Mail carriers in London are protesting outside one of Canada Post’s distribution centres in the south end, as the Senate prepares to debate a bill that would force an end to rotating strikes across the country. “I’m going to remain hopeful,” said CUPW Local 566 grievance officer Julien Gignac. “We’re hoping Senators vote against this, […]
As photos of migrant children fleeing barefoot from tear gas prompted online outcry, U.S. President Donald Trump defended the practice to reporters outside the White House Monday. MAP: Where the migrant caravan began, and why people are fleeing these countries He told reporters “some very tough people” were trying to break in to the U.S., […]
MPs will vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal on Tuesday 11 December, it has been confirmed. The House of Commons is set to debate the pact for five days in the most significant showdown in years. More than 100 Tory or DUP MPs have indicated they could vote against the deal – enough for a […]
WASHINGTON — When Victor and Cynthia Liu landed with their mother on a tropical Chinese island in June to visit an ailing grandfather, they thought they would soon be on a plane back to their East Coast lives — he to start his sophomore year at Georgetown University, and she to work at the consulting […]
An adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump‘s election campaign has been ordered to jail following an effort to delay his two-week sentence. George Papadopoulos must report to jail Monday after he pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI investigators about his links to Russians during Trump’s campaign for the presidency, the Washington Post reported. […]
Minister for Older People Jim Daly has become embroiled in a furious row with the nursing home industry over his plans to replace the traditional model of care with retirement villages. Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) wrote to the minister expressing the organisation’s “fury and severe disappointment” over what they described as “derogatory” and “ill-informed” comments. […]
The European Commission chief warned the U.K. parliament it should not count on any renegotiation ahead of Britain’s departure in March, as European Union leaders on Sunday approved a landmark agreement on Britain’s exit. After the rubber stamping, all eyes turn to British Prime Minister Theresa May to sell the deal to her recalcitrant parliamentarians […]
When a group of Singaporean pupils and teachers climbing Mount Kinabalu in June 2015 were killed in an earthquake, the leadership that then Education Minister Heng Swee Keat displayed in responding to the crisis left a deep impression on researcher Mohamed Salihin Subhan. Mr Heng was at the airport to comfort their parents, spoke personally […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An associate of Roger Stone, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Friday he was talking with the special counsel probing Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election about a possible plea deal. “There are plea negotiations going on. I can’t elaborate any more than that,” Jerome Corsi, a […]
TORONTO – Critics are calling for an independent appraisal of a decommissioned Ontario Power Generation plant on Toronto’s waterfront after they say the site was sold for far less than it appears to be worth. The Opposition New Democrats say something “smells fishy” about the sale of the Hearn Generating Station, which ceased to produce […]