Politics

The four women plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit have reason to fear that the 81-year-old founder of Future Electronics may try to hide assets, the judge ruled The entrance to a house in Westmount, Quebec, owned by billionaire Robert Miller.Photo by John Mahoney/Postmedia MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered the pretrial seizure … Read more

Lenders applied to have 1,032-unit project placed under receivership, saying they lost confidence in Metro Vancouver developer’s ‘ability to satisfy their obligations and manage their business’ Empty lot at 13438 105A Ave. in Surrey.Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG It was pitched to buyers as the ideal location in “the heart of Surrey’s new epicentre.” Recommended … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) summoned reporters on Tuesday afternoon just to make sure they’re clear that he’s against transgender rights. Earlier on in the day Johnson had ducked a question at a press conference about whether Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Delaware Democrat who will be the first transgender member of … Read more

Prosecutors say the family of four Indian migrants froze to death Jan. 19, 2022, after spending hours wandering in heavy snow and bone-chilling cold The U.S. side of the Manitoba-Minnesota border near where migrants walking from Canada were found frozen to death highlights the austere and perilous conditions.Photo by U.S. Border Patrol FERGUS FALLS, Minn. … Read more

Republican US Senatorial candidate for Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz, gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 2022.Photo by RYAN COLLERD /AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency … Read more

The fire was first reported just before 1 a.m. Tuesday in a three-story walk-up apartment located on Jersey Avenue, just north of Kingsway near Central Park. About 100 residents are believed to be displaced following a fire at a Burnaby apartment early Tuesday morning.Photo by File /Postmedia About 100 residents are believed to be displaced … Read more

More than 300 plaintiffs who were seeking $1.3M in damages each will now collectively pay the Canadian government $5K in court costs A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by 330 current and former Canadian Armed Forces members alleging a 2021 vaccine mandate infringed upon their rights.Photo by Jeff McIntosh /The Canadian Press A federal … Read more

Air Canada is warning passengers to get to airport at least four hours before scheduled departure for India People line up before entering the security zone at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022.Photo by Nathan Denette /THE CANADIAN PRESS Amid continuing tension between New Delhi and Ottawa, passengers travelling from Canada … Read more

The corner of West 4th Avenue and Macdonald Street in Vancouver a site of major redevelopment Darby’s pub and liquor store (black building) at Macdonald Street and West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano in Vancouver will be demolished to make way for a six-storey rental tower.Photo by David Carrigg Darby’s, the landmark Kitsilano pub, will close … Read more

‘They let in those Nazis, even at that time when they refused Jewish survivors, but even right now to protect them? Wow,’ says Hedy Bohm, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor from Toronto Holocaust survivor Hedy Bohm photographed in 2016, looking at a small journal with notes from her parents and drawing from friends in a memory … Read more