Pierre Poilievre has been named the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada in a landslide win. A resounding first-ballot victory was announced in Ottawa, with the longtime member of Parliament earning nearly 70 per cent of support from members. Poilievre won nearly all of the ridings across Canada.
VANCOUVER — For the second year in a row, the Vancouver Whitecaps need a big result against their regional rivals in order to preserve their faint playoff hopes. History, though, is not on Vancouver's side. With just three games left on the regular-season schedule, the 'Caps (10-14-7) are in desperate need of a win over the Seattle Sounders (12-15-3) at B.C. Place on Saturday. Vancouver sits four spots and six points out of a post-season berth while Seattle is two places and four points below th
Thousands of mourners lined up through the night for several kilometres in London to file past the Queen's coffin at Westminster Hall.
Nova Scotia Power says the cost of closing its coal plants and transitioning to a greener electricity grid will likely cost more than $2 billion this decade, but how much of that will fall on ratepayers is not yet clear. The estimate emerged Wednesday at the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) hearing on the company's application for an 11.6 per cent rate increase between now and 2024. The hearing is in its third day. "Our focus has been on the $2 billion. I would say that's a figure we'
When Gunnar Pedersen began to build houses, he started out small. His first construction was about two square feet of house. Maybe three. That was about 12 years ago — when he was 88. He turned 100 earlier this month. His houses — which meticulously recreated structures from his small hometown of New Denmark, N.B. — have stayed quite small, and there's certainly a lot more of them. WATCH | Explore the tiny recreation of his hometown, all built by 100-year-old Gunnar Pedersen "I don't have the ex
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Newly revealed text messages show how deeply a Mississippi governor was involved in the state paying more than $1 million in welfare money to Brett Favre to help fund one of the retired NFL quarterback's pet projects. Instead of the money going to help low-income families in one of the nation's poorest states, as intended, it was funneled through a nonprofit group and spent on a new $5 million volleyball facility at a university that the football star and the governor both
JERUSALEM (AP) — A bloc of Arab parties has split ahead of Israel's fifth elections in less than four years, a move that could dilute the minority's political influence and aid former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's return to power. The nationalist Balad party said late Thursday it will run separately from the other two parties in the Joint List in the November vote. If it does not meet the minimum threshold, Balad would not enter the next parliament and its votes would essentially be wasted
This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the relatively new harm reduction technique in addiction medicine known as safe supply. Some doctors and researchers say, since the pandemic, safe supply has begun to demonstrate its effectiveness. While it is becoming increasingly available across the country, few Nova Scotians have access. Jane was a health-care worker who got a back injury and was prescribed an opioid painkiller. That was the start of her descent into addiction. After the prescription en
TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia's president issued an electoral law on Thursday reducing, but not ending, the role of political parties in a reformed parliament that will have fewer powers under a constitution passed in July. The unilateral changes are the latest that President Kais Saied has made to Tunisia's political system since he seized most powers last summer in a move his foes called an anti-democratic coup to establish one-man rule. "We are passing through a new stage in the history of Tunisia towards the sovereignty of the people after previous sham elections," said Saied during a cabinet meeting.
The health centre in Taloyoak, Nunavut, is expected to reopen on Monday. A 1,200-litre fuel spill in a boiler room forced the territory to close the Judy Hill Memorial Health Centre to emergency services on Aug. 18. A little more than a week later, the building was completely closed as the fumes grew worse, and eventually fire crews started keeping watch over it in case of a fire. In a statement Friday, the health department said an environment consultant has deemed the building safe for staff a
The arguments for and against a permanent injunction against demonstrators at the site of a controversial development in Caledonia, Ont., ended Tuesday and now lawyers representing both Foxgate Developments and Haudenosaunee land defender Skyler Williams are waiting for the judge's final decision. Lawyers representing Williams said in Cayuga Superior Court on Tuesday there shouldn't be a permanent injunction, saying Williams and others have asserted their treaty rights (per Section 35 of the Cha
When the west London borough of Hounslow announced it was holding a cost of living "marketplace" on Sept. 14, officials promoted the event by saying it would connect financially strapped people with organizations that could help prevent "residents from reaching crisis point in the testing months ahead." On Tuesday, organizers announced they were postponing the event due to the Queen's death. "During this period of national mourning, as a mark of respect, Council events and events managed by the
VANCOUVER — Maria Rantanen did everything she could to stop her son from fatally overdosing, but it wasn't enough. Michael Rantanen died on July 15. He was 25 years old. He was one of the 192 drug-related deaths British Columbia's coroner recorded in July. The toll is a 31 per cent increase from June and equates to about 6.2 deaths a day. "I hope we see behind those statistics that it's really human beings who are dying in huge numbers. Six a day is just horrific," Maria Rantanen said in an inte
Montreal's executive committee is firing the waste-management company that oversees the recycling sorting centre in the borough of Lachine. Ricova Services Inc., a giant in the industry, will be replaced by Société VIA, with the transition to the new company effective no later than Nov. 14., the city said in a news release Friday. The city's environment director will determine the exact date in the best interest of the city, the release said. "We know that materials have been accumulating for se
In marking the death of Queen Elizabeth II in the House of Commons on Thursday, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said that the queen held a “special place” in Canadians’ hearts and that “we had a special place in hers.”
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the state on Thursday said it would defy the order. District Court Judge Michael Moses chided attorneys for the state during a hearing in Billings for circumventing his April order that temporarily blocked a 2021 Montana law that made it harder to change birth certificates. Moses said there was no q
Hundreds of people are expected to attend the celebration of Wes Petterson's life on Friday in Weldon, Sask. "It just kind of tells you the effect he had on people," said Vera Hoknes, Petterson's older sister. Petterson was one of 10 victims who died during the stabbings in Saskatchewan on Sept. 4. Nine of the victims died on the James Smith Cree Nation, while Petterson was killed in at his home in Weldon. Several others were also injured at James Smith Cree Nation. The grief from losing her bro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions to punish those supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, targeting people and entities it accused of helping Moscow skirt financial sanctions, steal Ukrainian grain and violate human rights. The steps by the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Commerce and State were designed to hold the Russian government accountable for its Feb. 24 invasion and continuing war against Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Ukrainian forces have made major gains this month, advancing in the Kharkiv region and driving Russian soldiers from the city of Izium, dealing Russian troops their worst defeat since they were repelled from the outskirts of the capital Kyiv in March.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden praised South Africa as a vital voice on the global stage as he hosted President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday at the White House for talks that were expected to touch on the two nations' differences on Russia's war in Ukraine and more. In a brief appearance before the media at the start of their meeting, Biden made no direct mention that Ramaphosa is among African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Sou
B.C. has designated Monday as a day of mourning to mark the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's declaration of a federal holiday to mourn the Queen on the day of her state funeral in the United Kingdom. B.C. Premier John Horgan says he extended the federal holiday to include provincial public-sector workers "in recognition of the obligations around federal holidays in the vast majority of provincial collective agreements." Public schools, including post-secon
A messy battle at Brampton City Hall spilled over to Queen's Park Thursday when a local councillor brought his grievances with Mayor Patrick Brown to the province urging the Ford Government to step in. Among the requests, not extending new strong mayor powers to Brown should he be re-elected. Matthew Bingley reports.