Ottawa Observations: Thursday/Friday, July 1 and 2, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Thursday./Friday,  July 1 & 2, 2021

 

Western Canada Heatwave/BC Wildfires

'The embers were coming down like fireballs': Residents of Lytton recall harrowing escape

Record heat fuels unprecedented amounts of lightning in Western Canada

Western Canada's deadly heat wave is driven by a climate change. Will it be a wake-up call?

Enough with the cognitive dissonance. The wildfire that destroyed Lytton could happen anywhere

Evacuation orders issued as dozens of wildfires burn across BC

'In the first 14 hours, we were alone': First Nations leader blasts BC government over wildfire response

BC Coroner says 719 deaths in a week during heat wave, but number could jump

Here's what the devastating Lytton blaze says about the future of fire in Western Canada

Evacuee fled barefoot from wildfire that destroyed most homes in Lytton

Cause of Lytton wildfire not yet known, resident saw train brake then smoke rise

Military ready to fight BC wildfire as feds promise further response

Lytton wildfire: Preliminary reports of at least 2 deaths, coroner says

BC heat wave saw 719 die in one week, says BC coroner

'It brings tears to my eyes': Fate of missing residents weighs heavily on Lytton Mayor

'He chose to stay to fight the fire' Lytton resident says her dad saved homes

Twenty fires in Shuswap, Okanagan, Similkameen and West Kootenay regions

Conservative MP Brad Vis says 90 precent of Lytton burned in fire

Expect more heat waves like the one that's occurring this week in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon

Lytton holds a scorched earth place in my heart

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

Canada's Senate blunders on China

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Canada's pandemic plan ought to make the next pandemic nonexistent

Ontario reports 200 new cases of COVID-19 and 9 deaths

Vaccinated people in the US are living life again - what about Canada?

BC COVID hospitalizations fall below 100 as province reports  84 new cases, 2 deaths

WHO asks Western countries to recognize China's COVID-19 vaccines

BC Cases continue to decrease

Globe and Mail

Canada Day celebrations subdued amid focus on residential schools

Archbishop fuels more anger by saying the church is being persecuted over residential schools

Liberals can now count two big successes that will politically outweigh many pandemic mistakes

The Liberals are riding high in the polls. That could be double edged sword

Canada among 130 nation deal to overhaul global corporate tax rules

Liberals keeping close eye on rapid-housing program revamp for future, says Ahmed Hussen

Federal parties see drop in fundraising but still rake in millions in 2020

As COVID-19 restrictions drop, Canadian companies are rethinking business travel. For some, much of it is no longer necessary

Can't enter Canada now? Don't try on Monday, border agency warns would-be travellers

CBC

Trudeau says he still has 'confidence' in defence chief after questioning decision to retain top commander

Senator proposes plan to get conversion therapy bill passed this summer

'Unacceptable and wrong': Trudeau condemns attacks on churches

Trudeau has seen shortlist of Governor General candidates, is expected to announce choice soon

Federal government's move to take Speaker to court raises questions that divide experts

Defence minister positions himself opposite Trudeau, Freeland over decision to keep Navy commander

Trudeau, political leaders ask Canadians to delicately balance celebration and reflection on Canada Day

130 countries back OECD plan to set global minimum corporate tax rate

Politicians, Indigenous leaders say burning churches not the way to get justice

Military ombudsman doubles down in dispute with DND, demands return of spending power

Toronto Star

 

European Union lifted barriers for Canadian travellers

Thousands take part in Every Child Matters Walk to honour residential school victims, survivors

Liberals want to recall the Senate to pass conversion therapy bill

Canada Day protest over residential schools sees monarch statues toppled in Winnipeg

A loosey-goosey Canada Day? Why Not?

Toronto Sun

Man, 31, charged with first-degree murder in Toronto cop's slaying

Politicians put city's cops in harm's way by enabling the lawless

Canada's acts of goodness far outweigh the crimes of past generations

Many residential school abusers ID'd years ago but never prosecuted

Trudeau's failures to Canada's First Nations should matter

Enough with the anarchy 

National Post

Rash of Catholic Church burnings and vandalism isn't 'sad' it's sacrilege

Planned Caledonia development at centre of Indigenous land dispute cancelled

Can we rename everything in Toronto after Wayne Gretzky?

RCMP union first ever tentative deal with Ottawa could mean $20,000 hie for constables

Justin Trudeau seems so unstoppable, some of his own MPs worry he'll win a majority

At least 10 Catholic Churches in Calgary vandalized with orange and red paint

'Temperature risig': First Nations leaders condemn rash of church fires across Canada

Maclean's

Global

Calls to remove 'settler' statues in Victoria after protestors destroy James Cook statue

Northern BC First Nation's Church destroyed by 2nd fire in one week

Pregnant patients to be diverted from Peace Arch Hospital due to 'gap' in paediatrician coverage

'We knew it was there': Former BC Chief says unmarked graves near Cranbrook need more context

BC Premier won't discourage travel to BC Interior despite deteriorating wildfire situation

Trudeau says 'be honest' about our past, as residential school reflections mark Canada Day

Work stars on locating unmarked burial sites at former residential schools in Saskatchewan

Trudeau not committing to timeline for independent military sexual misconduct system

Unacceptable and wrong': Trudeau says vandalizing churches can hurt those seeking solace

Canada Day arrives as country reels from residential school discoveries 

Miscellaneous            

 

East Vancouver Church vandalized on Canada Day

Fire destroys BC Anglican Church, as 'suspicious' church fires reported in Tofino, Yellowknife and more

BC Chief Coroner Lisa LaPointe revised death numbers upward in current heat wave

Are world leaders waking up to the urgency of the climate crisis?

TransLink reminds transit riders that masks are still recommended

Prosecuting crimes at Indian Residential Schools in Canada poses monumental legal challenges

Unprecedented heat wave demands unprecedented action

Statue of Captain Cook dumped in Victoria's  Inner Harbour

RCMP's BC boss Dwayne McDonald confirms that staff lost homes and detachments was destroyed in Lytton fire

Japanese Canadian community leaders organize support for Indigenous survivors of residential schools

An Open Letter to Canadians on Canada's residential schools shame

Fairy Creek protesters Warn of Dangerous Police tactics

Informed Pharmacists are key for Drug users. A new program will train them

This was always bigger than old growth forests

Reducing, Reusing and Recycling is easy - Except in Rural BC

When Chinese in Canada were numbered, interrogated, Excluded

Erin O'Toole's Dead End

Canada's coming crisis with Indigenous Peoples