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Newcastle Utd face transfer scrap with Atletico Madrid over £26.5m target

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Newcastle Utd have reportedly set their sights on CSKA Moscow right-back Mario Fernandes, but he won’t come cheap with a £26.5m bid being touted. The 28-year-old has established himself as a key figure for the Russian giants, making 217 appearances for them since joining in 2012. SEE MORE: £25m Man Utd transfer target to get improved […]

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Canada's Clean Energy Sector Is Among Its Fastest Growing: Report

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OTTAWA — Canada’s clean-energy sector is growing faster than the economy as a whole and is rivalling some of the more well known industries for jobs, a new report shows. Clean Energy Canada, a think-tank at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, is releasing a study Thursday it commissioned to try to paint the first real […]

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Canada Finally Sets Deadline To Take Back Trash Rotting In Philippines

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OTTAWA — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the Canadian trash that has been rotting in the Philippines for nearly six years will be back on Canadian soil before the end of June. McKenna says the government has awarded a contract to a shipping company, Bollore Logistics Canada, that will return 69 containers filled with household […]

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People’s Party Candidate Ken Pereira Compared 'Climate Agenda' To ISIL

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MONTREAL — Ken Pereira, one of the first people to blow the whistle on corruption in Quebec’s construction industry, is running as a Quebec City-area candidate in the fall election for Maxime Bernier’s nascent People’s Party of Canada. But instead of being noticed for his public service, the former president of an industrial mechanics union […]

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MP Erin Weir, Ousted From NDP Over Harassment Allegations, Won't Run Again

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REGINA — A Saskatchewan MP who has been sitting as an Independent following his ouster from the NDP caucus says he will be not be running in October’s federal election. Erin Weir, the member for Regina-Lewvan, issued a statement Tuesday saying he’s not running because federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh continues to block his candidacy. […]