Canada's National Observer
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News, Energy, Politics
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February 18th 2019
Gerald Butts, a long-time friend and advisor of Justin Trudeau, has resigned his position in the prime minister's office due to the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin scandal.
Federal Conservative MPs were gloating on Monday following the resignation of a key advisor and friend of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the midst of a political crisis.
On Friday, the leadership of Ontario's Cat Lake First Nation were at Queen's Park urging Premier Doug Ford and his government to step in and do what the federal government has failed to: provide emergency housing, medical assistance and fire teams.
A sister company of Google has been secretly considering some ambitious plans to develop Toronto’s entire eastern waterfront, giving the technology giant new access to tax revenues and development fees that would otherwise go into public funds, National Observer has learned.
A global communications marketing firm says it is suspending its contract with former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell in light of an allegation in a British newspaper that he groped a woman in the United Kingdom.
Canada's energy regulator will tell the federal government this week whether it still thinks the Trans Mountain pipeline should be expanded, but cabinet's final say on the project's future is still several months away.
A convoy of angry Albertans and other westerners rolls into Ottawa on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, for a mass protest against federal energy and environmental policies that has also become a magnet for extremist, anti-immigrant elements.
Americans furious with Donald Trump's latest gambit for financing his long-promised border wall vented their frustrations on Monday, February 18, 2019, gathering at protests across the country to denounce the president's "fake emergency" and to demand that Congress stand up to his administration.
