Month: October 2020

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has tested negative for COVID-19 but will continue to isolate at home after one of his cabinet ministers tested positive. Kenney says he was tested Wednesday afternoon because he attended events with Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard last week. “The results have come back negative,” he said in the…

As self-appointed global leaders gather at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and discuss ‘The Reshaping of the World’, a stone’s throw away non-governmental organisations named this year’s winners for their dreaded Public Eye Awards. The jury chose the American textile giant Gap, while 95,000 online voters honoured the Russian energy company Gazprom. “Sadly,…

The CIA director and other intelligence chiefs were urged to increase transparency over covert drone operations by members of the House intelligence committee yesterday. Adam Schiff, a Democratic Party congressman, called on CIA director John Brennan, to support an annual report detailing the number of alleged militants and civilians killed each year. This would enable…

Another day, another B.C. Liberal candidate controversy as days continue to tick down to the Oct. 24 provincial election voting day.  Less than 24 hours after Laurie Throness resigned as the Liberal candidate for Chilliwack-Kent after comparing free contraception to eugenics, and a week after North Vancouver-Seymour candidate Jane Thornthwaite faced backlash for a sexist…

A federal promise of more police resources to contain escalating violence in southwestern Nova Scotia fishing communities met with scant approval Saturday, with one First Nations leader calling for military support in the wake of a suspicious fire. Federal opposition leaders, meanwhile, said the blaze that gutted the lobster pound in Middle West Pubnico, N.S.,…

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed Canada’s total case count past the 200,000 mark on Monday as tougher health restrictions took effect in some regions facing a surge in infections. The latest numbers from Saskatchewan lifted the national tally over the bleak milestone as the province reported 66 new cases of the novel…

OTTAWA — The federal government cited a national security exemption (NSE) to withhold details of a “vast majority” of its COVID-19 related contracts struck at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The exemption expedited the weeks-long procurement process — and keeps details of domestic and international contracts, including costs and supplier information, secret. A memo…

Click:brick making machine The United Auto Workers union was dealt a serious blow Friday when auto workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted against unionization in a closely watched fight that could have historical implications for the future of unions in the U.S. “The loss could further dent the prestige of the UAW,…

Journalists around the world took part in a global day of action Thursday in solidarity with a group of Al Jazeera journalists who have been imprisoned in Egypt, accused of terrorism, and scheduled to stand trial on March 5. The journalists could face up to 15 years in prison for what many say was the…

As the crisis in Ukraine continues to put a spotlight on Russia’s stranglehold over European gas supplies, Poland has offered a frack-friendly proposal of making shale gas extraction tax-free in the country. “We adopted measures that should encourage shale gas exploration,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. According to the new measures, fracking will…