Justin Trudeau Justin Trudeau – not so much racist as slight and ineffectualThe Guardian - Leah McLarenIt's great you're denouncing racism, but the prime minister's job was not created so you could work through your issues As a Canadian living in Britain, I’m pretty sure nobody on either side of the Atlantic
Justin Trudeau Trudeau tries to shift focus from brownface images to gun controlThe Guardian - Leyland Cecco in OttawaJustin Trudeau has tried to focus attention back on his re-election after a dramatic week in Canadian politics, in which the prime minister admitted to multiple images of him in brownface and not recalling
Canadian News Justin Trudeau’s blackface can’t be wiped awayThe Guardian - LettersIt’s possible that the implications of Justin Trudeau’s blackface episode (I can’t recall how often I blacked up, says Trudeau, 20 September) will be taken as simply personally unfortunate, the result
Justin Trudeau Justin Trudeau's brownface scandal is bad. But voting him out isn't the solutionThe Guardian - Moustafa BayoumiRecently surfaced photos of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in brownface while at an ‘Arabian Nights’ party in 2001 are disturbing on a number of levels. First, if you’ll allow me to point out obvious,
Kaillie Humphries Kaillie Humphries stood up to her sport's abusive culture. It ended how you'd expectThe Guardian - Shireen AhmedKaillie Humphries brought glory to Canada time and again on the world stage, winning a gold medal in the two-woman bobsleigh at the Vancouver Olympics and becoming the first woman ever to successfully
Birds US and Canada have lost three billion birds since 1970The Guardian - Emily Holden in WashingtonThe US and Canada have lost more than one in four birds – a total of three billion – since 1970, culminating in what scientists who published a new study are calling a “widespread ecological crisis”. observed
Justin Trudeau Trudeau says he can't recall how many times he wore blackface makeupThe Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoJustin Trudeau is scrambling to halt further damage to his re-election campaign after a string of racist images from his past put Canada’s image-conscious prime minister at the centre of yet another scandal.
Canadian News How will Justin Trudeau's blackface photos affect Canada's election?The Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoCanadians have long been aware that Justin Trudeau likes to dress up. His tendency to appropriate dress and customs from other cultures has prompted gentle mockery from rival politicians and the media:
Justin Trudeau Justin Trudeau says he does not remember how many times he wore blackface – videoThe GuardianJustin Trudeau has apologised for the second time in 24 hours for wearing blackface – but said he was unable to confirm whether there were further instances yet to come to light. The Canadian prime minister
Canadian News Mosquito fumigation may have caused mystery 'Havana syndrome', study saysThe Guardian - Reuters in HavanaFumigation against mosquitoes and not “sonic attacks” may have caused the mysterious illness which afflicted some 40 US and Canadian diplomats in Cuba, according to a new study commissioned by the Canadian
Justin Trudeau 'Not fit to govern': opposition leaders react to Trudeau blackface images – videoThe GuardianJustin Trudeau has been branded ‘hurtful’ and ‘hypocritical’ by leaders of Canada’s main opposition parties after images emerged of him wearing blackface. Jagmeet Singh, leader of the Canadian New Democrats,
Justin Trudeau Justin Trudeau brownface: Canada PM apologises after image emergesThe Guardian - Kate Lyons and Leyland CeccoJustin Trudeau has apologised for wearing brownface makeup to a party when he was a teacher in 2001, saying “it was a racist thing to do” – and marking a potential turning point in next month’s tightly
Justin Trudeau Trudeau apologises for newly emerged brownface image – videoThe GuardianCanadian prime minister Justin Trudeau says he deeply regrets appearing in brownface for a 2001 party, after an image of the incident emerged ahead of next month's general election. He also revealed another
Canadian News Canadian author Graeme Gibson dies aged 85The Guardian - Alison FloodThe Canadian author and conservationist Graeme Gibson has died at the age of 85. Gibson was the long-term partner of Margaret Atwood, and was with the novelist while she toured to promote her new book,
The Theatre Crystal Pite: the dance genius who stages the impossibleThe Guardian - Lyndsey WinshipCrystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s Betroffenheit is the kind of work where by the time the interval comes, you’re still not exactly sure what you’re watching, and by the time it finishes, you’re speechless.
Canadian News Spy scandal: Canada reassures allies over leak that may be linked to Australian drug syndicateThe Guardian - Ben DohertyCanada is seeking to reassure its Five Eyes intelligence allies in the wake of a massive alleged spying leak that may be linked to an Australian drug-smuggling criminal syndicate. Cameron Ortis, the director
Cameron Ortis Canada’s intelligence service: theft of information is 'potentially devastating'The Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoThe theft of classified information by a senior intelligence officer could be “devastating” to Canada’s national security, the country’s spy service has warned, as concern over the security breach continues
Canadian News Canada: arrest of ex-head of intelligence shocks experts and alarms alliesThe Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoCanada and its allies are scrambling to assess the damage inflicted by what experts believe could be the largest security breach in the country’s history after a senior federal intelligence official was
Canadian News Crisis at the boar-der: panic as Canadian feral hogs approach the USThe Guardian - Luke O'NeilAmerica is facing a crisis at the border. It’s just not the one you might have heard about. According to officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), sightings of feral hogs along the northern
Sidewalk Labs 'Irrelevant': report pours scorn over Google's ideas for Toronto smart cityThe Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoA controversial smart city development in Canada has hit another roadblock after an oversight panel called key aspects of the proposal “irrelevant”, “unnecessary” and “frustratingly abstract” in a new
Canadian News Justin Trudeau fires starting gun for Canada's general electionThe Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoCampaigning for Canada’s federal election on 21 October formally began on Wednesday, as Justin Trudeau seeks a second parliamentary majority from an increasingly divided electorate. The prime minister
Canadian News Former Taliban hostage admits striking wife but says she asked to be hitThe Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoThe Canadian man who spent five years held hostage in Afghanistan with his American wife has admitted striking her with a broom, but told a court in Ottawa that she asked to be hit, as his trial for sexual
Robert Frank Robert Frank obituaryThe Guardian - Amanda HopkinsonRobert Frank, who has died aged 94, was to the photography of 1950s America what Walker Evans was to the 30s and Robert Mapplethorpe to the 70s. His black-and-white images captured the ignored and rejected
Margaret Atwood More Handmaid's Tale sequels? 'Never say never', says Margaret AtwoodThe Guardian - Alison FloodThe growing similarities between the US and her fictional regime of Gilead, where women’s bodies are policed by a totalitarian state, helped prompt Margaret Atwood into writing a sequel to The Handmaid’s
Socrates British woman, 77, becomes oldest person to sail around the world alone – videoThe GuardianJeanne Socrates has sailed into the history books after navigating her 11.5-metre (38ft) boat around the world, alone and unassisted, in 320 days. Socrates, from Lymington, Hampshire, started and completed
Socrates British woman, 77, becomes oldest person to sail around the world aloneThe Guardian - Aamna MohdinA 77-year-old British woman has become the oldest person to sail around the world alone, non-stop, and unassisted. Jeanne Socrates, from Lymington, Hampshire, completed her 320-day voyage in Victoria,
Canadian News Canada: Hurricane Dorian's sting in the tail leaves 500,000 without powerThe Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoAfter a weekend of bruising winds and torrential rain unleashed by Hurricane Dorian, emergency crews on Canada’s east cost have begun the task of restoring electricity to the region after more than 500,000
Justin Trudeau Justin Trudeau: the rise and fall of a political brand – podcastThe Guardian - Written by Ashifa Kassam, read by Christopher Ragland and produced by Simon Barnard
Lobster Trump’s trade war with China creates unexpected winner: Canada's lobster industryThe Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoLong hours, rolling ocean swells, and the occasional spring snowstorm are all part of the job for Francis Morrissey. “It’s bred into you from the time you’re a child: you either like the ocean or you said
