Search results

So this guy is a thing now. Bernie Sanders draws nearly 10,000 supporters - CNNPolitics.com Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News - CNN.com When Sanders walked on stage at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, he was greeted by a raucous, howling crowd of 9,600 people...

BP reaches $18.7 billion settlement over deadly 2010 spill HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc will pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states to resolve nearly all claims from its deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago in the largest corporate settlement in U.S...

Home John Ivison: New GDP numbers spell gloom for a PM whose only hope of re-election is to deliver on economy Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Email John Ivison Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2015 Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at a news conference in Toronto on Thursday, June 4, 2015. THE CANADIAN...

Thanks Obama. Recession Threat Looms As Canada's Economy Shrinks For 4th Month In A Row m.huffpost.com The odds that Canada will see a recession this year just rose considerably. Canada's economy shrank 0.1 per cent in April, StatsCan said Tuesday morning, the fourth consecutive month of...

Mulcair urges Harper to defend supply management during TPP negotiations - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca OTTAWA – NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is urging Stephen Harper to defend Canada’s supply management system “in its entirety” in the course of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership...

Notley government backs Energy East and Trans Mountain pipelines | National Observer National Observer The NDP government in Alberta appears to be supporting both the TransCanada Energy East and Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipelines. The Calgary Herald reports, "Premier Rachel Notley’s party...

Justin Trudeau says major improvement needed after decade of Tory rule After ‎a decade of Conservative government major improvements are desperately required in areas ranging from the Canada Pension Plan to national unity to the environment, Justin Trudeau says. “Mr. Harper has not been...

National Post View: Harper’s shipbuilding strategy is coming apart at the seams National Post | Canadian News, Financial News and Opinion The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS), a mammoth naval rebuild and boondoggle unveiled by the Harper Conservatives amid much...

Clearly this is a Liberal ploy as fossil fuel subsidies don't exist amirite? Trudeau's environment plan: End fossil fuel subsidies, invest in clean tech Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has unveiled myriad environmental promises in Vancouver, including hundreds of millions of dollars in clean...

The Week to End Enbridge Prince George Citizen One year after the federal government formally approved the Enbridge Northern Gateway tankers and pipelines project, with 209 conditions, opposition to the project has not wavered. From June 13-21, during the "Week to End Enbridge," people from all...

Pope Francis recruits Naomi Klein in climate change battle | World news | The Guardian Latest US news, world news, sports and opinion from the Guardian | theguardian.com | The Guardian She is one of the world’s most high-profile social activists and a ferocious critic of 21st-century...

On climate change, Hispanic Catholics hear pope's message - and it's personal | Environment | The Guardian Latest US news, world news, sports and opinion from the Guardian | theguardian.com | The Guardian On a June morning, Father Rob Yaksich, a park ranger until he found his calling in...

Fireworks banned in West Vancouver effective immediately The District of West Vancouver has banned the use of fireworks due to a high fire rating in the area. The ban is effective immediately, and no permits for fireworks will be approved. Fire chiefs are urging people to exercise extra...

Teared up a bit watching that. Vid: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/jun/26/obama-sings-amazing-grace-clementa-pinckney-eulogy-video Obama Scorns Racism in Soaring, Singing Eulogy - NDTV m.ndtv.com "Maybe we now realize the way racial bias can infect us even when we don't...

Ontario NDP deputy leader used constituency resources to promote Mulcair rally: Integrity Commissioner Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Email Ashley CsanadyFriday, Jun. 26, 2015 Jagmeet Singh, Ontario MPP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton, has been cautioned by the Ontario Integrity Commissioner about...

Walter am cry. New Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown to march in Toronto’s Pride parade, a party first Patrick Brown, the new leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, checks out his new stomping grounds at Queen's Park in Toronto on Sunday, May 10, 2015. Matthew Sherwood for National...

Oh China... China issues report attacking US human rights record In its annual rebuttal to accusations of Chinese human rights violations, Beijing accuses the US of being ‘haunted by spreading guns’ and racial discrimination China accused the United States on Friday of being “haunted by...

Alberta to double carbon tax by 2017 Alberta’s environment minister has pledged to make her province a world leader on climate change, starting with plans to increase the province’s carbon levy on Jan. 1 from its current $15 per tonne to $30 by 2017. Alberta’s New Democrats have been under...

Naheed Nenshi, Don Iveson, pleased with talks with Rachel Notley The mayors of Alberta's two biggest cities say they were pleased with their discussions with Premier Rachel Notley this week. Notley met with Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi on Monday and Tuesday. A...

Minimum wage increases are 'supercharging' economy, says U.S. multimillionaire A multimillionaire leading a campaign to pay workers more across the United States says raising the minimum wage, whether there or in B.C., is simply "supercharging" the economy. The B.C. Federation of Labour's...