NDP Faces Highest Turnover Rate Of Incumbent MPs In 20 Years
By OTTAWA — When the federal election campaign gets underway in earnest, parties will be missing dozens of incumbent MPs who have opted against running again — including 11 sitting NDP MPs. The party is suffering the highest attrition rate of any with official status in the last six elections, going back to before the 2000 contest. […]
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Trudeau Seeks Help From Trump At G20 Summit To Deal With Canadians Detained In China
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving for a major international summit in Japan on Wednesday morning, hoping to make progress, or at least find allies, in a multi-front dispute with China. The G20 leaders’ summit in Osaka comes at a critical moment for Trudeau, months ahead of the October election and as Canada […]
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'Climate Apartheid': Rich Will Save Themselves While Poor Suffer, UN Report Warns
GENEVA (Reuters) ― The world is on course for “climate apartheid,” where the rich buy their way out of the worst effects of global warming while the poor bear the brunt, a U.N. human rights report said on Tuesday. The report, submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council by its special rapporteur on extreme poverty, Philip […]
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Celtic face battle with English clubs for Bolton teenager Luca Connell – reports
Celtic will face competition for Bolton midfielder Luca Connell, according to reports. The Hoops have opened talks over a deal to land the 18-year-old with the League One club in financial trouble. Connell can leave the crisis-hit Wanderers for just compensation as he is a third-year scholar. He is highly thought of and impressed at […]
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FIFA referee chief Pierluigi Collina warns Premier League must enforce new VAR penalty rules
Fifa referee chief Pierluigi Collina has warned the Premier League that new rules on goalkeepers’ movements before penalties being subject to Video Assistant Referee reviews must be enforced. The Women’s World Cup in France has seen several changes implemented following the announcement by lawmakers the International Football Association. As well as interpretations over what is […]
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Bruno Fernandes transfer: Man United meet with Portugal star’s agent in London to discuss £70million deal
Manchester United are meeting with Bruno Fernandes’ agent in London on Wednesday to try and secure his £70million signing. The Portugal international, 24, is in high on United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s transfer shortlist after an incredible season for club and country ended with Nations League success. Andy Goldstein says he’d love Manchester United to […]
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Ontario Legal Aid Cuts Force Injured Workers Clinic To Lay Off Staff
TORONTO — A legal clinic that serves workers injured on the job is laying off 40 per cent of its staff in the wake of cuts to legal aid made by Ontario’s government. Toronto’s Injured Workers Community (IWC) Legal Clinic is laying off one staff lawyer and three community legal workers, director John McKinnon told […]
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Plastic Forks At Trudeau's Lunch Meeting Show He's A Phoney Environmentalist: Tories
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a hypocrite over plastic cutlery that was available at a lunch meeting he held with youth activists in his Montreal riding. Trudeau tweeted a picture of himself having lunch on Monday with about half a dozen members of the Papineau Youth Council, including pizzas […]
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Small Tokushima town blazes green trail with ‘zero waste’ goal for 2020
Click:LED KAMIKATSU, TOKUSHIMA PREF. – Plastic, paper, metal? In Kamikatsu, sorting rubbish isn’t that simple. Residents face a mind-boggling 45 separate categories for their garbage as the town aims to be “zero waste” by 2020. And that’s not all: There isn’t even trash collection. The 1,500 residents of the town in Tokushima Prefecture have to […]
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World leaders’ bilateral talks likely to carry more weight than G20 Osaka summit
When world leaders gather for a two-day Group of 20 summit in Osaka on Friday, the main meeting is likely to be overshadowed by more critical diplomatic events being held on the sidelines — bilateral talks between key leaders. In fact, some of the planned one-on-one meetings could have a heavy influence on the fate […]
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