Les Whittington

Nov 21, 2023 | nationalnewswatch.com | Les Whittington

In recent months, with the whole country screaming for action on housing affordability, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has stepped up its engagement with municipalities by offering direct funding for residential construction through the Housing Accelerator Fund.

Oct 10, 2023 | nationalnewswatch.com | Les Whittington

Large-scale military incursions or politically motivated attacks were subject, for the most part, to international condemnation in the decades after the slaughter of the Second World War. But the censure of this kind of organized violence seems to be weakening, most recently of course in the world’s half-hearted reaction to Russia’s bloody, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Oct 3, 2023 | nationalnewswatch.com | Les Whittington

At least it’s not as bad as Texas, where local governments are trying to figure out how to use the law to block women from passing through on their roads to obtain an abortion in a neighbouring state. But Canada’s right-wingers are still lining up to import whatever they can from the culture wars that American Republicans have put at the forefront of their political strategy.

Aug 1, 2023 | nationalnewswatch.com | Les Whittington

From Alaska’s northernmost city of Barrow to the island of Rhodes in Greece, people have been coping with the impact of unprecedented heat this summer. On the Greek island, tourists and residents took action to try to put out fires at seaside resorts, and visitors later went on with their holidays at fire-scarred beaches. Tens of thousands of tourists had to be evacuated, along with residents, as a heat wave set off wildfires across the country.

Jul 25, 2023 | nationalnewswatch.com | Les Whittington

It’s a sure bet that most of the hundred or so people shouting obscenities and waving “Fxxk Trudeau” flags at the prime minister in Belleville last week didn’t know he was making an appearance in the eastern Ontario town to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the Liberals’ signature family support program.