TORONTO — An Ontario bill will make it harder to launch class action lawsuits like the ones accusing nursing homes of negligence during the COVID-19 pandemic, lawyers and advocates say. “If Bill 161 is law, our most vulnerable citizens, seniors in long-term care homes overrun with COVID, will not be able to use class actions to […]
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is investigating after thirty-eight dogs were found dead upon arrival to Toronto on a flight from Ukraine. About 500 dogs had landed at Pearson International Airport last Saturday aboard a Ukraine International Airlines flight, according to the CFIA. Thirty-eight were found dead on arrival, and many others were dehydrated, […]
The vast majority of British Columbians would follow in New Zealand’s footsteps and ban most foreigners from buying homes in Canada, a new poll from Research Co. finds. In an online survey of 800 adults in British Columbia, 78 per cent of respondents said they were in favour of a New Zealand-style ban on foreign […]
Canadian retail sales plunged for the second month in a row in April, falling 26.4 per cent during the period when the COVID-19 lockdowns were at their peak, according to data from Statistics Canada. The decline is nearly twice as large as the one seen in the U.S. in April, where sales fell 14.7 per cent. It’s […]
Bradley Cooper quitte le projet de reboot de “The Crow”, Channing Tatum ou Mark Wahlberg pourraient reprendre le rôle d’Eric Draven. Attaché au projet de reboot de The Crow depuis le début, Bradley Cooper vient de quitter l’aventure en raison de conflits avec la production. Deux autres noms ciculent déjà pour reprendre le rôle d’Eric […]
Si l’heure est à la détente et aux sorties après une difficile période de confinement, beaucoup de Français craignent l’apparition d’une seconde vague épidémique de Covid-19 dans le pays dès cet automne, révèle un récent sondage réalisé pour MutuelleSanté.fr Alors que la Chine annonce une recrudescence du Covid-19 dans sa capitale Pékin (plus de 100 […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he was made aware of sexual harassment allegations involving one of his former MPs but would not say why, despite pledging zero tolerance for misconduct, he allowed Marwan Tabbara to run again for the Liberals in 2019. According to an exclusive CBC News story, Tabbara was green-lit […]
The contenders for the federal Conservative leadership traded fewer pointed barbs during the English-language debate in Toronto on Thursday, appealing for more party unity to defeat Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. After the presumed front-runners, Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole, had several heated exchanges during a bumpy debate in French the night earlier, neither showed the […]
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was tossed out of the House of Commons chamber Wednesday after refusing to apologize for calling a Bloc Québécois MP a racist. The exchange happened after Singh asked the House for unanimous consent to support a motion to review the budget of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the […]
BEIJING — China has charged two detained Canadians with spying, escalating tensions between the two countries following the arrest in Vancouver 18 months ago of a senior Huawei executive wanted on U.S. charges. Chinese prosecutors said Friday that Michael Kovrig was charged in Beijing on suspicion of spying for state secrets and intelligence. Michael Spavor was […]