The union that represents CN rail workers has identified the person killed at a railyard in Edmundston, N.B., as a 33-year-old father of two. Teamsters Canada says the man, whose name was not released, started working at CN in September as a conductor and foreman trainee. The union says he loved his new job and […]
While Justin Trudeau, K-Pop and Drake were among the most-mentioned topics on Twitter Canada this year, there was another huge theme in 2018. “It was a year for big stories in sports on the Olympics,” Twitter Canada’s Christopher Doyle told Global News. “Scott and Tessa being among the most-mentioned athletes. “What a tremendous story. “The […]
It took one deadly act to raise Canada nine places in a global terrorism ranking of 163 countries in a report covering 2017 incidents. The Global Terrorism Index 2018, released on Wednesday, ranked Canada 57th, and much of it had to do with the six people who were killed in a mass shooting at a Quebec […]
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – Last autumn, President Donald Trump flew to Mandan, North Dakota, to give a speech at the largest oil refinery in the state. His brief visit made a few minor headlines: In a rare show of bipartisanship, Mr Trump had joined Ms Heidi Heitkamp, then the state’s Democratic junior senator, to tout […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Dec 4) reassured German auto executives that he had no immediate plans to impose tariffs on their cars. He made the pledge in a meeting at the White House – hours after declaring himself a “Tariff Man” in a Twitter post. The hastily organised meeting included representatives […]
The special counsel investigating alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 US election will not be pursuing a jail sentence for former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Mr Flynn has admitted lying to the FBI. But in a memo, Robert Mueller said Mr Flynn had provided “first-hand” details about links between the Trump election team and […]
Liberal MLA Michelle Stilwell is sharing her taxi nightmare story in an effort to apply more pressure on the government to speed up the introduction of ridesharing. Stilwell, who uses a wheelchair, says she scheduled a taxi to pick her up at her hotel in Vancouver on Tuesday morning to catch a Helijet ride to […]
Michael Flynn – who became national security adviser to Donald Trump after helping him win the 2016 presidential election – began co-operating with the inquiry led by Robert Mueller after quitting the White House last year. According to court papers, the evidence he has since provided to the special counsel is “substantial”. He participated in […]
Senior Republican senators have turned on Donald Trump over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. They say a “smoking saw” in the case points to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman being behind the killing. The senators delivered their verdict – which contradicts the president’s claim that no conclusive proof has been given […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – US President Donald Trump’s dinner with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last Saturday (Dec 1) yielded a ceasefire in the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies, but the details are proving less than satisfying to those hungering for a lasting truce. Global stocks slumped on Tuesday (Dec 4) as investors grew sceptical […]