After a protracted battle with loud and fierce opposition coming from First Nations and environmental groups, public support in Canada is on the decline for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, according to a new survey (pdf) published Wednesday. The study, conducted by the Ottawa-based Nanos Research Group, compares public opinion data from April 2013 […]
Denunciations of the National Security Agency are officially coming from all corners now as leaders of the Republican party passed a resolution Friday calling for an investigation into the “gross infringement” of Americans’ rights. The resolution calls the vast dragnet operations, namely the collection of phone data records, “an invasion into the personal lives of […]
As an ‘exceptional’ drought continues its assault on California’s croplands, new information released this week has put many in a panic over what these historic water lows mean for the ecosytem, agricultural production and people across the state. “California is losing water reserves as if through a sieve,” reports Circle of Blue, a water resources […]
With just hours left in the public comment period on the proposed construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, green groups are calling on all concerned citizens to contact the Obama administration and make their opposition known. “Right now we are in the middle of the last official public comment period for Keystone XL — one […]
Federal COVID-19 internment camps are not a thing in Canada, and any messaging suggesting such is a dangerous conspiracy theory. That’s the message federal officials are sending to Canadians in the wake of circulating misinformation suggesting that the government will force Canadians into “COVID-19 internment camps.” There’s no truth to that, says Prime Minister Justin […]
TORONTO — Author and psychologist Jordan Peterson says he’s back in Toronto and eager for “something resembling a normal life” after spending much of the past year in and out of hospitals around the world. The controversial speaker and writer has released an eight-minute long YouTube video recounting months spent consulting specialists in Connecticut, Toronto, […]
TORONTO — People who are angry about a proposed bill to protect businesses against COVID-19-related lawsuits should “talk to their lawyer … rather than just read the headlines,” Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday. “This does not protect the long-term care homes 100 per cent, by any means,” he said. “If there has been gross negligence […]
TORONTO ― Tim Hortons has signed a deal with TerraCycle’s Loop program to test an option that would allow customers to pay a deposit and receive their order in reusable, returnable cups and food packaging. Once the customer is done they could return the cups and other containers to a participating restaurant and have their […]
TORONTO — A man who died five years ago was the likely killer of a nine-year-old girl in a 1984 murder that sparked widespread revulsion and led to a notorious wrongful conviction, Toronto police said on Thursday. At a news conference, Chief James Ramer said DNA evidence indicated Calvin Hoover, then 28, had sexually assaulted […]
Negotiators walked away frustrated and empty handed just thirty minutes into the final day of the second round of peace talks between the Assad regime and the Syrian opposition on Saturday. The UN-Arab League mediator of the talks, Lakhdar Brahimi, issued an apology to the Syrian people after the negotiators parted ways once again. “I […]