Ottawa Observations: Friday, October 1, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Friday, October 1, 2021

 

Canada / China tensions                 

Michael Spavor breaks his silence after detention in China: "I'm overjoyed'

What Canada's ambassador to China was doing at the White House

Michael Spavor 'overjoyed' to be reunited with his family in Canada

Michael Spavor thanks, Canada, world, asks for privacy after Chinese prison release

Taiwan furious at China's 'wanton military aggression' after largest ever incursion by Air Force

BC businesses reconsidering their ties with China after the Band and 2 Michaels affair

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

As COVID-19 cases in schools spiral, parents are desperate for information 

US's COVID-19 death toll hits 700,000 just as cases begin to fall

Military began monitoring COVID-19 in early 2020 but still failed to predict pandemic's path documents show

Feds have no single-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine doses to give to provinces  

Merck says experimental drug molupiravir cuts worst effects of COVID-19

BC capital facing shortage go COVID-19 isolation shelter spots for homeless

Contagious Delta means more people need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity

Merck's COVID-19 pill - cutting risk of death in half - hailed as 'game changing'

Not everyone wants a Pfizer or Moderna COVID Vaccine. Why not offer them something else?

Another 11 deaths, 714 cases reported in British Columbia

Delta COVID-19 variant has pushed vaccine target further: Tam

Masks required for all students; addressing mask resistance

Globe and Mail

Justin Trudeau criticized for vacationing on day his government set aside for reconciliation

'We're basically trapped here': Campobello struggles as US border restrictions keep NB community off limits

What Canada's abandoned embassy in Kabul looks like under Taliban rule

Ontario Tory stripped of legislative role for misrepresenting vaccination status

The fatal flaw in the Alberta sovereignty fantasy: people want to live in a law-based state

Kevin Vuong: is ready to serve his more important constituent: himself

Annamie Paul's leadership never really had a chance

Montreal's mayoral race is another epic duel between Válerie Plante and Denis Coderre

CBC

Residential school survivor criticizes Trudeau for travelling on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Federal Court approves residential school day scholars settlement

Cybercriminals are offering to sell fake Canadian COVID-19 vaccination certificates online

Ford government had right to cut number of Toronto wards during 2018 election, Supreme Court rules

Crisis? What Crisis? Alberta premier massages the message with his fast and loose use of facts, figures

Manitoba rules target gatherings involving unvaccinated people, stores in area with worst immunization rate

BC expands mask mandate in schools to include kindergarten to Grade 3 after community outcry 

Flight attendants union calls to limit food and booze service to stem tide of unruly passengers 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

PM accused of 'callousness' for heading to Tofino instead of reconciliation events  

A holiday is no way to seriously contemplate truth and reconciliation for Indigenous people - for Justin Trudeau, or the rest of us

Justin Trudeau may have needed a holiday, but he chose the wrong day to take it

C'mon, man! Trudeau's Tofino holiday makes a mockery of reconciliation day

Metrotown Mall evacuated in Burnaby after police incident

BC says progress being made following court rulings on First Nations' treaty rights 

Former Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen, force behind Inside clinic, dies at 88

Canada, Germany pushing wealthy countries for more climate money 

Elections Canada confirms recount going ahead in Quebec riding

Quebec's overhaul of its strict French-language law under microscope at hearings

COVID-19 vaccine passports to be required to access Quebec legislature

Toronto Sun

Truth and Recreation: Criticism mounting over PM's Reconciliation Day Vacation

No sense to be made of Trudeau's inexplicable surf trip

Justin Trudeau irredeemably deserving of outrage 

Trudeau's Tofino Wipeout: Sun broke the story; PM broke our hears on an important day

Supreme Court backs Ford's slashing of Toronto City Council seats

Here's how to make Canada's vax passports less divisive 

Canadian business needs to inject reality into 'just transition' conversation 

'Test to stay' is the plan that will really keep Ontario kids in class 

National Post

After PM's vacation, Trudeau minister says important part of reconciliation is 'listening'

Maclean's

Trudeau hits the beach in Tofino. At least he ins't surfing 

Justin Trudeau's ill-timed vacation to Tofino

We gave them our leftover frozen embryos. Now, we're a family

Global 

Trudeau Tofino vacation 'more proof' he doesn't care about Indigenous rights, advocate says

Michael Spavor breaks silence after returning from China, says he's 'overjoyed''to be home

Bomb and shooting scare at Metrotown believed to be 'unfounded' say RCMP

Masks mandatory for all K-12 students in BC Schools

Petition calls for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines at Whistler Blackcomb resort

Whistler woman handed $60,000 in fines for regularly feeding bears

Fifty new shelter beds coming to Victoria for unhoused people with COVID-19

Former Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen dies at age 88

'I am heartbroken': Oyama BC residents say library closure will mean the loss of a community hub 

Three arrested on BC Ferry after refusing to wear masks, threatening passengers

BCHL announces plan to fly teams to US to play Wenatchee Wild

Miscellaneous            

Justin Trudeau under fire for taking Tofino holiday on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 

Former Vancouver mayor Philip Owen dead at 88

Vancouver Councillor Colleen Hardwick calls for immediate extension of leases in False Creek South

Three men arrested on BC Ferries after threatening passengers during mask-wearing dispute

Jason Kenney's Lethal Negligence

Next for Fairy Creek? Science must trump politics

The election would have looked much different with proportional representation 

BC's latest climate effort on electrification falls short, says Ecotrust

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