Ottawa Observations: Thursday, October 14, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday,  October 14, 2021

 

Canada / China tensions                 

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The Prairies are showing Canada what a COVID-19 disaster looks like

Merck in early discussions to sell new COVID-19 pill to Canada

How a failed deal with China to produce a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine wasted months and millions

Top doctor brings in more rules for northern BC as COVID spreads

Ontario to end capacity limits at restaurants and gyms next week, source says

Northern BC COVID restrictions tightened again amid lagging vaccination rates

Nine deaths, 580 new cases in BC as hospitalizations mount 

'Significant' COVID-19 outbreak infects more than 7 in 10 residents of BC Care home

Globe and Mail

Bank of Canada's Tiff Macklem, bank CEOs diverge on inflation outlook

As I leave my job as Calgary's mayor, I'm grappling with the crises we are facing

Calgary's core mission: to turn a ghost town of office towers into living neighbourhoods

Supreme Court orders new trial in test of self-defence law

Northern Ontario town says %500 land listings boosted house prices, drew families

Buy American concerns raised with Janet Yellen, Freeland says

The Liberals intervened too little in Canada's military, not too much

What the Nobel Prize in Economics says - and doesn't say - about increasing the minimum wage

Jason Kenney's equalization gamble

The border reopening is a chance for Ottawa and Washington to learn to co-operate again

CBC

Trudeau expected to add some new faces when he announces post-election cabinet as early as October 25

Canadians remain among world's top energy users even as government strives for net zero

Supreme Court to hear appeal of ex-soldier convicted of sexual assault, voyeurism

Afghans targeted by the Taliban say they have no idea how to secure Canadian visas

The US land border is reopening, but Canadians mixed with vaccines are still in limbo

Canada seeks to claw back $25M in COVID relief from thousands of fishers

As misinformation campaign against transgender rights intensifies, Ottawa must act

Toronto/Vancouver Star

BC School once slated to be built on cemetery offers reconciliation hope: advocate

Government-funded iPhones to connect BC's youth in care to services, technology

Lytton resident asks: If not the train, then what sparked the fire that destroyed their village?

Point Roberts leaders want COVID test exemption for Canadian visitors

Dealing with the Taliban, and other mysteries of Canada's foreign policy

Extendicare leaving Saskatchewan following province's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak

Volunteers who supported Syrian refugees reconnecting to help Afghan newcomers

We're about to find out how many new seats there will be in Parliament. Then the fighting starts

Toronto Sun

Trudeau's rhetoric says mandatory vaccinations, his HR policy says otherwise

Ending capacity limits great but Ontario must revise rigid mask rules next

Government spending puts the economy at risk

Canada in the midst of socialist coup and academics love it

Trudeau's pandemic spending means perpetual red ink - report

Stop neglecting small business

National Post

Ontario politicians eager to phase out natural gas only have to look to Europe for the consequences

Military can't police itself when it comes to sexual misconduct

Dr. Deena Hinshaw apologizes and says Alberta teen didn't actually die from COVID

Finance ministers the world over have discussed supply chain crisis, Freeland says

'Error in judgement': CBC Edmonton regrets mannequin's use in COVID-19 news report

Maclean's

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Global 

'Disbelief and anger': Lytton residents skeptical of report clearing railway in deadly fire

RCMP investigating possible mischief charge linked to claims by Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum 

BC NDP take heat over blacked-out business case for new Massey Tunnel

Old-growth logging protests highlight a change in this BC NDP government

BC's South coast under rainfall warning as 'atmospheric river' approaches 

'They walked away from health care': Okanagan care home workers suddenly quit over vaccine mandate

BC police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against officer in Williams Lake arrest

'Rules are the rules': Freeland mum on removing PCR testing for Canada border

Nova Scotia introduces legislation creating 'bubble zone' outside hospitals from COVID protesters

Miscellaneous            

Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum's story about hit-and-run takes a surprising turn

Is the heavy rain coming to Metro Vancouver another sign of climate change?

How Fairy Creek is influencing the Wet'suwet'en Resistance

A Nobel reminder for Alberta that raising the minimum wage is OK!