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Woodstock Plans To Put Plain Clothes Officers On Transit Buses If Elected Mayor
Reading Time: 2 minutes Transit violence on Winnipeg buses has seen a steady increase annually On August 3, 2022, Don Woodstock spoke about his proposal to make public transit safer in Winnipeg and his action plan if elected Mayor. Woodstock starts his speech by addressing the amount of violence and attacks that have been happening on public transit and its Read More…
Have You Tried The Haggis Ice Cream Yet?
Reading Time: < 1 minute If you are visiting Scotland, two scoops of Haggis ice cream may just be the dessert treat for you In a Scottish town called Aberdeen, Mackies 19.2 is one of the country’s largest producers of ice cream, with hundreds of unique flavours, and one of those is based on the country’s native dish, Haggis. Haggis Read More…
Canada Settles Historic Land Claims Case With The Muskeg Lake Cree Nation
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Over 100 years have passed since this wrong took place and before the community received recognition, acknowledgement, and replacement resources for the lands taken.” A settlement has been reached between Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and the Government of Canada covering the 1919 Soldier Settlement Board Surrender specific claim today, announced by Chief Kelly Wolfe and Read More…
Canada Announces Temporary Import Ban On The Importation Of Restricted Handguns
The national freezes on handguns take effect on August 19, 2022 In many communities across the nation, gun violence has caused devastating outcomes, and too many Canadians have lost loved ones. According to Statistics Canada, firearms were used in over 40 percent of homicides in Canada in 2019. The number of registered handguns in Canada increased by 71 per cent between 2010 and 2020, reaching approximately 1.1 million. Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, today announced a temporary import ban on the importation of restricted handguns. In a restricted number of exceptions to Bill C-21, handgunsIt’s Time For Term Limits In All Levels Of Politics
Lifetime appoints or unlimited terms only erode the political institutions It's time politicians have term limits. Too many are indebted to lobbyists and big corporations. We need new blood in the office, people not beholden to special interests. Politicians should serve the people, not themselves. All elected government bodies should institute term limits and put country and the people that elected them first. It is a prevailing thought favoured by many who believe that politicians should have term limits. The main reason is that too many immoral politicians only care about themselves and the big corporations. They don't care about the people
Pope Francis Makes Another Historic Apology While In Quebec
Some protestors in Quebec were calling for the Pope to Rescind the 'Doctrine of Discovery' Pope Francis arrived in Quebec on Wednesday for the second leg of his "penitential pilgrimage," where he drew criticism — again — for what critics say has been his insufficient apology for the Church's role in Canada's residential school system for Indigenous children. For the bulk of the 19th and 20th centuries, Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families and placed in boarding schools, often hundreds of miles from their communities. They were forbidden from speaking their native languages and practicing their cultural traditions and, in many
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Chinese People’s Well-Being Is A National Priority
Reading Time: 4 minutes “National Priorities” has recently become a trending phrase in China. I had always pondered how to overcome the barriers of language and culture and to express this sentiment to my Canadian friends. Not long ago, while wandering in Beijing, I passed by a government agency in China – the National Rural Revitalization Administration, which explained Read More…
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Monkeypox Now A Public Health Emergency In US
Reading Time: 2 minutes After an announcement naming Monkeypox a global health emergency a few weeks ago, the United States declared it a public health emergency across the entire country. On Thursday, August 4, 2022, the Health Secretary, Xavier Becerra, announced in a press release that the Biden Administration marks Monkeypox as a public health emergency. Last month, the Read More…
