Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government respects the democratic rights of protesters who have blocked railway traffic across Canada, but expects the rule of law to be “respected.” At a press conference in Dakar, Senegal Wednesday, the prime minister was asked what message he would send to activists who have, in recent days, blocked […]
Click:cnc turning Blockades set up by anti-pipeline protesters have forced Canadian National Railway Co. to shut down its entire network in Eastern Canada and Via Rail to cancel passenger service across the country. CN said Thursday that the company must initiate a “disciplined and progressive” shutdown in the East and stop and safely secure all […]
Health officials in China’s Hubei province — the epicentre of the outbreak of a new coronavirus — reported the largest single-day infection rate to date on Thursday, identifying 14,840 new cases in the region and 242 more deaths. The figures, which are more than 10 times the previous day’s reported infections, come as Chinese health […]
OTTAWA — Federal and British Columbia officials are tentatively set to meet with Indigenous leaders in the hope of ending anti-pipeline rail blockades that have stalled travellers and choked Canada’s economy. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller sent a letter to three leaders about a protest near Belleville, Ont., that has halted freight and passenger traffic between Toronto […]
OTTAWA — A second Canadian plane carrying evacuees from the quarantined region of Hubei, China, has landed at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in southern Ontario. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a release Tuesday that the plane landed with 130 Canadians and 58 accompanying family members. Officials say all the passengers aboard the plane […]
TORONTO — Longtime newspaper columnist, author and firebrand Christie Blatchford, a hardnosed scribe known for deep-sourced scoops and biting opinion pieces, has died. She was 68. Blatchford had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. The cancer had metastasized to bones in the spine and hip by the time […]
KINGSTON, Ont. — Former federal health minister Jane Philpott has been tapped to lead the faculty of health sciences at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. The university says Philpott, who represented the Ontario riding of Markham-Stouffville from 2015 until last year’s federal election, will serve as dean of the faculty and director of its medical […]
OTTAWA — Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis has become the first woman approved to run for the federal Conservative party leadership, saying she wants the job to bring courage and compassion back to politics. Lewis has been working for weeks to sign up supporters and raise funds to support her bid, handing in the first 1,000 […]
KUWAIT CITY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Canadian military personnel that their efforts have been essential in the “fight” to defeat Islamic militants in Iraq and elsewhere. He delivered that message at the start of an unexpected, whirlwind visit to Kuwait where many Canadian troops had to relocate about a month ago from Iraq. […]
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner may be one of the game’s modern greats, but the German champions would never try to lure him away from Turin Bayern Munich have moved to pour cold water on any move for Juventus attacker Cristiano Ronaldo. There have been tentative rumours suggesting that they could make a move for […]