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Vancouver’s Tyler Broers said he’s never seen anything like what unfolded on Saturday. Australian World Cup fans filled his multi-level sports bar, Dublin Calling, before and after their team’s match against Turkey, and nearly drank the bar dry. “That never happens. That was the first time I’ve ever felt like I was actually going to…
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The G7 summit of world powers in France is being chaired by President Emmanuel Macron as host but on Wednesday his guest US President Donald Trump left no doubt over who he believed was in charge. Read More
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Kingston’s longest-serving mayor is looking for another term. Bryan Paterson officially announced Tuesday morning that he will seek re-election for a fourth term this fall. “I think my decision is very much predicated on the pivotal moment that we see as a community right now,” Paterson said….
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Canada’s fentanyl czar, Kevin Brosseau, said in a statement: “While it is encouraging to see the national rates of drug toxicity deaths in decline, we know there is much more work to be done. We are deploying all the tools at the federal government’s disposal and working collaboratively with other levels of government, law enforcement…
The case before the court had been brought by an Acadian activist group that challenged the appointment of a non-French-speaker, Brenda Murphy, to the position of lieutenant governor of New Brunswick. Six of the Supreme Court’s nine judges agreed with the Acadians, concluding that the lieutenant governor must speak both English and French. Appointing an…
The Leger survey, conducted on behalf of the Association for Canadian Studies, found that 31 per cent held that view, while the highest level of agreement was concentrated among university students (37 per cent), men (38 per cent) and Canadians between the ages of 18 and 34 (35 per cent). English speakers were more than…
“We’re not interested in kits being put together in Canada,” Carney told reporters on Wednesday. “We’re interested if there are joint-venture partnerships, Canadian controlled, substantial value-add, Canadian labour standards, substantial jobs, et cetera, that are consistent with that.”
When Roy Romanow was premier of Saskatchewan, he had a saying that can be paraphrased: when observers or commentators offer political statements or opinions, they are in my bailiwick and I shall be free to respond as I see fit. Read More