DOHA, QATAR — What do Céline Dion, Shania Twain, Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams and his Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani have in common? Read More … [Read more...] about Qatar’s orchestra brings out the CanCon for Carney’s meeting with the emir
‘The deadlines are real’: Feds launch firearms ‘buyback’ with March deadline for compensation
OTTAWA — Starting Monday, gun owners will have until the end of March to declare their intention to participate in the federal program compensating individuals for turning over one of their government-banned guns, should they want the chance at money. Read More … [Read more...] about ‘The deadlines are real’: Feds launch firearms ‘buyback’ with March deadline for compensation
Trump to impose tariffs on eight European nations supporting Greenland
President Donald Trump announced a 10% tariff on goods from European countries rallying to Denmark’s side in his pursuit of Greenland, a dramatic escalation in the standoff that will further strain U.S. ties with many of its closest allies. Read More … [Read more...] about Trump to impose tariffs on eight European nations supporting Greenland
Iran’s Supreme Leader acknowledges ‘Thousands’ killed in unrest
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday said “several thousand people” died in this month’s anti-government demonstrations, his first acknowledgment of the deadly scale of the unrest. Read More … [Read more...] about Iran’s Supreme Leader acknowledges ‘Thousands’ killed in unrest
Colby Cosh: Can the courts force a Catholic hospital to kill?
This week a judge of the B.C. Supreme Court (reminder: that’s a superior trial court, not an appellate court) heard a case that has the potential to further expand the Canadian empire of assisted suicide. The new battleground is “institutional religious objections,” or IROs, which is what the pro-euthanasia forces call them because they love acronyms so much. Most Catholic … [Read more...] about Colby Cosh: Can the courts force a Catholic hospital to kill?