Month: October 2020

VANCOUVER — A federal government fund providing financing for affordable housing projects needs to be rebuilt because it doesn’t do enough to help provinces outside of Ontario, advocates say.  The National Housing Co-Investment Fund, administered by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., provides a mix of loans and forgivable debt to those building affordable housing…

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all that we need to adapt. The world can change quickly, and we’ve all had to learn to make the best of what we’ve got.  CTV Regina weather anchor Warren Dean certainly embodied that resilient spirit earlier this week when he found himself trying to forecast the weather amid…

Ahead of national elections in Greece scheduled for January 25, new polls released on Friday and Saturday show the leftwing Syriza party continues to enjoy growing popularity, improving its lead over opposition parties, including those that make up the current ruling coalition. According to Reuters: SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT And, reporting on a separate…

In an unprecedented blackout, top U.S. military officials have quietly classified key information about how they are spending the over $65 billion dollars appropriated since 2002 to train Afghan forces. New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg, who broke the story in the press on Thursday, explained, “until this month the American-led coalition regularly shared details…

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, the renowned climate and human rights crusader who was ousted in a military coup in 2012, was arrested Sunday on charges of terrorism and then forcibly dragged by police into criminal court on Monday. Nasheed, the first democratically elected leader of the island nation, was charged under tough anti-terrorism laws…

After weeks of heightened rhetoric and promises regarding Greece’s economic future, the country’s new leftist Syriza government on Wednesday at last met with European Union finance ministers in Brussels to discuss the plan to end the EU lenders’ punishing austerity regime. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Financial Minister Yanis Varoufakis are attending an emergency…

Click:F80033-8 “I give you a message from my heart,” she says, “let’s move forward and work together for the benefit of everyone. And especially for those who work in the fields, as we are the ones who suffer the most.” That is the voice of Arminda, a farmer and agro-forestry advocate from Bolivia, who is…

In the absence of justice, residents of Madison, Wisconsin and other demonstrators say they will seek it on their own, one day after local officials announced they would not press charges against the police officer who killed local teenager Tony Robinson. In the hours since Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said in a Tuesday…

Full results from qualifying for the Eifel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, round 11 of the 2020 Formula 1 season. 2020 Eifel Grand Prix – Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:26.573s 1:25.971s 1:25.269s 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.620s 1:25.390s 1:25.525s 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:26.319s 1:25.467s 1:25.562s…

Democrats will vote Saturday to elect their new party chair—and they’ll keep voting until they get one. No one expects a winner to be determined on the first ballot in Atlanta, and some observers think as many as four, five or even six ballots will be required to decide the race.  A candidate needs to win…