What do you get when you take two Democrats, two Republicans and add a room full of press? A spectacle of epic proportions. On Tuesday afternoon, President Trump invited Democratic senators Nancy Pelosi (the current House Minority Leader) and Chuck Schumer to the Oval Office in the White House to discuss funding for his border wall — […]
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Praise be! The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood has announced that she’s writing a sequel to the highly-acclaimed book turned Hulu series. Atwood confirmed the sequel in a tweet on Wednesday, revealing the forthcoming book, titled The Testaments, is set to be published in September 2019. According to the author, the sequel will take place 15 years […]
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Tens of thousands of fires are ripping through the Amazon this month, stunning the world and demonstrating the precarity of earth’s ecosystems. But Canadians need only look as far as our own expansive boreal forest to understand the damage humans can cause, experts say. The boreal forest covers more than half of Canada, is home […]
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ESTEVAN, Sask. — The co-founder of a group that helps homeless veterans says he knows his decision to refuse money from organizers of a weekend rally in Saskatchewan was the right one after viewing online video of the event. Jim Lowther of VETS Canada says he accepted a request from the event, called Canada’s Patriot […]
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A postal worker, a 15-year-old girl, a U.S. Army veteran and a father of two are among the seven people identified as victims in a mass shooting in West Texas on Saturday ― the second such shooting in the state in less than a month. A man armed with an “AR-type weapon” fled a traffic stop […]
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MONTREAL ― These are strange times in the world of finance. The markets are spooked, with investors worried about the U.S.-China trade war, excessive debt levels and possibly overpriced stocks. And when the markets panic ― long story short ― interest rates come down. Today, much of the world is seeing record low interest rates, […]
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a lot of attention with his line about the calendar year when asked why he named an equal number of men and women to cabinet after his newly elected Liberal government was sworn in. Nearly four years later, the Liberals have made the push for gender equality a […]
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Brampton, Ont. MPP Gurratan Singh is being applauded for calling out racist and Islamophobic comments from a heckler in a video posted to Twitter Sunday. In the video, a man identified as National Citizens Alliance founder Stephen Garvey confronts Singh at MuslimFest in Mississauga, Ont. Garvey asks Singh if he supports Shariah law and “political […]
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John Motson believes Harry Kane will be feeling ‘pretty sick’ after watching Tottenham Hotspur throw away a two goal lead against bitter rivals Arsenal on Sunday. Mauricio Pochettino’s men were sitting comfortably after Kane tucked away a first half penalty to add to Christian Eriksen’s strike at the Emirates. Spurs have not won a league […]
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Former Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku believes football is ‘going backwards’ in its fight to eradicate racism after he was targeted by Cagliari fans on Sunday. Click Here: New Zealand rugby store The Belgian international was racially abused by home fans as he took a second-half penalty which he scored to give the visitors a […]
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