A continuing sea of red for the national Capital Region, with a tinge of blue, after Monday’s federal election. The Liberals won in seven Ottawa ridings – unchanged from the 2019 election. Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre held on for a seventh term in Carleton. Former Liberal MPP Yasir Naqvi won in Ottawa Centre. That seat […]
Get your vote on! Advanced polls for the upcoming federal election are now open. Vote at your assigned polling station from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on: Friday, September 10; Saturday, September 11; Sunday, September 12; Monday, September 13. Info on your voting location can be found on your voter information card, which Elections Canada says you should have in the mail by […]
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will not be considered a provincial statutory holiday in Ontario this year. A spokesperson for Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford says the day will be treated similar to Remembrance Day. A statement reads Ontario is “working in collaboration with Indigenous partners, survivors, and affected families to ensure the […]
The Premier of Manitoba says he won’t seek re-election. Brian Pallister, who is 67, made the comments today during a caucus retreat in Brandon, Man. The premier has been under fire over the past month for comments he made about Canadian history. He apologized last week after saying in July that people who came to […]
Shop local! Ottawa businesses (grocery included) are permitted to open on Colonel By Day, Monday, August 2nd. Select LCBO and Beer Store locations will be open. City Services: There will no curbside garbage, green bin or recycling collection on Monday. Pick-up resumes Tuesday with collection off one day for the rest of the week. The […]
An Indigenous actress from Saskwatchewan has landed the role of Thunderbird, in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege. “Thunderbird” is from the Nakoda territories of Saskatchewan. Sera-Lys McArthur says when she was going for the job, she was told that whichever actress they chose would be what they would base the specific cultural heritage of the […]
Ontario has moved into Step 3 of its Roadmap to Reopen. Step Three focuses on the resumption of additional indoor services with larger numbers of people and restrictions in place. This includes, but is not limited to: Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 100 people with limited exceptions; Indoor social gatherings […]
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Word today of another discovery of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in BC. The Penelakut Tribe says it has found more than 160 undocumented and unmarked graves at a site once home to the Kuper Island Residential School. It operated from 1889 to 1975 -run by the federal government and […]
The Government of Ontario announced this morning that it is moving the province into Step Three of the Roadmap to Reopen at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 16, 2021. Step Three of the Roadmap focuses on the resumption of additional indoor services with larger numbers of people and restrictions in place. This includes, but is […]