Month: February 2020

TORONTO — “Reconciliation is dead. It’s dead in this province.” That was First Nations NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa’s message for the Ontario government after police arrested protesters at a blockade in Mohawk territory and the Progressive Conservatives introduced the singing of “God Save the Queen” in the legislature. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested several demonstrators […]

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EDMONTON — On Tuesday, Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Alberta government tabled its first bill of the spring session — Bill 1, the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act. If voted into law, the bill would dictate sweeping penalties for anyone who gathers on what the government defines as “critical infrastructure.”  “Over the last number of weeks, we’ve […]

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Former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, whose many accusers spurred the Me Too era with their public allegations of rampant sexual misconduct against him, was found guilty Monday on two charges of sexual assault.   A jury affirmed after five days of deliberations that Weinstein forced a sexual act on former production assistant Miriam “Mimi” Haleyi in 2006, and […]

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OTTAWA — A plane carrying 129 Canadians and their families who have spent weeks confined to cabins aboard a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan landed on Canadian soil this morning. The former Diamond Princess passengers can expect to undergo another two weeks of isolation at the Nav Centre in Cornwall, Ont., where they will be […]

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C’est accompagné de ses frères et soeurs et les larmes aux yeux, que le champion handisport sud-africain Oscar Pistorius s’est présenté ce matin devant la justice dans l’affaire du meurtre de sa petite amie, la top-modèle Reeva Steenkamp, le 14 février dernier. Au terme de cette nouvelle audience, on sait que les charges retenues contre […]

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Neuf mois d’une relation passionnel auront conduit Scarlett Johansson et Romain Dauriac à s’engager mutuellement et pour l’avenir. Des fiançailles officielles pour l’américaine et le frenchy. «Ils n’ont pas encore choisi de date de mariage». L’agent de Scarlett Johansson préfère tout de suite mettre de l’huile sur le feu. Pourtant, c’est un incendie de passion […]

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