Democrats and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee began sparring over the articles of impeachment against President Trump on Thursday. Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES A House Committee Divided Fourteen hours of vitriolic debate on Thursday did virtually nothing to change the minds of Democrats and Republicans on the House […]
DAKAR, Senegal — Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military camp in Niger that killed at least 71 soldiers. The extremist group carried out the assault near the town of Inates, not far from the border with Mali, it said in a statement late Thursday. Niger’s military has said that 12 others […]
WASHINGTON — After three successive interest rate cuts meant to head off a global economic slowdown and trade worries, the Federal Reserve hit the pause button at its last meeting of the year on Wednesday and signaled it was likely to remain on the sidelines all next year. The decision to keep the Fed’s benchmark rate […]
Yamaha Racing boss Lin Jarvis declared himself very impressed with Lewis Hamilton’s performance on Valentino Rossi’s MotoGP bike at Valencia earlier this week. Hamilton and Rossi came together at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo for an epic track day and ride swap which saw the two motorsport legends test each other’s winning machines. Jarvis said the […]
TORONTO — Tennis star Bianca Andreescu has won the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year. Andreescu is the first tennis player to win the award. The native of Mississauga, Ont., became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title when she defeated American star Serena Williams in the final of […]
LANIGAN, Sask. — The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says Monday’s fiery Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailment in Saskatchewan involved the estimated release of 1.5 million litres of oil. The resulting fire forced the temporary closure of Highway 16 due to thick, black smoke. The TSB says 33 oil tank cars and one hopper car […]
A former federal employee who worked on anti-racism programs says she was reprimanded for speaking to HuffPost Canada about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s blackface incidents, and forbidden from talking about racism publicly. Manjot Bains, 39, was quoted as an individual citizen in the September story and was not identified as a federal employee. Yet, she […]
OTTAWA — “The Liberal party lost votes and seats in every region of the country. It lost the popular vote and was reduced to a minority government with the weakest mandate in Canadian history.” — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, Dec. 6, 2019. Since election night in October, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has repeatedly asserted the […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s four major teachers’ unions said Thursday they are launching charter challenges to a law capping public sector wage increases, arguing that it violates their collective bargaining rights. Tensions were already high between teachers and the government, with the imposition of higher class sizes and mandatory e-learning announced before the wage cap bill, […]
The Red Devils boss has followed the lead of his former boss Sir Alex Ferguson by giving senior opportunities to exciting home-grown talent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer intends to ensure that there is “always a path” for those at Manchester United who prove themselves worthy of taking a step up from the academy ranks and into […]