Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, October 2 & 3, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday/Sunday, October 2 & 3, 2021

 

Canada / China tensions                 

The fight to free the Michaels: Canada's ambassador to the US describes the months before their release

Shrouded in secrecy, here is the inside story behind the two Micheals' flight to freedom

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Military to 'be in position' Monday to decide where to deploy nurses in Alberta

Why some Albertans are looking for the Johnson and Johnson shot

Canadian NBA player Andrew Wiggins receives COVID-19 vaccine after initially refusing

Pfizer submits preliminary data to Health Canada for kids' COVID-19 vaccine

Military nurses to land in Alberta Monday to ease health-care from COVID-19

Quebec reports 499 new COVID-19 cases, one more virus-related death

Study suggests Pfizer/BioNTech antibodies disappear in many by seven months

BC's top doctor touts COVID-19 vaccination ahead of Thanksgiving gatherings

Globe and Mail

Tofino trip may only hasten Trudeau's departure

Trudeau says sorry to BC First Nation for Tofino beach vacation

Canadian companies delay return to office amid Delta variant concerns

Liberals under pressure to extend business and worker COVID-19 benefits ahead of October 23 deadline

Leaked records open a 'Pandora' box of financial secrets of hundreds of the global elite

Annamie Paul's leadership never really had a chance

How Justin Trudeau became Lester Pearson

CBC

Trudeau apologizes to First Nation in BC for not following up on Truth and Reconciliation Day invite 

Online offers of fake documents show it's time for a national vaccination passport: NDP critic

Parties weigh post-election priorities ahead of Parliament's return

Two new solitudes - rural and urban - now define the Canadian political landscape

Trudeau's got a cabinet to build - and this time, it'll be harder

Days of rage: Angry voters brought new tensions to the 2021 campaign trail

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Marine heat waves could win out fish stocks, UBC study finds

While Canada sent hundreds of millions in aid to Jordan, its king grew his collection of luxury homes

Billionaires, Olympian and Porn King among Canadians names in massive new leak exposing offshore accounts and secret tax havens of the global elite

Elizabeth May: Annamie Paul told me to stay silent. But now I must say something

Senator accused of being China's 'mouthpiece' worries about rise of anti-Asian racism

Trudeau apologizes to chief of Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc after Tofino trip: PMO

Quebec to invest more than $500,00 to promote the French language among immigrants

Hundreds of Quebec mayors elected unopposed as nomination period ends

Will Justin Trudeau's new government get serious on Canada's widening wealth inequality

At moment when all politics are green, Canada's Green's have driven themselves to the brink of irrelevance

Sorry Alberta, there's noting 'friendly' about Canadian oil -- or anyone else's

'There are no winners here, only losers' The inside story of how the Green Party toppled Annamie Paul and tore itself apart in the process

Ontario has proof-of-vaccination rules for a reason. It should enforce them

Toronto Sun

Trudeau's apology too late; his vacation just so wrong

Monday's Throne Speech a preview for the coming election

The Question you can't ask in Canada

A very big week looms for O'Toole and the future of Canadian conservatism

Trudeau's civil service vaccine mandate isn't a real thing

Sending athletes to the Beijing Winter Olympics is unsafe and unwise

When unions behave badly

National Post

Canada pauses and reflects on ineptitude of prime minister

Trudeau apologized to chief of Tk'emlups te Secwepemc after Tofino trip: PMO

A tarantella of anarchy and brutality at Fairy Creek

Yes, Tofino Trudeau is entitled, but he's not clueless

The Tories tried to take a page from Boris Johnson's playbook. Here's where they went wrong

Rebuilding the Tories 'big tent' starts with new Canadians

The Conservative's Leadership problem

Maclean's

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Global 

Trudeau apologizes after skipping First Nation reconciliation ceremony for Tofino trip

'This is ridiculous': BC Hydro questioned after mass stranding of salmon on Cheakamus River

COVID-19: Is mandatory vaccination for teachers the next front in the school safety battle?

Contractor seems to have 'abandoned' North Shore wastewater plant, says Metro Vancouver

COVID recovery and Child care are Opposition targets as BC Legislature returns 

The growing problem of 'swatting' and why experts say it's a dangerous trend

Penticton's mayor pushes for more cops and bylaw officers to combat crime

Man charged after allegedly hitting Victoria police officer with stolen vehicle

Poll finds 1 in 3 British Columbians haven't been asked for vaccine passport as they should have

Alaska's vanishing salmon push Yukon River tribes to brink

'Pandora Papers': World leaders, celebrities among hundreds named in secret financial leak

Miscellaneous            

Two Vancouver born young people appointed to Prime Ministers Youth Council

Whistler resident fined $60,000 for feeding bears

Antivaccine-passport activists set their sights on Yaletown restaurants in midst of food festival