National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday, Sept. 30
MONDAY, SEPT. 30 House Sitting—The House will sit for four weeks from Sept. 16-Oct. 11, but will take Monday, Sept. 30, off. It breaks Oct. 14-18, and resumes sitting on Oct. 21. It sits Oct. 21-Nov. 9, and breaks on Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day week until Nov. 15. It resumes again on Nov. 18, […]
Gosh, don’t go: U.K. high commish Goshko to leave Ottawa Oct. 31
Plus, Francis Fox died, Trudeau appoints another Senator, first U.S. ambassador-at-large to the Arctic named, Cher endorses Bill S-15, PEN Canada honours jailed journalist Jimmy Lai, and more.
The long road to clean water for Indigenous communities
Plus, Blair travels to Washington for a defence conference.
Reconciliation retrospective: photos from the past decade
Monday marks the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The annual commemoration on Sept. 30 was established by Parliament in 2021 to honour residential school survivors, as well as their families and communities, and fulfills item 80 on the list of 94 Calls to Action set out by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The […]
Restoring Jasper
Plus, StatsCAN releases the latest data on the cultural sector economy.
Celebrating Canada’s BIONATION at the NAC and Space goes to SJAM
Space Canada and BIOTECanada hosted a pair of receptions on Sept 23 and 24.
Trudeau holds bilateral with Macron
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a full agenda with Emmanuel Macron during the French president’s two-day visit to Canada. Macron landed in Ottawa Wednesday evening, and shared a dinner with Trudeau. The two met again at the prime minister’s West Block office the next morning for a photo-op ahead of their bilateral meeting. Both offered […]
Trading places
Plus, Bill Blair opens the military’s new cyber centre.
Staff updates for the PMO, Minister LeBlanc down a policy director
Chris Rodgers, who’d been in charge of policy related to the democratic institutions file, has bade farewell to Minister LeBlanc’s team.
Trudeau addresses ‘horrific situation’ in Lebanon
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “devastated” by the death of two Canadians, which Global Affairs Canada confirmed were due to Israeli strikes in Lebanon. In statement to reporters before Question Period on Sept. 25, he also highlighted the plight of Lebanese people “suffering terrible violence and fear” amid escalating attacks that have killed […]
