WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 11: U.S. President Joe Biden (C) holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos (L) in the East Room of the White House on April 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. Leaders from the three nations are meeting in …
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2 found dead, 1 injured by police in remote B.C. community
Mounties and B.C.'s police watchdog are investigating after two people were found dead and a third was seriously injured by officers in a remote B.C. community on Tuesday. RCMP and IIO investigating incident at Tsay Keh Dene Mounties and B.C.'s police watchdog are investigating after two people were found dead …
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An attendee walks past advertisements for upcoming films including “The Garfield Movie” and “Joker: Folie a Deux” on the opening day of CinemaCon 2024 at Caesars Palace, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Las Vegas. The four-day convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) runs through Thursday. (AP Photo/Chris …
Read More »Alberta used to have the highest minimum wage in the country. Now it’s the second lowest
When Alberta hiked the province's minimum wage to $15 an hour in the fall of 2018, it was the highest rate in the country. But nearly six years and a pandemic later, the minimum wage hasn't budged — even as Albertans face the highest inflation rate in Canada. Most provinces …
Read More »Don’t shut Line 5: Biden administration issues long-awaited position on Canada-U.S. pipeline
The Biden administration has weighed in for the first time on a major cross-border legal dispute that could shut down portions of Enbridge's Line 5 Canada-U.S. oil pipeline. It was contained in a nuanced legal filing, but its bottom line was that Line 5 should stay open. U.S. submits nuanced …
Read More »Renewed push for legislated wage hike
Do not underestimate the persistent push by the labor sector for government to grant an across-the-board hike in the daily minimum wage. That may well be our unsolicited advice to the government as we believe labor groups from various political persuasions are unlikely to give up their petition for a …
Read More »Jazz composer and educator Phil Nimmons dies at 100 after influencing generations
Jazz musician Phil Nimmons is presented with the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award by Gov.-Gen. Adrienne Clarkson during a ceremony at Rideau Hall Nov. 1, 2002. Nimmons died peacefully in his sleep on Friday at his Thornhill, Ontario home, his family says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand flag wire: trueflag sponsored: …
Read More »Punk rock drummer Jon Card dead at 63, played with SNFU, D.O.A. and the Subhumans
Drummer Jon Card, shown in this handout image, played stints with Canadian punk rockers D.O.A., SNFU, The Subhumans and Personality Crisis. Card has died at the age of 63 in Vancouver. Card was a staple in the Canadian punk scene for four decades, recording and performing with some of the …
Read More »$100-b windfall seen from trilateral summit
WARM WELCOME. President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is welcomed upon arrival at Washington D.C for his trilateral summit with US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. With him are Ambassador Babes Romualdez and US Ambassador Mary Kay L. Carlson. PCO The Philippines is poised to receive a …
Read More »US solons push for $2.5b military aid to PH
Photo shows journalists filming a US Air Force F-16 fighter jet as it takes off during the US-Philippines joint air force military exercise dubbed ‘Cope Thunder’ at Basa Air Base in Pampanga on April 11. AFP On the eve of the Philippines-US-Japan trilateral summit, two leading US senators on Wednesday …
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