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New rules aimed at limiting how often elected officials can remotely attend public meetings will now go to Calgary city council for a final decision. Council members on the city’s executive committee debated the proposed rule changes Tuesday and voted 12-1 in favour of endorsing the recommended changes to both …
Read More »Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew joins call for broader carbon tax relief in Halifax meetings – Winnipeg
Premiers across Canada have been meeting in Halifax for the past two days, petitioning Ottawa for a carbon price pause on home heating oil to be extended to other forms of energy such as natural gas. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew was among those adding his voice to the call, saying, …
Read More »Ring of Fire topped agenda at recent meetings between Ford and Trudeau, docs show
An all-season road to Ontario‘s Ring of Fire — a region with rich deposits of critical minerals needed for battery manufacturing — appears to have been a primary preoccupation for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford during four successive meetings in the latter half of 2022. Federal briefing …
Read More »Manitobans to have say on budget through town halls, community meetings – Winnipeg
Manitobans will get to share their two cents on how the government spends money in the upcoming budget. The province has announced the dates and times for telephone town hall engagement sessions and in-person public meetings meant for Manitobans to give feedback on what the province’s priorities should be. Four …
Read More »Police investigation puts fighter pilot call sign meetings under microscope
A police investigation into comments made at a social gathering of fighter pilots in June has cast a spotlight on a well-known but little-understood military tradition that some worry is another example of entrenched cultural problems in Canada’s Armed Forces: The assignment of call signs. Earlier this week, Royal Canadian …
Read More »In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg discusses AR/VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to "teleport" to locations for in-person meetings (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
Kif Leswing / CNBC: In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg discusses AR/VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to “teleport” to locations for in-person meetings — – Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that by 2030, people could use advanced smart glasses to “teleport” to other people’s …
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