The debate over Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is breaking down relationships between Indigenous groups, according to the chief of one B.C. First Nation. “It’s another colonial machine that’s driving us apart from one another,” Bonaparte Indian Band Chief Ryan Day told HuffPost Canada in an interview. While Kinder Morgan touts its 43 mutual…
We. The Revolution, an intriguing and attractive game about playing judge during the French Revolution, comes out 21st March 2019. That’s a PC release date but a Switch version is apparently due “shortly after”. The press release doesn’t mention a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One release. Johnny played and wrote about We. The Revolution a…
A lone duck named Trevor that lived on the tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has died, officials say. The mallard reached celebrity status last year after a visiting journalist from New Zealand discovered that his makeshift home, near a puddle, was used for directions. But his 15 seconds of fame were tragically cut short when he was "seen…
Until recently, Greater Toronto’s housing market had been something of a fairy tale. Years and years of price growth convinced many that buying into the market — at any price — would pay off. In essence, a house in Toronto had become a miracle investment: no matter what happened, you made money. But now, with…
TORONTO — A majority of voters in the Greater Toronto Area say they want Ontario’s next government to do away with the province’s land transfer tax, according to a poll. An online Ipsos Reid survey that was backed by the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) and unveiled on Monday said 77 per cent of GTA…
The Colombian government on Friday blamed leftist ELN rebels for the car bomb that killed 21 people at a Bogota police cadet training academy, an attack that prompted fears of a return to the country’s violent past. Defense Minister Guillermo Botero, speaking from the presidential palace, described the Thursday bombing as "a terrorist attack committed by…
OTTAWA — The federal government will intervene in British Columbia’s reference case over the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Justice Minister Judy Wilson-Raybould said Thursday. The case filed in the B.C. Court of Appeal asks if the province has jurisdiction to regulate the transport of oil through its territory, a key question in the political…
The Venezuelan military high command on Thursday threw its weight behind Nicolas Maduro, upping the stakes in the stand-off over the country’s leadership as the US warned his regime against the use of force on protesters. The day after Juan Guaido, head of the parliament, swore himself in as interim president in front of a rally…
Canada’s universities are falling behind in a ranking of global institutions, and one key reason may be the country’s focus on increasing the population of international students, leading to larger class sizes. The latest edition of the QS World University Rankings shows that 17 of 26 ranked Canadian universities have fallen on the charts, compared…
Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she took her ex-husband Chris Martin on a “honeymoon” with her to the Maldives. The Oscar-winning actress, who married film producer Brad Falchuk on September 29 in the Hamptons, jetted off to Italy with her new husband immediately after the wedding. But she then spent Christmas on what she termed…