Roberto Wakerell-Cruz is a Montreal-based journalist writer and podcast host. He is the main host of This Week In Canada a comedy and opinion news show.
Canadians are tweeting about Teck Frontier oil’s withdrawal of their application for their Alberta sand mines project—a cancellation that has Canadians polarized.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/24/2020 12:00 AM
Ontario Provincial Police have moved in on blockaders on Mohawk Territory after a deadline calling for them to clear the Belleville, Ontario railway expired.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/24/2020 12:00 AM
Let’s hope that for the good of our economy and our communities that Trudeau doesn’t fail once again in getting the police to clear the blockades.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/21/2020 12:00 AM
MSNBC has once again proven that elitist media still doesn’t understand memes.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/21/2020 12:00 AM
Trudeau officially called for the blockades to come down. “All Canadians are paying the price… Essential goods cannot get to where they need to go. The situation where it currently stands is unacceptable and untenable,” said Trudeau.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/21/2020 12:00 AM
The three cases of coronavirus in Ontario have been cleared. Health officials say the last of the three patients to have contracted the virus have now had two negative tests.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/21/2020 12:00 AM
A list of 41 Nobel Prize winners have signed a petition urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop the Teck Frontier mine in Alberta.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/21/2020 12:00 AM
Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay is facing online backlash after deleting a tweet supporting frustrated Albertans who tore down a blockade.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/20/2020 12:00 AM
In recent hours, thousands of tweets have flooded in with the hashtag #TrudeauIsNotFitForOffice, with the slogan trending at number five nationally.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/20/2020 12:00 AM
A frustrated Quebec man confronted protestors at a railway in Quebec Thursday, giving blockaders an earful about the damage they have done to the economy.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/20/2020 12:00 AM
The RCMP offered to leave their position on Wet’suwet’en territory—a move Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he’s hopeful will lead to a resolution.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/20/2020 12:00 AM
Conservative Member of Parliament for Sarnia-Lambton Marilyn Gladu has been officially approved to run for the Conservative Party leadership race.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/19/2020 12:00 AM
CN Railway is investigating after a train derailment in Sainte-Marie-Salome in Quebec.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/19/2020 12:00 AM
VIA Rail will temporarily lay off 1,000 employees amidst illegal anti-pipeline blockades that have brought Canada’s economy to a grinding halt.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/19/2020 12:00 AM
A blockade has been set up at an Edmonton railway from a new group, the self-proclaimed “Cuzzins of Wetsuweten.” Extinction Rebellion has promoted them.
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / 02/19/2020 12:00 AM