OTTAWA — Federal Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says he, his family and some party workers are in self-isolation after an aide tested positive for COVID-19. A statement from the party says the O’Tooles are getting tested, informing the Opposition leader’s recent contacts and keeping his son home. “My family and I are feeling well, but […]
A group of youth climate activists are challenging Conservative Party of Canada leader Erin O’Toole’s “Take Back Canada” slogan, saying they actually used it first. Members of Climate Strike Canada have filed an application to trademark the phrase, arguing its usage as a message of Indigenous land sovereignty predates O’Toole’s use for his 2020 leadership […]
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford is promising to expand access to COVID-19 testing and “severe” punishment for people breaking public health rules during social gatherings as his government tries to address a recent increase in virus rates in communities across the province. Ford said Wednesday that the province expects to strike a deal with thousands […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated Wednesday that the Liberals do not want a federal election, but pushed back at the notion that holding another campaign now would be “reckless” in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing reporters in Ottawa at the end of a two-and-a-half-day cabinet retreat, Trudeau was asked if he thought it would be […]
This is a breaking story… Check back for updates… Considered a major development regarding President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, his lawyers on Friday confirmed that prior to pleading guilty to charges at a court hearing Friday he has entered a cooperating agreement with the Department of Justice. At the hearing, government prosecutor […]
In the wake of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation and swearing in as the newest associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court at a subsequent private ceremony, journalist Ashley Feinberg was among those who returned to his charged testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, September 27 when she declared Saturday afternoon: “I just keep thinking […]
As cities across the United States aim to honor the millions of people who lived on the North American continent for centuries before they faced the persecution of European explorers who arrived to claim the land as their own, many local governments marked Indigenous People’s Day on Monday. Indigenous activists applauded the move as they […]
The Trump administration’s penchant for censoring science has been underscored by a new development that has one advocacy group asking if the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate change website is gone for good. Back in April 2017, the EPA announced it was “undergoing changes that reflect the agency’s new direction under President Donald Trump and [then] […]
As U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s attempts to negotiate a Brexit deal with the European Union descended into complete chaos on Thursday after her Brexit secretary and other key ministers resigned over a newly released draft agreement, Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn demanded from the floor of the House of Commons that May immediately withdraw the […]
Despite losing reelection in November after running on a fervently anti-Medicare for All platform, outgoing Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) confidently declared during a CNN interview on Friday that the bold and increasingly popular solution to America’s healthcare crisis does not inspire voters in states like Indiana. “When you talk ‘Medicare for All’… you start losing […]