Month: February 2020

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital shut down on Friday as blizzard conditions descended on the city and residents prepared for an intense storm that could knock out power. The City of St. John’s declared a state of emergency, ordering businesses closed and vehicles off the roads. The nearby towns of Mount Pearl […]

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WINNIPEG — Canada is keeping up the pressure on Iran to involve outside experts in the investigation into downed Ukrainian jetliner PS752, amid signs that Iran is balking at turning over the flight data recorders. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne wrote Sunday to his Iranian counterpart to stress Canada’s view that the black boxes should […]

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NEW YORK — Ten women filed a class-action lawsuit against Canadian clothing mogul Peter Nygard accusing him of sexual assault and sex trafficking. Nygard allegedly lured young women to his mansion in the Bahamas under false pretences of modelling opportunities in order to sexually assault them, according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District […]

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Click:Crystal Chandeliers OAKLAND, Calif. — A sheriff’s deputy is suing Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri for damages, alleging he was injured in a shoving altercation at Oakland’s Oracle Arena during last year’s NBA Finals. In a lawsuit filed Friday in a northern California district court, Alan Strickland alleges that he suffered “injury to his head, […]

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been put on the defensive for not publicly challenging Senegal’s president over the country’s criminalization of homosexual acts while accepting support for Canada’s bid for a United Nations Security Council seat. At the Munich Security Conference Friday, reporters pressed Trudeau about a media availability he held with Senegal’s Macky Sall […]

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EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta’s new Montreal trade office will be just one part of a renewed push in the coming months to strengthen ties and find common ground with Quebec. “We need to understand that Quebec has a very strong preoccupation with environmental issues, and we need to communicate in those terms,” […]

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Canada appears poised to rack up a climate-change win, says a recent government report submitted to the United Nations. The federal report filed last month says Canada is on track to meet one of its crucial climate-change commitments — generating at least 90 per cent of non-industrial electricity from emissions-free sources by 2030. “Yes, it’s […]

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Figure incontournable du PAF, Laurent Ruquier sait néanmoins se remettre en question. Samedi soir dans On n’est pas couché, le présentateur de France 2 a fait part de ses regrets quant à sa collaboration avec Eric Zemmour au sein de l’émission pendant cinq ans. Il ne s’agit pas là d’un péché capital mais l’image est […]

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