The Pigeon Express
Writer Christine Rodriguez has been travelling a lot for work lately, going in and out of airports regularly to get to festivals and media events. But with the return to air travel has come an unpleasant experience: Rodriguez has had her hair searched by airport security agents three times in less than two months. The […]
Canada on Tuesday shut its ports to Russian-owned ships and said that holdings of all Russian oligarchs and companies in the country are under review. Canada has announced a slew of measures to isolate Russia, including imposing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, closing Canadian airspace to Russian planes, banning oil imports and forbidding Canadian […]
An 18-year-old Mexican boxer died days after being knocked unconscious during a fight in Canada. Jeanette Zacarias Zapata had to be carried out of the ring on a stretcher after her match in Montreal on Saturday night. The referee had stopped the fight after she received a number of blows from Quebec boxer Marie-Pier Houle […]
Margaret Trudeau, the mother of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, was rushed to hospital overnight after a fire broke out in her Montreal apartment. Emergency response officials told AFP that one person was transported to hospital, as local media posted images of several fire trucks, their long ladders extended and hoses strewn across the road […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won himself a second term in office, but as a minority government after Monday’s general election. His Liberal Party are projected to win 157 seats, 13 short of a majority, and therefore he will find it harder to pass legislation. The opposition Conservatives are expected to win the popular vote, but […]