Global News has learned Premier Doug Ford will not attend this year’s annual Toronto Pride parade. In a statement to Global News, Ivana Yelich, a spokesperson for Ford, said: “Premier Ford has always said he will attend Toronto’s Pride parade when our front-line police officers are allowed to participate in uniform. He wishes all the […]
A recent series of motorcycle crashes in Guelph and Waterloo Region continued on Friday night as Waterloo Regional Police say a man lost control of his bike before ending up in a ditch in Cambridge. Police say the incident occurred near the intersection of Hespeler and Maple Grove roads at around 8:50 p.m. The rider […]
A new pop-up space has opened at Kitchener City Hall which will allow local businesses a chance at a retail space in a prime location. The space, which was formerly home to the Open Sesame store, is part of a pilot project called Project 220. Over the next year, the city hopes it will be […]
A Calgary man has died after rescuing a girl at a B.C. lake on Friday. Jon Palmiere, 20, was at Windermere Lake on May 31 with his girlfriend and some members of her family. According to his girlfriend’s stepfather Kiel Jordan, Jon rushed into the water Friday morning when he saw that Jordan’s younger stepdaughter […]
RCMP arrested two people after spotting a stolen vehicle in Penticton, but the driver of a nearby stolen truck got away. Officers were near Westhills Drive and Green Mountain Road when they spotted the first vehicle and followed it for a short distance. RCMP said that when the vehicle got stuck on a side road, […]
The country’s largest oil-and-gas lobby group is urging political parties to ensure their campaign platforms include support for major pipeline and LNG projects and a regulatory regime that would allow projects to be completed faster. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers released its election wish list on Monday, outlining the issues facing the industry and […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – President Donald Trump pushed ahead with plans to impose tariffs on Mexico over the objections of several top advisers, including his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, opting to side with hard-line officials who were advocating the move, according to multiple administration officials and people briefed on their plans. For several weeks, Trump’s top economic […]
The national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its final report Monday, describing the violence against First Nations, Metis and Inuit women and girls a form of “genocide” and a crisis “centuries in the making. For one Winnipeg legislator, it’s a step in the right direction, but every Canadian needs […]
Accessing abortion has become increasingly difficult in parts of the US. As a result, a growing number of reproductive rights activists say it is time American women learn the facts about “self-managing abortion” with pills. Kate could tell something was wrong. She’d been feeling nauseous for days and her body just felt different. The 27-year-old […]
Canada is shutting down its embassy in crisis-stricken Venezuela because diplomats will no longer be able to obtain credentials, the Canadian government says. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Sunday that the Nicolas Maduro regime has taken action to prevent foreign embassies from functioning in Venezuela, “particularly those advocating for the restoration of democracy.” The […]