OTTAWA (Bloomberg) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost his top aide as the controversy over the government’s role in the SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. legal case deepens. In a bombshell departure ahead of an election this year, Gerald Butts resigned as Trudeau’s principal secretary on Monday (Feb 18), a holiday in much of the […]
WASHINGTON (THE WASHINGTON POST) – Days after a federal judge imposed a limited gag order on him, Trump confidant Roger Stone posted a photograph of that judge to his Instagram page and included her name, a close-up of her face and what appeared to be the crosshairs of a gun sight near her head. Stone […]
A 45-year-old Mexican migrant died on Monday in the custody of United States Customs and Border Protection, an event that was sure to intensify pressure on an agency overwhelmed by record numbers of migrant families crossing the border, while its health and safety standards have come under harsh public scrutiny. The migrant, who was not […]
MIAMI (NYTIMES) – US President Donald Trump on Monday (Feb 18) delivered his sharpest warning yet to Venezuela’s military authorities in an increasingly tense showdown over that country’s crisis, proclaiming they would “lose everything” by remaining loyal to President Nicolás Maduro and refusing to allow in emergency aid stockpiled on the border. Trump gave the […]
The bells rang out from the tower of Knox Metroploitan United Church much more than normal on Feb. 18. That’s because it wasn’t a normal Monday for Carol Benesh. She spent Family Day marking her graduation, from apprentice to bell ringer. To mark the occasion, she decided to ring the bells every 15 minutes, from […]
A Vancouver Island First Nation says a Vancouver-based liquefied natural gas company has pulled out of a planned LNG development just months after it was announced as a major milestone. In an open letter, Huu-ay-aht Chief Robert Dennis and hereditary Chief Derek Peters say the First Nation has been notified by Steelhead LNG that it […]
Tucked away on the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia sits a marvel of innovation in wood construction. It’s called Brock Commons, a student residence tower housing some 400 students. Completed in 2017, it looks like any other residential tower save for the distinctive look of blond wood gleaming as the sun hits […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (REUTERS) – Brazil’s government on Monday (Feb 18) banned new upstream mining dams and ordered the decommissioning of all such dams by 2021, targeting the type of structure that burst last month in the town of Brumadinho, killing hundreds of people. Those dams, which hold mining by-products, are cheaper to build but […]
New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for an independent investigation into the Justin Trudeau-SNC-Lavalin controversy, as well as a vote on allowing former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to speak publicly about the incident. “The prime minister seems to be continuously helping out his friends rather than everyday Canadians,” Singh told reporters Monday. “Our […]
The Royal Canadian Navy is reporting a shortage of sailors. The regular navy force is made up of about 8,000 sailors, according to Commodore Steve Waddell, but they’re currently 10 per cent short of that. In some trades, the shortage can be even higher, with sailors taking time away from their duties from things like […]