Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, May 22-24, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for    Saturday-Monday, May 22-24, 2021

 

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

China has crushed opposition in Hong Kong, Taiwan fears it is next

The Israeli/Palestinian conflict -- Canadian views

For many Indigenous people, memories of Oka are driving solidarity with Palestinians

Criticizing Israel isn't anti-Semitism - hating Jews is

Canadians deserve to know what it's like on the ground in Gaza

Battle against anti-Semitism has barely begun

Muslim world must recognize its hypocrisy over Israel

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

WHO criticizes rich countries for vaccinating children against COVID-19 while health workers in poorer countries wait

Overwhelmed Manitoba calls for help amid third wave of COVID-19

British researchers train dogs to detect COVID-19 with 'incredible speed and accuracy'

Australia's success at fighting COVID has closed it off from the world

Ottawa to send epidemiologists, lab techs and others to help COVID-19 ravaged Manitoba

As vaccine rollout chugs along, attention turns to borders foreign and domestic

Canada is winning the vaccine lottery. Other countries aren't so lucky

They were blamed and vilified throughout the pandemic, but the youth are showing up in droves for vaccinations

Vaccine deliveries poised to slow this week with Canada expecting 600K Pfizer doses

Overcoming vaccine hesitancy is the next big challenge in retiring to 'normal'

Vaccine management in Canada could be much improved

Canadian questions about the Wuhan Institute of Virology

What we know about 'black fungus' infections hitting India's COVID-19 patients

COVID may have hastened Christianity's decline in Canada

Red tape ends Montana tribal clinic vaccinating Albertans who lined up for hours at US border

As BC looks to end COVID 'circuit breaker' province records 974 new cases, 12 deaths

BC's younger residents receiving COVID-19 vaccine at a 'steady pace' says expert

Retired nurses sit on sidelines as firefighters give COVID-19 vaccines in Fraser Health

Active case count fall significantly over long weekend but death count continues to rise

Globe and Mail

Wealth shifts to next generation as parents help kids withdrawn payments

Alberta orders major universities to suspend pursuit of new partnerships wth China

BC First Nations at odds with anti-logging protesters

BC logging blockade comes to a head as RCMP start arresting protesters

BC's NDP government haunted by past campaign promise

The Bank of Canada says the housing market has gone bonkers - and it can't do anything about it

Younger generations will pay for the $500 seniors bonus in last month's budget

Where's the beef? To truly tackle climate change, Canada must get to a place where we don't even ask

Ottawa's demand heavy stimulus plan poses problems for Canada's economy

Quebec's Bill 96 creates 'opportunity' for federal Liberals, senator says

The Liberals are about to pass an UNDRIP bill, and they'd rather not say what it means

Without Greyhound buses, small-town residents are losing a lifeline

CBC

Most Mounties cited for sexual misconduct over past 5 years were allowed to keep their jobs

Erin O'Toole isn't breaking through - and Jason Kenney and Doug Ford aren't helping

For Italian Canadians the road to an official apology for WWII internments has been long and painful

New long term care standards will fall flat without money or enforcement, experts warn

More homework while learning less: Students open up about pandemic schooling

Youth job prospects face 'long-term scarring' from pandemic, says employment minister

I'd much rather be in New Zealand than BC when a big earthquake strikes

Toronto Star

 

What does the 'new normal' look like? A day of bar hopping in Brooklyn as NYC loosens COVID-19 restrictions

Tension between Police and demonstrators during Yonge Street march for Regis Korchinski-Paquet who fell to her health last year in presence of police

What Canada's Indigenous peoples will remember on Victoria Day weekend

Canadian troops, Mounties get front row seats to Israeli-Palestinian clashes

Avi Lewis was raised in the NDP. At 54, he's finally ready to join the family business

Canadians of Italian origin find justice in apology for internment during WW2

Alberta asks universities to report on links with Beijing and Community Party

Canada's political leaders all recognize our housing crisis. So which one has the solution?

Child care is an integral part of our post-pandemic recovery. Let's go big and act now

This will be one of the key elections the NDP faces in a generation. Will the party be able to halt the rise of the Greens?

Judges should reflect the people they serve, says outgoing top judge Rosalie Abella

Ottawa's attempts to promote Canadian content online could have the opposite effect, YouTube creators fear

The Federal parties have their eyes on Hamilton - and its three open seats in the next election

Toronto Sun

We're free from COVID jail

Fire at homeless encampment under review

CRTCs record shows why it should not regulate the Internet

Lack of direction on Ontario school reopening shocks pediatricians 

Let the Sun shine on our faces

Trudeau must stand up to Quebec's attack on Charter  rights

Now the woke mob is going after Queen Victoria

Time to call the school year - let's focus on ensuring kids return in fall

Bill 96 will ruin lives in Quebec and radically change Canada

Justin Trudeau's emissions impossible

National Post

'Nobody knows about it': Italian-Canadians find justice in federal apology for Internment during World War II

Justin Trudeau's constitutional smorgasbord for the nation

Alberta asks universities to stop pursuing partnerships with links to Chinese government

'When do we round up?' What if the vaccine-hesitant block our hitting thresholds to reopen?

Quebec language law is a political gambit

Canada's timid pandemic reopening plans represent a failure of leadership

Maclean's

Global

British Columbia set to roll out COVID-19 re-opening plan on Tuesday

Popular North Vancouver hiking trail remains closed Monday as officers search for bear

5 more people arrested at anti-logging protest on southern Vancouver Island

US bill allowing Alaska cruises to resume while bypassing Canada signed into law

Vancouver remembers Komagata Maur on 107th anniversary of ship denied entry

BC gang war spills out of Lower Mainland with slayings in Calgary, Nanaimo

BC RCMP turn back 103 vehicles, fine 2 at long weekend checkpoints

Miscellaneous            

 

Antimasker Chris Sky urges Vancouver Police not to enforce public health orders

Vigil for Komagata Maru passengers held in Vancouver

In wake of Attorney General  David Eby's apology over study, he praises Andy Yan in email to Douglas Todd

Komagata Maru Remembrance Day commemorated in Vancouver for first time

Thousands can;'t pay their power bills. BC won't pull the plug