Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante spoke out Thursday about threats directed against her over her stance on the province’s secularism bill. Plante told reporters Thursday the online attacks have intensified, and she is taking them seriously. “I’m always open for debate, but I will not accept that,” Plante said. “This is not the kind of society […]
Immigration and attitudes towards non-white newcomers seeking to build lives in Canada are poised to become ballot box issues this fall, a new poll suggests. According to numbers released Monday by EKOS Research Associates, about 40 per cent of Canadians feel there are too many immigrants coming to this country. The responses were drawn from […]
OTTAWA — The federal government says it is delaying its decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project until June 18 in order to wrap up consultations with Indigenous groups. The deadline is being pushed back by almost a month on the recommendation of both Indigenous communities and former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci, who […]
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Maxime Bernier, the founder of a right-wing party running in Canada’s October federal election, said on Monday that Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s warnings about the dangers of white supremacy were an attack on an “entire ethnicity.” Bernier, a former Cabinet minister who quit the Conservative Party last year to form his […]
BANFF, Alta. — Three renowned mountain climbers are presumed dead after an avalanche in Alberta’s Banff National Park. Outdoor apparel company The North Face confirmed Thursday that American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer disappeared while attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak on the Icefields Parkway. They were reported […]
Gary Lillico drives dozens of kids on his school bus over an old, narrow bridge crossing British Columbia’s Fraser River. Everyday, he wishes his young passengers were wearing seatbelts. It’s not uncommon for kindergarteners to walk up to Lillico while he’s at the wheel and tug on his sleeve, or switch seats to get a […]
THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Two local students were behind a string of threats that promoted authorities to shut down a high school in northwest Ontario more than a dozen times, police alleged Thursday. Det. Insp. Ryan Hughes of the Thunder Bay Police Service said an 18-year-old female student and a 14-year-old boy have been arrested […]
HAMILTON — Police say three boys will be charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 17-year-old boy whose body was found in a car in a wooded area in Hamilton, Ont. Investigators say they were called to the scene Monday evening on reports of a crash and found the vehicle, which appeared to […]
OTTAWA — Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions edged up for the first time in three years in 2017, pushing the country even further away from its international climate change commitments. The 2017 national inventory report shows the total amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions produced in Canada hit 716 million tonnes, up from […]
FREDERICTON — Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers has been acclaimed as New Brunswick’s Liberal leader. The party announced Wednesday the political rookie’s ascension was made official during a board of directors meeting Tuesday night. “I am incredibly humbled to become the next leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party,” Vickers said in a […]