Ever since a Union Army general announced in Galveston, Tex., that “all slaves are free” on June 19, 1865 — a day now commemorated as Juneteenth — the question of how to compensate the country’s formerly enslaved people has hung over the United States. Lawmakers in Washington addressed reparations for slavery for the first time […]
MEXICO CITY (AFP) – Mexico ratified the new North American trade agreement on Wednesday (June 19), making the country the first to give it final approval despite recent tension with the US. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) passed in the Mexican Senate with 114 votes in favour and just four against, sending what the economy […]
The London Police Service welcomed its new top cop on Wednesday. The sound of drums and bagpipes filled the air just moments before officer Steve Williams was named London’s 20th Chief of Police in the service’s 164-year history. With tearful members of his family sitting front row at the change of command ceremony in RBC […]
As part of our coverage of Pride Month, we asked 10 members of the L.G.B.T.Q. community to reflect on their experiences. Here is one of their responses. Scroll down for more. Most anti-discrimination policies intended to protect transgender people are centered on gender identity, a term that originated in the field of psychology and that […]
As part of our coverage of Pride Month, we asked 10 members of the L.G.B.T.Q. community to reflect on their experiences. Here is one of their responses. Scroll down for more. A short time ago during a meeting, I was asked by a gay man if we should keep the “T” in “L.G.B.T.Q.” I gagged […]
Atlantic Canada’s auditors general say that while the Atlantic Lottery Corporation has fully implemented recommendations from a stinging 2016 audit, the four shareholder governments have been slow to respond. A followup report released today says the governments have completed just 22 per cent of the actions recommended and in particular have failed on two key […]
Work to install an armoured military vehicle in a New Brunswick town has been put on hold after an outcry from dozens of town residents. The 8th Canadian Hussars regiment donated the retired Cougar AVGP vehicle to Sackville in February, and the town council decided to install it in its Memorial Park, which already features […]
An Alaskan teenager allegedly killed her best friend after an online stranger posing as a tycoon offered her money to carry out the murder. Denali Brehmer, 18, of Anchorage, is accused of plotting the murder of Cynthia Hoffman, 19, this month. Ms Brehmer allegedly sent Snapchat video of the killing to an Indiana man, Darin […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Hope Hicks, once a close aide to US President Donald Trump, drew fire from Democrats on Wednesday (June 19) for not answering questions during a closed House Judiciary Committee session about whether her former boss broke the law. White House lawyers asserted immunity for Hicks on matters involving her 14 months in […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday will be an opportunity to talk about China and global issues set to be discussed at next week’s G20 leaders’ summit in Japan. Speaking before a meeting with his Liberal caucus today, Trudeau says the two leaders will discuss […]