Saif Alnuweiri

    Saif Alnuweiri is a News Editor for Yahoo Canada News.

  • Could strategic voting by Liberal and NDP voters have stopped a PC majority?

    The only certainty about the Ontario provincial elections was that it was going to be the end of 15 years of Liberal Party rule over the province. The PCs have 76 seats in Queen’s Park, a majority of 14, while the NDP won 40 seats, the Liberals 7 and the Greens broke through with a single seat. The gap between the winning PC candidate and the runner up could have been closed if the progressive vote had been consolidated if voters voted strategically.

  • Flying to Canada from U.S.? Travellers could face new customs requirement at airports

    Since 1952, people traveling out of Toronto Pearson International Airport have had to clear U.S. customs before even boarding their flight south of the border. Now though, for the first time, travellers coming from some American airports may have to clear Canadian customs in the U.S. before being allowed on their Canada-bound flight. American officials say that Florida and Arizona, two states popular with Canadian snowbirds, will likely be the locations of the first pre-clearance facilities.

  • Less than half of Canadians have faith in justice system: poll

    Following the killing of a young Indigenous man in Saskatchewan, a new poll revealed that less than half of Canadians have faith in the country’s justice system. The fallout from the death of Colten Boushie has continued to be felt across the country after the farmer who shot him was found to be not guilty by a jury. Polling by Angus Reid shows that 41 per cent of Canadians said they were confident in the Canadian justice system.

  • Should there be a None of the Above option on the election ballot?

    David Rodriguez is a University of Ottawa law student who believes in the right to vote ‘none of the above’ on an election ballot. A court challenge by a University of Ottawa law student to have a clearly listed “None of the above” option on federal election ballots is gaining the attention of the Canadian public as it starts heading through the court system.

  • Bell, Rogers, CBC push for new anti-piracy agency despite public concerns

    Fairplay Canada, a coalition of artists, content creators, unions and guilds, aims to stop pirates stealing work on Canada’s corner of the web. A new coalition of content producing organizations has filed an application requesting that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canada’s public broadcast and telecommunications regulator, help fight against online piracy by creating a website-blocking system. The group, called Fairplay Canada, which includes the likes of Bell, Rogers, and even the CBC, filed an application asking the CRTC to create an anti-piracy website blocking system yesterday.

  • Cold winter weather returning to Ontario this week

    January’s wintermission seems to be heading to a close as temperatures are expected to drop this coming week and continue throughout the next month. While heavy snow won’t be coming to the Toronto area, there will be a light dusting in the GTHA and Niagara, according to AccuWeather forecasts. Light flurries are expected to start on Monday and will be combined with a serious drop in temperature.

  • Is it possible for the Canadian government to shut down?

    As the American government faces yet another government shut down, one has to wonder whether a similar issue could take place north of the border. The short answer is yes, the Canadian government could potentially face a shut down that stops all but the most basic functions of the government. This can occur when parliament is prorogued or when a government fails to pass the annual spending bill, but the likelihood of such an event taking place is remote.

  • Saskatchewan's Brad Wall has the highest voter rating in Canada

    It comes as no surprise that outgoing Saskatchewan premier topped the list, with 53 per cent of voters saying they approve of him. Brad Wall has kept a majority of Saskatchewan residents satisfied for the entirety of his premiership.

  • Trudeau more unpopular than popular for the first time since election: survey

    Justin Trudeau’s has been slipping in recent months. Just over two years after his election victory, Justin Trudeau’s popularity is running into political headwinds. For the first time, the prime minister’s popularity has fallen below the 50 per cent mark, according to a survey by the Angus Reid Institute.

  • With U.S. out, Canada's focus on TPP is more important than NAFTA

    Canada’s government is engaged in a two-pronged trade negotiation strategy as its handles simultaneous negotiations with its NAFTA partners and a revived TPP bid. Engaging more deeply in the TPP is to Canada’s advantage for a number of reasons. Perhaps the most important is it now constitutes the second-largest economy in the trade agreement, behind only Japan, giving it substantially more clout than when the U.S. was involved.

  • Rare hate charges filed against Toronto's Your Ward News

    James Sears was the editor of Your Ward News. After years of controversy, the editor and publisher of Your Ward News, a Toronto publication often described as a “hate rag”, have been charged with criminal offences by Ontario’s attorney general for wilfully promoting hatred against identifiable groups. Both were charged with two counts each of wilful promotion of hatred under the Criminal Code, with one count for the targeting of women and another for the targeting of Jews.

  • After legalization: What will happen if you cross the U.S. border with cannabis?

    Under Bill C-45, the legislation that will legalize and regulate cannabis nationwide this July, travellers to Canada will still face hefty penalties for crossing the border with it. The bill also specifically mentions that it is illegal to possess marijuana for export purposes. A series of factors affects the government’s stance toward cannabis as Canada inevitably marches to legalization day on July 1, 2018.

  • Bernie Sanders takes his Medicare-for-All campaign to Canada

    U.S. senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders came to Toronto with a broad message on the need for true universal healthcare, social justice and the need to learn from each other. The speech was delivered to a packed audience at the University of Toronto that included Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, former NDP leader Ed Broadbent and Women’s College Hospital vice president Dr. Danielle Martin.

  • New travel rules: What Canadians can expect when heading to the U.S.

    Travellers can expect more questions and security screenings as new U.S. regulations take effect. The new travel restrictions that went into effect today for travellers headed to the U.S. will affect everyone. The new directives affect every foreign flight coming into the U.S. and affects both Americans and non-Americans.

  • Canada's winters are set to change dramatically in the future: experts

    Climate change is going to drastically alter Canada’s weather patterns regardless of how quickly global carbon emissions are cut, according to new climatology maps published by the Prairie Climate Centre. The Climate Centre’s models show two possible outcomes, one depicting a low carbon scenario, where the international community immediately takes steps to tackle climate change, and a high carbon scenario, which is currently the path the planet is currently on. Climate change means most Canadians will experience significantly warmer and wetter winters by 2080, and significantly drier and hotter summers.

  • Bob Rae tasked with helping to address Rohingya crisis in Myanmar

    Bob Rae, special envoy to Myanmar, holds a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed this week that he had appointed a special envoy to help resolve the ongoing crisis in Myanmar. Trudeau selected Ontario’s former premier and ex-Liberal MP Bob Rae.

  • PM Trudeau called everything from 'charismatic' to 'arrogant', two years into job

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being described as everything from ‘charismatic’ to ‘arrogant’, in a recent Angus Reid poll. As Justin Trudeau marks the second anniversary of his party’s electoral victory, Canadians are becoming a little jaded by the prime minister’s photo-ops and PR-heavy style of governance, according to a new poll by the Angus Reid Institute. The poll comes at a crucial time for the Trudeau Liberals.

  • Canada faces a cold, snowy winter even though summer stayed late

    Despite the late summer much of eastern Canada has experienced this year, temperatures will drop substantially as we move into the new year. According to AccuWeather’s forecasts, the eastern part of country faces a snow-filled winter, with major snowstorms predicted to hit a stretch running from Windsor, Ont. all the way north to Montreal, Que. Warmer waters in the Great Lakes, combined with the development of La Niña, are responsible for most of the upcoming weather. “Eastern central Ontario and southern Quebec will see above normal snowfall.

  • Remembering Gord Downie: 1964-2017

    One of Canada’s preeminent musicians, the Tragically Hip’s frontman Gord Downie, passed away today at the age of 53. Loved by Canadians from coast to coast to coast, Downie was diagnosed with glioblastoma — an incurable form of cancer — in May 2016, he and his band announced a final tour across Canada. Originally from Kingston, Ont., Downie formed the Tragically Hip with four high school friends.

  • Trudeau: "We are less as a country without Gord Downie in it"

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to the parliamentary press this morning, delivered tearful remarks upon news that the Tragically Hip’s frontman and friend, Gord Downie, had passed away this morning. Gord was my friend. This is something that I’ve certainly drawn inspiration and strength from and we are less as a country without Gord Downie in it.