News
/
World -
7 years ago
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is no ordinary pipeline. This project, which the government of Canada has just decided to nationalise, will travel more than 1,000km from northern Alberta through unspoiled wilderness to end at the port...
News
/
World -
7 years ago
In an unprecedented week for international geopolitics – during which Donald Trump praised the North Korean leader shortly after disparaging Canada’s prime minister – one group of people has been particularly shocked by the US president’s upending o...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
Who was there?
The G7 is attended by the leaders of the seven main western economies, and has been seen as a chance for world leaders to discuss the chief diplomatic and economic issues of the day. Leaders from the US, France, Canada, Germany Japan,...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
In the midst of what appears to be a full-blown trade war between Canada and the US over steel and aluminum, and with Donald Trump taking his first steps on Canadian soil for the G7 summit, a familiar bugbear reappeared to haunt the negotiations.
D...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
Donald Trump has called for Russia to be readmitted to the G7 club of world leaders, opening up a new rift with US allies who swiftly contradicted him at a contentious summit in Quebec.
Although there were smiles and handshakes between Trump and his...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
Shortly after he landed on Canadian soil for the first time as president, Donald Trump was warmly greeted by Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.
The trio lingered on the podium, chatting comfortably as they posed for photos at the...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
Until the leaders of the seven most economically advanced nations in the world descended on it, the Charlevoix region of Quebec was perhaps best known for the beauty of its landscapes and the opulence of its state-run casino in La Malbaie. It is als...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, on Sunday described US tariffs as “insulting” to the shared history of the US and Canada as the fallout over Donald Trump’s tariff moves continued.
Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Trudeau reiterated his...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
Playing Russian roulette with your enemy is dangerous; playing it with your best friend is simply reckless. And that is exactly what Donald Trump is doing with American jobs in his negotiations with Canada on Nafta and his ill-conceived tariffs on s...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
Paramedics in MIssissauga, near Toronto, say 15 people have been injured in an explosion at an Indian restaurant. A spokesman for the paramedic service says three people were rushed to a trauma centre with critical injuries due to the blast. The oth...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
A prominent Canadian aid worker has been arrested at his mountain villa in Nepal and charged with sexually abusing children, an official said on Monday.
The Central Investigation Bureau chief, Pushkar Karki, said Peter Dalglish was arrested in April...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
Every Saturday night for the last sixty years, Ione Christensen has followed the same routine to prepare waffles for breakfast the following morning: she measures out two cups of flour and two cups of warm water, then she reaches into her fridge to...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
A Canadian woman has lost her job after a Facebook video emerged showing her making racist remarks in a restaurant. Kelly Pocha asks patrons if they pay their taxes and tells them she is not one of their 'Syrian bitches' and demands that they speak...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
To some they are a sanctuary, to others a place of silent boredom, but to Swiss photographer Thomas Guignard libraries are a thing ofbeauty.
Working as a librarian and photographer for the last 12 years, Canada-based Guignard combines his great love...
News
/
World -
8 years ago
Police in Canada are investigating after a maintenance worker found the body of a man trapped behind the wall of a women’s toilet in a Calgary shopping mall.
The grim discovery was made on Monday, when the worker removed a wall panel to repair a toi...