Unpublished Newswire
On March 5, hundreds of Nova Scotians gathered in front of Province House, the provincial legislature, in Halifax. Many held handmade signs, including one featuring Premier Tim Houston transformed into a Donald Trump doppelganger, and slogans like “Nobody voted for Tim Trump,” “Please dump the Trump playbook,” and “We want democracy. Not autocracy.”
The rally had been organized by community groups and labour organizations to push back against far-reaching legislation that Houston’s government introduced in February. The proposed omnibus bills would, among other things, overturn a four-...
May 23, 2025 - 06:31 | Trevor Corkum | Walrus
JANET MALCOLM’S most famous book is The Journalist and the Murderer. Much of its notoriety stems from its searing opening line: “Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.” Why morally indefensible? Because of journalism’s inherent duplicity. For Malcolm, a writer for The New Yorker from 1963 until her death in 2021, the reporter wins over her sources—pretending, for the sake of access, to be their friend—only to betray them by telling the truth as she comes to understand it. At its...
May 23, 2025 - 06:30 | Carmine Starnino | Walrus
An Ontario judge is expected to rule on whether texts sent by a former member of Canada's world junior hockey team can be admitted as evidence.
May 23, 2025 - 06:20 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
An Ontario judge is expected to rule on whether texts sent by a former member of Canada's world junior hockey team can be admitted as evidence.
May 23, 2025 - 06:20 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
The budget tabled last week by Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy contained a brief reference to spending $55.8 million over two years to train those new teachers by 2027.
May 23, 2025 - 06:10 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
The Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council plans to bring forward a complaint over non-Indigenous companies being granted access for work set aside for Indigenous firms.
May 23, 2025 - 06:00 | Alex Boutilier | Global News - Canada
