(Reuters) – In addition to Special Counsel Robert Mueller and other federal prosecutors, several U.S. congressional committees are pursuing investigations focusing on President Donald Trump, looking at questions regarding Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election as well as the Republican president’s finances. Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in January, giving them […]
The government has been forced to pay out £33 million to settle a court case over his Brexit ferry contracts. The Government agreed to pay Eurotunnel the eye-watering fee after they were accused of a “secretive” process of handing out no-deal contracts to ferry firms. It comes after one of the contracts, with Seaborne Freight, […]
The City of Regina is in the process of drafting a new bylaw regulation what they call “body rub parlours.” That term was chosen to differentiate massage parlours that sell sexual services from registered massage therapists. The city says the goal of the potential bylaw is to minimize the neighbourhood impact of body rub parlours […]
The race for the doorway continues for federal NDP MPs. Murray Rankin, MP for Victoria, is the latest to announce he is not going to run in the upcoming federal election. “After careful consideration, I have made the decision to not seek re-election in the 2019 federal election. This was a very difficult decision to […]
There’s been some progress in the debate about the city’s role in clearing snow from sidewalks in Hamilton. During a Thursday meeting of the general issues committee, council approved a motion from Ward 3 Councillor Nrinder Nann to study snow-clearing on highly-used sidewalks with a vote of eight to five. Related Hamilton gets set to […]
At a meeting Wednesday evening, council members in Innisfil approved the 2019-2020 budget. According to a press release issued by the town, the two-year budget includes an estimated blended tax increase of 2.32 per cent for 2019 and a 2.6 per cent increase for 2020. The town says the tax hike works out to be […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Andrew Wheeler, a former coal and oil lobbyist and President Donald Trump’s pick for the Environmental Protection Agency, to lead the nation’s top environmental regulator. Wheeler has been in the job in an acting capacity since last July, when his predecessor, Scott Pruitt, stepped down amid […]
Andrew Scheer will be in Kitchener next week to host a town hall. The federal Conservative leader will be taking questions on Thursday at the 80TON Building at Lot42. The event, which is scheduled to run from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., is free although you do have to register to attend on his party’s […]
A minister has quit the government in reaction to the Prime Minister’s decision to give MPs the option to delay Brexit . Farming Minister George Eustice quit with a blast at the PM for giving into Remainers and offering to delay the UK’s exit. He insists he will still support the Prime Minister’s deal but […]
MPs will get an inflation-busting pay rise of more than £2,000 this April, bringing their total salary to almost £80,000. Parliament’s expenses watchdog today confirmed the salary for MPs will rise from £77,379 to £79,468 from 1 April 2019. The 2.7% rise is the same as the average rise in public sector earnings in July […]