Canada

Where are the six candidates for Conservative leadership on key political issues Six candidates are in the polls to become the next leader of the Conservative Party. By organizing rallies, conducting media interviews and participating in debates, each contestant has been divulging details of their political platforms. Here is a snapshot of the candidates’ situation …

How it happened: the 2022 French-language Conservative Leadership Debate Read More »

Photo: The Canadian Press Jake (Jacob) Sansom (left) and his uncle Morris (Maurice) Cardinal are shown in a pamphlet photo on the “Justice for Jake and Morris” Facebook page. THE CANADIAN PRESS / HO-Facebook-Justice for Jake and Morris A man on trial for killing two Métis hunters testified that he cut his weapon, threw it …

Man who shot hunters says he cut a gun and lied to police for fear of jail Read More »

Residents of Oak Bay, British Columbia, will soon have to permanently shut down their gas blowers. Councilors from the southern Vancouver Island community voted Tuesday to phase out residential use of all gas-powered gardening tools over the next three years. The motion will go into effect in 2023, meaning residents have until the end of …

BC City Council is voting to phase out gas-powered gardening tools Read More »

One of the key figures in the Peel region’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years is abandoning its role. Peel’s official health doctor, Dr. Lawrence Loh, will begin working as executive director and general manager of the College of Family Physicians of Canada in September, succeeding Dr. Francine Lemire. The news …

The doctor who led the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peel is stepping down Read More »

As communities in Ontario and Quebec pick up the pieces after a deadly storm left thousands without electricity, AccuWeather’s new forecasts reveal that humid, warm weather is expected to continue in the region for the summer season. According to AccuWeather senior meteorologist Brett Anderson, a part of eastern Canada that runs from central and southern …

Canada’s summer 2022 weather forecast predicts large differences from coast to coast Read More »

Alberta’s justice minister faces criticism for his “strange” and “remarkably useless” comments he made in the legislature on Tuesday when an NDP MP asked him to help fight crime in the Chinatown. Tyler Shandro stated that two men who died recently were the victims of shootings, which is not the information provided by the police …

Shandro shoots Edmonton councilors over police budget, but misses some facts Read More »

Conservatives are joining a growing number of calls for Canada Soccer to cancel a controversial exhibition match against Iran scheduled for next month in Vancouver. The families of those killed on board PS752 when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down the plane in 2020, killing all 176 passengers and crew members, including 85 …

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OTTAWA- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday canceled plans to run in person at a Liberal fundraiser in British Columbia after the RCMP warned that an aggressive out-of-event protest could escalate if it arrived, said a source close to the decision. The source spoke to The Canadian Press on condition of anonymity because they were …

Trudeau canceled BC appearance after RCMP warns protest could escalate – CP source Read More »

Serhii Firsikov flew to St. John’s on May 9 aboard a plane that the Newfoundland and Labrador government rented for Ukrainian refugees. (Caroline Hillier / CBC) The hair dryer and hair clippers that Serhii Firsikov brought from Ukraine are not lit on the plugs of her new chair at the Fogtown barber shop in downtown …

A different country, the same scissors: the Ukrainian barber ‘crushing’ him in St. John’s Read More »

The full list of proposed names for the 77 new local governments and 12 rural districts was unveiled on Wednesday afternoon at a press conference in Irishtown. Many of these names are identical, or nearly identical, to the large communities they encompass. Well-known titles such as Kedgwick, Campbellton and Belledune abound. But in the list …

The 77 new (and not so new) names for NB local government entities have been revealed Read More »