Tag: World

Saskatchewan, Alberta Residents Among Most Satisfied With Provincial Governments on Key Issues: New Poll

Saskatchewan and Alberta have scored the highest approval rating from their residents who participated in a new poll. The Angus Reid Government Performance Index (GPI) asks residents from provinces across Canada on a quarterly basis to participate in a poll and rate the job they feel their government is doing on a measure of 14…


Corruption Watchdog Finds Former Premier Guilty of ‘Corrupt Conduct,’ No Criminal Charges Pressed

New South Wales (NSW) state corruption watchdog found that former Premier Gladys Berejiklian and former Member of Parliament Daryl Maguire engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” after a nearly three-year investigation. In a report published on June 29, the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) found that Berejiklian had substantially broken the ministerial code in 2017-18…


Bipartisan Lawmakers Visit Taiwan Amid Heightened China Threat

Only days after adopting a proposed $886 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget focused on countering China’s growing military threat in the Western Pacific, key House Armed Services Committee members are returning to the United States after completing three days of unannounced conferencing with officials in Guam, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Committee chair Rep. Mike…


Pence Meets With Zelenskyy on Surprise Ukraine Visit

Former Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise trip to Ukraine on June 29 to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid the country’s ongoing war with Russia. The move makes him the first Republican presidential hopeful to meet with the Ukrainian leader since the war began. Pence made the trip with the Christian humanitarian…


New Residential Home Construction Costs Soared by 51 Percent Since COVID: Bank Report

The cost to build a new residential home has skyrocketed 51 percent since the start of COVID, causing higher prices during what is already a severe housing crisis, according to a new report by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). The June 27 report by RBC economists Robert Hogue and Rachel Battaglia said the increase…


New Residential Home Construction Costs Soared by 51 Percent Since COVID: RBC Report

The cost to build a new residential home has skyrocketed 51 percent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, causing higher prices during what is already a severe housing crisis, according to a new report by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). The June 27 report by RBC economists Robert Hogue and Rachel Battaglia said…


Waterloo University Student Charged in Stabbing Attack: Police

Police have arrested a university student in what they call a “hate-motived” stabbing that took place inside Hagey Hall at the University of Waterloo on June 28. Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) announced in a press release on June 29, that they have arrested a 24-year-old international student, who studied at the university at some…


Federal Budget Bill Passed Provision to Further Digitalize the Border

The recently passed federal budget bill modifying dozens of acts contains a provision that will further the digitization of the border. Bill C-47, which runs close to 400 pages, received royal assent on June 22 and modifies the Customs Acts to “allow a person arriving in Canada to present themselves to the Canada Border Services…


[PREMIERING NOW] Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard: Hard Truths of the Global Child Sex Trade and the Spiritual Battle for Our Children

“I get films. I don’t get the easy ones. And this one definitely wasn’t,” says actor Jim Caviezel. “This is a huge weapon to evil, and they don’t like it.” In this episode, I sit down with actor Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security special agent and founder of Operation…


Nigel Farage Claims His Bank Account Has Been Closed With ‘No Explanation’

British political leader Nigel Farage has claimed that the bank he has been with for over 40 years has closed his bank account with “no explanation.” In a post on Twitter on Thursday, the GB News and former UKIP and Brexit Party leader said that his bank has closed all his accounts, claiming “political persecution.”…