Terry Lake, Ex-B.C. Health Minister, Says Trudeau's Climate Plan Brought Him Off Sidelines
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party’s action plan on climate change has brought one former British Columbia politician out of retirement and back into the arena. At his nomination event Tuesday night for the riding of Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, Terry Lake, a former B.C. health minister, described to the prime minister the conditions the…
Canada, Chrystia Freeland Hopeful For Ukraine's Actor Turned President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
OTTAWA — Veteran Ukraine lawmaker Mustafa Jemilev was as worried and surprised as anyone when a comedian who played Ukraine’s president on television was actually elected the country’s president last month. Jemilev, 75, is a staunch supporter of former president Petro Poroshenko. Jemilev and many others — including Canada’s leaders — credit Poroshenko with saving his…
Even With Fewer Seats, Justin Trudeau Should Try To Form Minority: Elizabeth May
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…
Facebook Removes Page Erroneously Linking Child's Death To Vaccines
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…
Quinton Johnson Arrested For Murders Of Canadians Rita And Marc Gagne
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…
Ex-Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes Says Trudeau Is ‘Absolutely’ A Feminist
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…
Flooding Woes Cause Provinces To Request $138 Million In Aid From Feds
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…
Scheer Plans To Release Conservative Climate Plan, Calls Trudeau 'High-Carbon Hypocrite'
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…
Doug Ford Booed At Opening Of Youth Special Olympics
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…
Catherine McKenna Moves To Force Conservatives To Vote On Paris Climate Targets
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…