Trudeau Irked By Partisan Label For Groups Worried About Climate Change
By OTTAWA — The man whose position on climate change is at the centre of a controversy over partisan campaign rhetoric weighed in Monday, saying Elections Canada is stifling free speech if environmental groups can’t produce ads that describe global warming as a real crisis borne of human behaviour. Maxime Bernier, leader of the nascent People’s Party […]
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Canada's Funniest Place Names
American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s quest to become mayor of the memorably-named town of Dildo is drawing unprecedented attention to the small Newfoundland hamlet. But we can’t let Dildo have all the fun! It’s definitely not the only place in Canada with an unintentionally funny name — it’s not even the only hilariously named […]
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Saskatoon Working To Get Back Most Of $1 Million Lost In Online Scam
Click:Flexographic Printing Machine Manufacturer SASKATOON — The City of Saskatoon may be getting back most of the $1 million it mistakenly sent an online fraudster. City manager Jeff Jorgenson told a news conference Monday that nearly all the money has been traced to between 10 and 15 bank accounts, which have been frozen by court […]
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China Accuses Chrystia Freeland Of 'Meddling' After She Condemned Hong Kong Violence
OTTAWA — Chinese officials accused Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland of “meddling” in China’s internal affairs Sunday after her weekend statement condemning violence in Hong Kong in the wake of escalating tensions between pro-democracy protesters and police. Freeland made the remarks in a joint statement issued Saturday with her counterpart in the European Union, Federica […]
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Bernier Claims ‘Islamist Extremists’ Have Infiltrated Canadian Politics
GATINEAU, Que. — Islamic extremists are infiltrating Canadian political parties, Maxime Bernier told reporters Sunday, alleging that political party leaders are playing footsie with them to get votes. The leader of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC) was responding to questions about whether he shares views espoused by the guest speaker at his party’s inaugural […]
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Bell Canada 'Holds Rural People Hostage' In Dispute With Regulator
Bell Canada says it will cut roughly 200,000 households from a rural internet expansion program after a federal regulator lowered wholesale broadband prices it can charge to smaller internet providers. The Montreal-based company said Monday that the final rates set last week by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will cost it more than $100 […]
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Scholarship honoring historical figures in Yamaguchi aims to get grads into world’s top universities
HAGI, YAMAGUCHI PREF. – The city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, has initiated a scholarship program to help high school graduates enter the world’s top universities in honor of Hirobumi Ito, Japan’s first prime minister, and other local historical figures who studied abroad. The program was inspired by the members of the Choshu Five of the […]
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China seizing more illegally trafficked ivory products from Japan, research shows
GENEVA – An increasing number of elephant ivory products illegally trafficked from Japan have been seized in China, following Beijing’s closure of China’s domestic market in 2017, recent research by a U.S. conservation group shows. Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Mini At least 23 seizures in China were reported in the first half of this […]
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Japan considers $8.6 billion U.N. pledge to support progress on development goals
Japan is making arrangements for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to pledge about $8.55 billion at a U.N. meeting next month in New York as part of the country’s contribution to attaining development goals set by the body, government sources said Tuesday. Of the total sum intended to assist developing countries, $4.4 billion will go to […]
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Christian Pulisic rejected Manchester United transfer because his father ‘could not stand’ Jose Mourinho
Christian Pulisic rejected a move to Manchester United because his father ‘could not stand’ Jose Mourinho. The United States international joined Chelsea in the January window for £57.6million (€64million) and was instantly loaned back to Borussia Dortmund. However, it transpires the 20-year-old could well have made the move to Old Trafford had it not been […]
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