Tag: World

[PREMIERING 7/22, 7:30PM ET] [EXCLUSIVE] Matt Taibbi: How Hidden Actors Distort Reality, Manipulate the Public, and Enforce Consensus

“This is the new technology of speech in America: You can dial people all the way up to ‘everybody sees it,’ and you can dial someone else down to ‘it’s almost impossible to see them.’ And that is extremely dangerous, and it’s especially dangerous if it’s done in secret and nobody knows exactly how it…


ANALYSIS: Is the De-banking Problem Solvable?

Coutts Bank’s 40-page dossier on Nigel Farage has shone a light on the nagging suspicion that banks may have been dropping customers over political views they have deemed unfavourable. The high-profile de-banking of the broadcaster and former UKIP and Brexit Party leader has led to an apology from the bank’s boss, and the Treasury has announced…


Uncertainty at BC Ports Continues as Possible Deal Emerges in Labour Dispute

For the second time in just over a week a tentative deal may have been reached in the labour dispute at British Columbia ports. News of a possible agreement capped a tumultuous week in the conflict, which earlier this month froze billions of dollars’ worth of goods at Canada’s key west coast import and export…


Toronto Opens Hotel Rooms for 150 Asylum Seekers Following $97 Million Pledge From Ottawa

The city of Toronto is opening up hotel rooms for 150 asylum seekers following a $97-million pledge from the federal government toward shelter spaces for refugees and those seeking asylum. “We know that Torontonians are generous. We know that together we can be welcoming for refugee claimants so they have dignity, so they don’t have…


Food Delivery Driver Likely Lured by Suspects Before Deadly Carjacking: Peel Police

Peel Regional Police believe multiple suspects lured a food delivery driver with a pizza order before a deadly carjacking in Mississauga, Ont., earlier this month. Gurvinder Nath, a 24-year-old international student who lived in Brampton, Ont., was delivering food in Mississauga on July 9 when he was violently assaulted during the carjacking. Nath was taken to…


New York Consul General Blames CP Rail for Wildfire That Destroyed Lytton, BC, in 2021

New York Consul General Tom Clark says Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is to blame for a wildfire that burned the town of Lytton, B.C., to the ground in 2021. “In British Columbia there was a town called Lytton, and a train went through and sparks came off the rails,” said Clark in a July 14…


Silent Treatment: Quebec Officers Refusing to Answer Questions From Police Watchdog

The majority of police forces across Quebec are refusing to answer questions from investigators with the province’s independent police watchdog after a court affirmed the right of officers not to incriminate themselves. The situation, first reported by The Globe and Mail, reflects an increasingly tense relationship between Quebec’s police forces and the body mandated to…


Despite Legal Setbacks for Ontario Doctors Critical of COVID Measures, Lawyer Says They’ll Take It ‘All the Way to the Supreme Court’

When COVID-related public health orders were at their most stringent, many doctors questioned or refused to comply with them. Such doctors have since gone through months of disciplinary hearings and now we’re starting to see how their cases are decided. How such cases play out in Ontario could influence how they play out across the…


Workers’ Compensation Boards Could Give Small Businesses $3 Billion Boost by Rebating Excess Funds: CFIB

Small businesses in Canada could receive a $3 billion boost if five underfunded workers’ compensation boards (WCBs) across the country rebated their excess funds, according to the latest research snapshot by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). “Workers’ compensation boards are holding onto billions in extra money, while over half of small businesses (60…


Heat Warnings Issued for Much of Southern Alberta, Southeastern Saskatchewan

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warningsfor much of southern Alberta and into southeastern Saskatchewan. The federal agency says temperatures could reach 37 C this weekend in some areas of Alberta. It says the extreme heat is expected to continue into early next week. The warnings include the cities of Calgary, Lethbridge and…