Ethiopia's prime minister stepped up a military offensive in the northern region of Tigray on Sunday with air strikes as part of what he called a "law enforcement operation," increasing fears of outright civil war in Africa's second-most populous country.
Brian Pallister’s government is doubling-down on a letter sent to the administration of the University of Manitoba spelling out its expectation that post-secondary workers must be made to accept a wage freeze.
President-elect Joe Biden, whose promise to bring competence to the federal government’s pandemic response was a central theme of his campaign, appointed an advisory board Monday of top public-health experts to guide his transition team’s COVID-19 planning.
For five decades, hydroelectric development has altered the lives and landscapes fed by the Nelson River in the province's north. The Keeyask dam, the sixth to modify the river's course, is scheduled to come online in 2021.
On Oct. 29, my report “Reassessment of Need for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project” was published by the Parkland Institute and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The Canadian Energy Centre (aka Premier Jason Kenney’s “War Room”) took exception to my report and wrote a hit piece designed to discredit it, “A Matter of Fact: CCPA report against Trans Mountain misleading, incorrect.”
With the House of Commons powered down for a one-week hiatus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is booked in for a mid-morning appearance on Parliament Hill, when he’s expected to provide an update on his government’s plan to boost high-speed internet access and digital connectivity across Canada, as promised in the throne speech that kicked off the new parliamentary session earlier this fall. (10 AM)
New Zealand swore in its new cabinet on Friday, including five Maori and its first openly gay deputy prime minister, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's government increased its majority with the release of full results of an Oct. 17 general election.
UK trade with the EU faces "significant disruption" when the Brexit transition period ends in January, a government spending watchdog has said.
It’s been a year defined in part by nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Meanwhile, unabashedly progressive Black candidates ran in — and won — races around the country. It’s another step toward meaningful representation for Black and brown constituents.