Kingston city councillors are looking to fast-track spending millions of extra dollars on affordable housing and better roads. Councillors passed a motion at their Feb. 19 meeting to possibly siphon $24.2 million from future capital projects and redirect the money into improved housing and roads. “These are clearly important things for the city. There’s some […]
In a shared nightmare no-one can wake up from, the idea of some centrist peace and quiet is appealing. That’s why The Independent Group is polling in third place just 5 days after it launched. For those fundamentalists who insist dreamland is the best place to stay, it’s also appealing to blame the TIGgers for […]
When Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was on trial in 2017 for federal corruption charges, he watched from the defendant’s chair as the state’s junior senator and his close friend, Cory Booker, testified about his character. When Mr. Menendez was facing a brutal re-election challenge last year, Mr. Booker was his most vociferous surrogate, […]
A quitting Labour MP has denied a data breach after her old party reported her to the information watchdog. Joan Ryan has been reported to the Information Commissioner just days after quitting the party on Tuesday night and joining The Independent Group. But the Enfield North MP strongly denied accessing any party data after she […]
Universal Credit could face an overhaul over an issue that housing associations warn will lead to thousands losing out on a week’s rent. The pledge from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) comes after campaigners demanded action to close the "bizarre" and "unfair" loophole last month. The problem hits council and social housing tenants […]
The Legislative Assembly Management Committee has agreed to hire a retired judge to probe more allegations against B.C. legislature clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz. The internal probe will look into the allegations put forward in a pair of reports from Speaker Darryl Plecas as well as the defence brought forward by James and […]
A former government of Alberta employee says she was bullied and harassed at her job inside the department of energy for months, and when she complained, she was sent home on administrative leave. With 20 years of experience working in the electricity industry, Maya Knauth was confident she would be an asset to the Alberta […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his adult children on Thursday urged a federal judge to dismiss a racketeering lawsuit accusing them of using the family name to promote sham marketing opportunities to vulnerable, financially struggling investors. Calling the lawsuit “implausible,” the Trump family said in a filing in federal court in […]
The comments have been called heinous and horrifying. After a Halifax house fire killed seven Syrian refugee children, some Facebook commenters celebrated their deaths on a Quebec TV station’s Facebook page. The Facebook comments posted under a TVA story about the tragedy took aim at the family for being refugees. Some saying “good riddance,” and, […]
TORONTO – Ontario issued a directive Thursday to Hydro One, ordering it to pay its CEO no more than $1.5 million per year – substantially less than the partially privatized utility had proposed. Hydro One and the government have been at loggerheads over executive compensation, with the company refusing repeated requests to slash the CEO […]