TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is set to announce $28.5 billion in funding to build transit in the Greater Toronto Area. Ford says more details will come Wednesday when Transportation Minister Jeff Yurek lays out the Progressive Conservative government’s plans at a news conference. The premier made the comments during an […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump, welcoming Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to the White House on Tuesday (April 9), said a lot of progress had been made with Egypt in terms of terrorism. Trump, with Sisi at his side, also told reporters that the two had important things to discuss about military issues […]
Cathy Wong, the first woman to be named Speaker of Montreal’s city council, announced Tuesday that she will sit as an independent councillor, effective immediately. Related Montreal to remove crucifix from council chamber and place it in museum Feud over green access road in West Island boils over at Montreal city council ‘It’s time for […]
For several consecutive years, fires have devastated the Californian coast, destroying lives, wildlife and homes. The fire service is under increasing pressure with fewer resources. One former firefighter has decided to do something about it, and is setting up his own fire crew. Eric Beninger, who lives in Palo Colorado Canyon in Big Sur, saw […]
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at a judge for blocking his policy of sending asylum seekers to Mexico to await court hearings in their cases. “A 9th Circuit judge just ruled that Mexico is too dangerous for migrants,” he tweeted. “So unfair to the US.” His policy would have returned migrant families back […]
Former cabinet minister Jane Philpott says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the law when he expelled her and Jody Wilson-Raybould from the Liberal caucus. In the House of Commons, Philpott says the Parliament of Canada Act says MPs can’t be kicked out of their party groups without a vote and Trudeau ejected them on his […]
Hundreds of millions of birds are thought to be dying every year as a result of colliding with skyscrapers in major US cities, according to a new study. Scientists came to the conclusion after analysing 22 years of weather surveillance data to map trends in bird migration activity, which showed that they were being drawn […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States would impose tariffs on $11 billion of products from the European Union, a day after U.S. trade officials proposed a list of EU products to target as part of an ongoing aircraft dispute. “The World Trade Organization finds that the European Union subsidies to Airbus […]
It looks like Churchill Park will be receiving an upgrade from the city of Kingston. Napier Street between Mack and Brock streets will be shut down for good later this week to kick start a project to extend Churchill Park and connect it to the old St. Mary’s schoolyard. The street will give way to […]
ID scanners in use at Toronto’s only legal cannabis store are set to forget the information they scan, but are also designed to be able to build a customer database, their U.S.-based supplier says. Related Pay cash for pot if you can, federal privacy commissioner urges Why do Canadians hate to buy marijuana online? Pot […]