, was home at the time, but is safe. A Toronto police spokeswoman says officers from the explosive disposal unit were called today to…
Wet’suwet’en And B.C. Govt. Have Been Quietly Negotiating For Past Year
VANCOUVER — As cabinet ministers broker urgent meetings over rail blockades in support of hereditary chiefs in northern British Columbia, a series of negotiations over the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s land rights have been quietly taking place for a year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cancelled an international trip and instead held an emergency meeting of cabinet ministers…
Canadians Stuck On Quarantined Cruise Ship May Finally Get To Leave
A plane carrying Canadians from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan will leave the region by week’s end, the federal government says, as the number aboard sickened with the novel coronavirus continues to rise. More than 450 people from the Diamond Princess, held in the port of Yokohama, had tested positive for the virus known…
Trudeau Calls For Patience, ‘Resolve’ In Face Of Rail Blockades, Wet'suwet'en Crisis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is at a “critical moment” over blockades erected in opposition to a British Columbia natural-gas pipeline project, but that patience and dialogue is the only way forward. In the House of Commons Tuesday, Trudeau said it is “past time” to resolve protests that have, over almost two weeks, shut…
CN Rail Laying Off 450 Workers Amid Wet'suwet'en Protests
MONTREAL — CN Rail is laying off about 450 workers in its operations in Eastern Canada after cancelling more than 400 trains in the past week over a rail blockade protesting an LNG pipeline in British Columbia. The layoffs will affect operational staff, including employees working at Autoport in Eastern Passage, Moncton, Charny and Montreal.…