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Spending the week drafting, tabling, and debating legislation may not be how many of us would choose to spend our winter break, but for a group of nearly 80 high-school and post-secondary students, they wouldn’t choose to be anywhere else, as the 102nd sitting of the Youth Parliament of Manitoba …
Read More »BC Ferries begins process of replacing aging fleet with new hybrid vessels
Descrease article font size Increase article font size BC Ferries has begun the process of replacing six retiring ships in its fleet. A BC Ferries official said the corporation has issued a “Request for Expressions of Interest” to shipbuilders to acquire seven new “hybrid” vessels. The new vessels would replace …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Transparency urged in hockey Hall of Fame selection process – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s two days after seven people – and seven families – celebrated, rejoiced … induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. What the last 48 hours have, in fact, become is not a celebration of the seven, but rather the disappointment and …
Read More »Ontario Liberals pick new voting process for leadership race
HAMILTON — Ontario Liberals voted Saturday to forge ahead with a new system for selecting their next leader, shedding the delegated conventions of old as the party seeks renewal and recovery from two consecutive electoral disasters. Members attending the party’s annual general meeting in Hamilton this weekend overwhelmingly voted for …
Read More »Behind the curtain of MZOs: Emails show internal concerns raised about the process
Toward the end of November 2021, a potential problem came across the desk of Region of Peel Chief Administrative Officer Janice Baker. It was a request from Burlington-based Argo Development Corp., asking the City of Brampton to table a motion asking for a Minister’s Zoning Order — or MZO — …
Read More »‘The process puts the burden on the Canadian consumer’: Why passengers continue to battle the airlines
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) – an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator is coming under fire for its ineffectiveness and lack of enforcement when it comes to punishing airlines for denying compensation to impacted air passengers. “Right now the process puts the burden on the Canadian consumer that’s got a …
Read More »What’s behind the long recruitment process for Toronto’s new police chief
After two years without a permanent chief, last week the Toronto Police Service selected the city’s new top cop. The lengthy timeline that led to the appointment of Myron Demkiw, a 32-year-veteran of the service, has some experts and critics asking why it took so long to select a qualified candidate …
Read More »Ottawa improving vetting process to keep Heritage grants away from groups promoting hate: Hussen
Housing, Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen says the Department of Canadian Heritage will be improving its vetting process to make sure it doesn’t give money to organizations that espouse hatred — and those that do could be banned from future funding. In an interview with CBC’s The House airing Saturday, Hussen said the federal …
Read More »New York and U.S. capital struggle to process migrants sent by southern Republican leaders
Officials in New York and Washington, D.C. are struggling to cope with an influx of migrants that have been specifically bused to their cities on orders from the Republican leaders of Texas and Arizona. More than 7,000 migrants have been bused from Texas to the U.S. capital since April, part of …
Read More »Ukraine to take next step in long EU membership process as Donbas battles rage
Updates from Day 120 of the invasion EU begins 2-day summit, expected to accept Ukraine as a candidate for membership. Competing claims over degree of control of Severodonetsk in the Donbas. Ukraine President Zelensky took his message to Canadian students on Wednesday. Germany triggers new stage in energy plan, warns …
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