Mark Sutcliffe will succeed Jim Watson as the next mayor of Ottawa. Voter turnout was just under 44%, meaning that 316,000 people cast their vote on Monday. Sutcliffe, who is a newcomer to politics, won with over 51% of the votes, beating out Catherine McKenney, who got 37% of the vote. Former mayor Bob Chiarelli […]
Assembly of First Nations(AFN)’ Annual General Assembly is taking place in Vancouver Convention Centre (West) this week with the theme of “Walking the Healing Path”. The Assembly will be both in-person and virtual from July 5-7, 2022 with a dialogue session happening Monday, July 4. The Chiefs Assemblies gather twice a year for First Nations […]
On July 7th, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm (ET) the Government of Canada is hosting a rebroadcast of a virtual discussion panel featuring First Nations, Inuit and Métis experts and senior federal officials. Speakers include: Laurie Sargent, Angie Bruce, Shalene Curtis-Micallef, Caleb Behn, Diana Kwan, Time Argetsigner, Brandon MacLeod, Kathleen Boston, Manitok Thompson and Elder […]
Justin Trudeau will stay on as Prime Minister of Canada, as the Liberals maintain a minority government. Over the past couple of weeks, Canadians turned out in order to take part in a snap federal election called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. For Trudeau, the hope was that he could flip his minority government into […]
Ottawa will be heading into the red zone of Ontario’s colour-coded pandemic framework at tomorrow. Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams says that through discussions with local health officials, it was decided that further action was needed “to help ensure the continued health and safety of people in the region.” Dr. Vera […]
While the federal government says negotiations have reached an agreement with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, Indigenous youth and their allies say they are still fighting for the people and the land across the country. “There’s one united effort to execute these walkouts in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en,” says Madeline Ienerahtahawi Kelly. “Their demands continue to be unmet.” […]
Indigenous youth and allies in support of Wet’suwet’en have been in the Justice building at Wellington Street for over a day but they have set a deadline for the Attorney General to plan a meeting with Wet’suwet’en. They’re working on their next steps if they don’t see meaningful action from the Minister by Wednesday morning. […]
Indigenous youth and allies in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en are sitting in at the Ministry of Justice on Wellington Street where they say they will stay until Justice Minister David Lametti calls on the RCMP to stand down. “If everybody can just stand up and say something, that would be great,” says Sunshine, one of […]
The people have spoken and the seats have been assigned! The 43rd election has come to a close with a Liberal minority but what I’m wondering is…how are we looking in terms of representation in the House of Commons? Here are some of the key numbers to consider: The gender breakdown of elected candidates is roughly 70% […]
Last week saw a typically filibuster last over 30 hours, an investigation shut down and another person resign in the SNC fallout. Here’s your wrap-up from the House of Commons last week. An early election was nearly called. The Conservatives launched a filibuster, or marathon voting spree, that forced Members of Parliament to stay on the […]