Новости за 03.10.2018

OTTAWA — Though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proudly stated a year ago that his government recognized "housing rights are human rights," his Liberal MPs voted to defeat an NDP motion stating exactly that.

So, you dreamed of being a Pinterest parent but maybe you're more of an Amazon Prime mom or dad.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons has rejected a Conservative push to reverse the transfer of child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic to an Indigenous healing lodge.

TORONTO — Ontario will spend $90 million this year to fund hundreds of hospital beds ahead of flu season, a measure the province's health minister said will help address the issue of so-called hallway medicine.

OTTAWA — Three new members are being added to the Senate, including the top official who organized this year's tumultuous G7 summit in Quebec and an award-winning journalist from Edmonton.

It would be an understatement to say that the roads and highways in and around Calgary are a mess, following Tuesday's record-breaking snowfall.

Jacqueline Best, University of Ottawa

Ten years ago, on Oct. 3, 2008, United States President George W. Bush signed the "Troubled Assets Relief Program" (TARP) that promised $700 billion to support banks and companies that were hit by the global financial crisis.

As U.S. Congress granted its support for the historic bill, it seemed like liberal democracy was rising to the challenge posed by the global financial crisis. Yes, the bill would be very expensive for American taxpayers, but... Читать дальше...

WATERLOO, Ont. — A Canadian scientist who became only the third woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics said her personal triumph doubles as a sign of progress for her male-dominated industry.

Canada's recently-announced trade deal with the United States and Mexico is about to make housing more expensive, and mortgage-holders should brace for impact.

New U.S. research has found that higher stress levels may lower a woman's chance of conception, although the same association was not found for men.

One of the weirder parts of growing up is recognizing how many things that seemed like they were set in stone were actually mutable. As a teenager, it can be so easy to fall into rigid patterns of thinking: I'm this kind of a person; I'll never be that kind of a person. It's especially true when it comes to insecurities: to the not-yet-fully-formed teenage brain, the things that make you feel self-conscious can feel eternal and inescapable. But they usually aren't.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is probably the most recognizable man in the city. Unless of course, you're from out of town and a little inebriated.

On Thursday afternoon we jumped with joy. Parliament had passed a motion revoking Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary Canadian citizenship. For the past few months, my colleagues and I have been part of a growing chorus calling for this action. We succeeded! This woman who, at best, has been silent in the face of genocide and at worst, has been complicit, this woman is no longer an honorary Canadian.

TORONTO — Electric scooters are rolling into Waterloo, Ont., as Lime enters the Canadian market for the first time.

It was heartbreaking to watch the spectacle that played out last week before the Senate's Judiciary committee culminating in the approval of a tarnished candidate as a nominee for a position on the United States Supreme Court.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is vowing to scrap labour reform legislation from the previous Liberal government that raised the province's minimum wage and introduced a range of other worker protections, a declaration that comes days after his government said the law was under review.

TORONTO — The Toronto Real Estate Board says the housing market is becoming "tighter" as the number of new listings across the Greater Toronto Area dropped in September, while home sale prices climbed compared with a year ago.

Close your eyes and ask yourself: If you could do any job in the world, what would it be? Is it what you're doing now? If your answer to the second question was "no," don't worry, you're not alone. According to a Monster Canada survey, 53 per cent of working Canadians would choose to pursue a different degree or diploma if they could get a do-over.

OTTAWA — The federal government will not appeal the court decision that tore up cabinet approval for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and is appointing former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci to oversee a new round of consultations with Indigenous communities.

OTTAWA — What's in a name? Lots of jokes, apparently, if it's the moniker for the revamped North American Free Trade Agreement.

Legal marijuana is about to become a reality in Canada.

The move could prove to be a sea change for local economies, policing efforts, governments, schools, workplaces — you name it.

But what about the U.S. border? What should Canadians know if they're crossing over after marijuana is legalized?

HuffPost Canada reached out to Len Saunders, a Blaine, WA.-based attorney who regularly works with clients who've been barred or denied from entering the U.S. over marijuana-related issues, to answer this question. Читать дальше...

TORONTO — Next year's federal election campaign will likely be the nastiest one yet, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.