Andy Blatchford, Canada's National Observer
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News, Politics
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March 18th 2018
At age 17, Christopher Wylie worked in the office of Canada's opposition leader, who at that time was then-Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, said one of the reports.
Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has delivered a stern warning to internet giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, that the federal government is planning a crackdown.
National Observer watched, listened and transcribed parts of seven one-on-one interviews Doug Ford gave after becoming Ontario PC leader. While it would not be fair to say media members only lobbed softball questions at the public figure, many gave him a great deal of space to touch broadly on his winning platform without getting into the weeds on what he will actually do if elected premier.
Canada's natural resources minister says Ottawa is determined to see the Trans Mountain pipeline expanded, despite an interprovincial dispute on whether the project should go ahead.
Burnaby RCMP made arrests after dozens of people staged a sit-in protest Burnaby Mountain today while violating a injunction to stay away from Texas-based Kinder Morgan's construction activities on Burnaby Mountain in the Greater Vancouver Region.
The project poses a threat to waters off the West Coast, which Washington residents view as a treasure, and the state is looking at marine safety laws that would help mitigate the impact of a tanker spill, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday at a meeting with B.C. Premier John Horgan and officials from Oregon and California.
Gatineau police director Mario Harel admitted Friday that his department was in uncharted territory, but he stood behind a decision to arrest a Radio-Canada journalist this week, despite mounting criticism that the arrest could have a silencing effect on working reporters.
We just have to move the obstacle out of the way to innovate and adapt to battle climate change and protect the environment, North American business leaders said at the Global Forum in Vancouver. They offered an array of exciting ideas, urban design and technology solutions.
Bright-eyed children run between heaping piles of plastic, a worn-out worker spends his meager wages on alcohol, and a preteen girl gazes solemnly at Western product advertisements she picks out of the monstrous piles of trash around her home. Welcome to Wang Jiuliang’s Plastic China.
