Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Monday Sunday June 15, 2020
Canadians held in China / China tensions
Beijing points to spy agency report to bolster claim that Meng Wanzhou's arrest was a 'political conspiracy'
Meng Wanzhou's lawyers accuse US of misleading court in extradition case
Canada's airlines ease into expanded summer service with added safety protocols
Waiting for China to change its behaviour is to wait for the worst yet to come
Opponents to China's security bill are 'enemy of the people,' Hong Kong leader says
Judge concerned over time it's taking to hear Meng Wanzhou's extradition case
The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Women are much more worried about COVID-19 than men, global polling data shows
Ottawa orders 13 million non-medical cloth masks after discouraging public mask use
Canada reports 29 more coronavirus deaths as cases top 99,000
Coronavirus cases jump by a million in 1 week to reach 8 million worldwide
BC reports 36 new COVID-19 cases in three days, no new deaths
Doctor Bonnie Henry on US travellers reported in Canada and the virus in longterm care facilities
No new COVID-19 deaths in BC since Friday
COVID-19 cases remain relatively static in BC, but a shift into Phase 3 will still be gradual
Globe and Mail
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki faces calls to resign over comments on systemic racism in force
Damning report points finger at Montreal city, police for failure to address systemic racism
Families, Indigenous chiefs press for answers in New Brunswick police shootings of Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi
Tory open to police reforms, budget cuts
Trudeau promises CERB extension as many Canadians will soon exhaust benefits
A Day at the airport in June 2020: quiet, monotonous and fearful
Toronto, Peel and Windsor not among Ontario regions re-opening on Friday
Most of Europe reopens borders to continental travellers in bid to salvage crucial summer tourist season
Damage from Calgary hailstorm 'extraordinary' says mayor Naheed Nenshi
Grocery executives may be called to testify on pay cuts for workers
Mexico hits pause on sending temporary foreign workers to Canada after COVID-19 deaths
In the stay-at-home era, why have we so sorely neglected home care?
Why Canada's bid for a seat at the UN's Security Council matters
It's time to end white privilege and white supremacy in Corporate Canada
Former partner of Nova Scotia gunman renounces any claim on estate
Doctors Without Borders to close maternity ward in Kabul after deadly attack
BC Indigenous communities kept coronavirus at bay with their own travel bans
CBC
Erin O'Toole asks to be 'second choice' of social conservatives in leaked video
Senator calls on RCMP commissioner to resign after comments on systemic racism
Federal government opens application process for $50M food surplus program
Trudeau promises to extend the emergency relief benefit
Ottawa awards $2.4B contract to finish building navy's supply ships
Why the Vancouver viaducts are a symbolically important place for an anti-Black racism protest
Investigation launched into death of BC Ferries worker in Richmond
Vancouver sports fields reopen for reservations July 1
7 arrested after police move in to end anti-racism protest blocking Vancouver viaducts
CEO asks employees to lie on timecards or risk job losses - violating labour laws
Toronto Star
Infectious disease experts agree: Toronto is just not ready for Stage 2 yet
These long-term care residents just saw their families in person for the first time in more than three months. They're pretty happy
Justin Trudeau says it's time to tackle systemic racism in policing. Here are four ways he could do it
Job one for Conservative leadership hopefuls: Make the party relevant again
Dr. Stuart Smith, Hamilton politician and 'brilliant' leader of Ontario party, died June 10 at 82
Province easing COVID-19 restrictions in Durham, York and Hamilton, but Toronto and Peel will have to wait
Six new outbreaks of COVID-19 in Ontario nursing homes as province moves to collect data by race
Toronto Sun
Trudeau doesn't rule out dumping Laurier over racist past
Liberals looking to extend COVID-19 benefits ahead of parliamentary showdown
Urban planners and bike shops say pandemic could shift the culture of cycling
Trudeau supports terror-backing group in bid for UN seat
Russia jails ex-US marine from Canada for 16 years on spying charges
Senators threatened with COVID-19 through the mail
Placing unity over division
Ontario government protecting livestock and farmers
National Post
As Ontario MP Marwan Tabbara sat in jail over Easter, there was no backlash because nobody knew
Trudeau pledges to extend CERB as government looks for support ahead of confidence vote
Was the government's large employer emergency package designed to fail?
Women are much more worried about COVID-19 than men, global polling data shows
Making people suffer this long under lockdown is something we may someday regret
Ottawa orders 13 million non-medical cloth masks after discouraging public mask use
'Heartbreaking and tragic': Egyptian LGBT activist found dead while seeking asylum in Canada
Justin Trudeau's anti-democratic agenda
Living room becomes war room as Canada's quest for UN Security Council seat nears vote
Unclear intellectual property rules put Canada at risk amid higher threat of foreign takeovers: experts
Maclean's
Liberals are dreaming big, but dreaming is the easy part
Global
Are Americans using "Alaska exemption' to skirt border shutdown? Feds looking into reports
'Solution' in the works for CERB extension, Trudeau says
Canadians at camp for ISIS families fingerprinted, questioned as part of drive to support repatriation
No COVID-19 cases linked to BC's school system two weeks after opening
Sumas First Nation chief says spill at BC Trans Mountain facility 4th 'in the last 15 years'
Miscellaneous
Vancouver park board gets ready to issue outdoor sport-facility permits
Housing protest at Vancouver viaducts, supporting Black Lives Matter, ends with seven people arrested
Sex workers' Red Umbrella march goes virtual this year in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 Gets the wheels turning on a national cycling strategy
When Men Avoid Doctors, Online Options Can Help
A Campus Newspaper acknowledges its Anti-Blackness. What next?
Feds to extend CERB beyond 16 weeks
Pandemic has weakened the fitness focus of many Canadians
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