Ottawa Observations: Thursday/Friday, June 16-17, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday/Friday, June 16-17, 2022

Ukraine/Russia War

Why Ukraine's Security Chief says Russia's war is breaking all the rules

Canada still in talks over Russian gas turbine stranded in Montreal

Canadian made drones show promising new technology for demining efforts in Ukraine

Ukraine to bar Russian Citizens from entering country without a visa come July

EU commission recommends making Ukraine a member candidate

Globe and Mail

AFN suspends National Chief RoseAnne Archibald as it opens probe into complaints against her 

Rogers strikes deal to sell Freedom Mobile to Quebecor for $2.85 billion

Bear markets are usually brief and nasty - but a recovery can take years

Canada's mortgage stress test is saving us from financial ruin. Will the haters finally admit it?

What the crypto crash says about Pierre Poilievre's judgment

Quebec nationalism's latest surge: it did not begin here, and it will not end here

Women make up the most compelling candidates in the UCP leadership race

BC developer freeing up empty rental units for refugees

Health Canada to drop COVID Alert contact-tracing app immediately as rule changes limit usefulness 

Central Bankers are just as flustered by inflation as the rest of us

Vettel uses Canadian Grand Prix to protest oil sands

Flood stage in BC could remain for weeks with prolonged snowmelt or rain: expert

Mélanie Joly's office missed e-mail alerting them to Russian embassy party 

Brian Mulroney says Queen Elizabeth was steadfast supporter of his efforts to end apartheid in South Africa

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner exits Patrick Brown's campaign to consider run for UCP leadership

Liberals table bill responding to Supreme Court decision on extreme intoxication

YouTube 'disappointed' by amendments to Liberals' online-streaming bill

New privacy bill sets out rules on personal data, artificial intelligence

Conservative leadership campaign in quiet phase before stepped-up convention 

Ottawa considers changes that would open door to more lending for First Nations

It's not just Mendicino playing bob and weave with the Emergencies Act

What can we learn from 1935'a On-to-Ottawa Trek, a convoy of the disillusioned

CBC

Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald suspended

AFN national chief under investigation over bullying, harassment  allegations

Former Chief Justice McLachlin says she'll stay on Hong Kong court despite crackdown on human rights 

Women working with RCMP suffered 'shocking' levels of violence, sex assaults, says report 

CBSA backtracks on commitment to track all children separated from a parent

Army gets its first Indigenous commander as Lt-General Jocelyn (Joe) Paul takes over

Liberals introduce bill to eliminate self-induced extreme intoxication as a legal defence 

Convoy protests showed Supreme Court security should 'be a priority': Chief Justice

The way CSIS applies for warrants undermines national security probes, report warns 

Proof of COVID-19 vaccination no longer required in House of Commons on Monday

GG's office had no role in controversial catering bill, military says

Freedom Convoy protesters set to return to Ottawa for Canada Day, stay through summer

RCMP updates its 'core values' for the first time in 25 years with commitments to reconciliation, diversity

Chrystia Freeland details $8.9B in measures to tackle affordability in first major speech since budget

Indigenous sisters hope for exoneration after almost 30 years in prison system

Privacy bill sets out rules on use of personal data, artificial intelligence 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Flood stage in BC could remain for weeks with prolonged snowmelt or rain: expert 

BC directs pharmacies to keep some types of baby formula behind counter

Why a new international vaccine deal is being called a 'devastating global failure'

'You're guilty until proven innocent': Doctors question Ontario's automatic licence suspensions for drivers with certain medical conditions

BC reports 50 more COVID-19 deaths, 276 hospitalized

'This is not a coalition': NDP had good ideas, but Liberals are in charge, Chrystia Freelands says

BC firms must pay for tax decisions made before rules were changed: SCOC

RCMP emergency alert policy in place nearly two years after Nova Scotia shooting spree

Assembly of First Nations suspends National Chief RoseAnn Archibald pending probe

Do you think Justin Trudeau can win another election?

Montreal AIDS conference organizer warns of 'catastrophe' if delegates denied visas 

Urgent changes needed to ensure CSIS can carry out intelligence mandate: spy watchdog

Ottawa police say this year's Canada Day will see 'unprecedented' security response

Only in America you say? Don't kid yourself, conspiracy theories are alive and well in Canada

Threat of recession is the biggest economic problem facing Canada - not inflation.

Pierre Poilievre's Campaign accuses Patrick Brown of breaking the law in Conservative leadership race

Chrystia Freeland slams Pierre Poilievre as 'economically illiterate'

Ottawa touts $8.9-billion plan to help Canadians battered by inflation, as critics pan announcement as 'uncacceptable'

Alberta MP Michelle Rempel Garner ponders run for UCP leadership - and walking away from Patrick Brown's federal campaign

Justin Trudeau appears to contradict top minister over why the Emergencies Act was used

Was Chrystia Freeland wrong about inflation? Not according to her

If Justin Trudeau really wants us to trust government, here's what he needs to do

Toronto Sun

Trudeau government not telling the truth on passport delays

Is anyone at Trudeau's cabinet table competent?

Woman brutally set ablaze un suspected random attack on TTC bus in Etobicoke

Ontario housing targeted by money launderers, realtor group says

Pump prices driving conversion to cheaper propane 

Growing number of companies end mandatory vaccination as COVID-19 restrictions ease

Jagmeet Singh has some explaining to do

Canada's competition agency reiterates opposition to Rogers-Shaw deal

Quebec court approves $200.9 settlement against Desjardins over data breach

The fading dream of Camelot in a cold country

Out of control gas prices are putting home care at risk

Passport lines due to Trudeau government incompetence

Rising inflation an enemy of bank accounts and political careers

Trudeau government repackages old promises to fight inflation

Canada's nanny state wants to label ground beef unhealthy

Freeland's boss is 'economically illiterate'

National Post

Rogers, Shaw make deal to sell Freedom Mobile to Quebecor for $2.85B in hopes of getting merger approval  

Taxpayer hit with a TFSA over contribution penalty takes the CRA to court

UCP leadership contender Danielle Smith wants Alberta to ignore federal laws it doesn't like

Competition Bureau doubles down on objections to Rogers deal for Shaw 

Airport authorities didn't expect 'pent up demand for air travel' this early

Canada became a money laundering capital while Ottawa slept 

Chrystia Freeland ins't interested in your questions about the Emergencies Act

F1 driver Sebastian Vettel arrives at Montreal Grand Prix in anti-oilsands T-shirt

Macleans                           

I'm on a waitlist of nearly100,000 Nova Scotians hoping to find a family doctor 

Global          

Cullen Commission Report: BCLC boss warned execs of no bonuses if casino revenue targets not met 

Future of Vancouver Formula E race in question as city dropped from provisional calendar

Second monkeypox cases confirmed in British Columbia

Okanagan Lake above full pool, level will continue rising, say regional officials

'People need to go to jail': BC whistleblowers let down by final report into money laundering 

Vancouver street artists craft mural for Chinatown business that challenged graffiti taggers

Family friendly drag show in Victoria cancelled after threatening phone calls: Police

Floods to persist in BC with unstable weather forecasts, experts say

Sea to Sky Bus service to resume Wednesday as marathon transit strike ends

BC pharmacists asked to keep specialized baby formula behind the counter

Snowpack levels across BC twice their normal levels: Provincial officials

COVID-19: Hospital admissions, case count continue downward spiral in BC

BC man awaiting extradition to US for alleged dark web drug and money laundering operation

BC's Police watchdog says guard's treatment of prisoner could be torture

Vancouver chosen to host FIFA World Cup 2026 games as part of North American bid

Indigenous family files complaint over elder's hospital treatment: Island Health admits 'racism occurs'

Emergencies Act, 'Freedom Convoy' records withheld until days before inquiry end: PCO

New Liberal bill targets 'negligent' extreme intoxication after Supreme Court ruling

Liberals running out of time to deliver youth dental care pledge as costs soar

'We need answers': Men detained in bogus Parliament Hill bomb threat demand apology

House of Commons to suspend COVID-19 vaccine mandate for MPs, staff, visitors

Ottawa's cyber security bill has 'good bones' - but secrecy rules need work, experts say

Miscellaneous            

New Polls suggests Horgan's NDP in for a whole new world of hurt, maimed by its legacy of failure

Broadway plan - Parks and POPS

FIFA confirms Vancouver as World Cup 2026 host city

Canadians with disabilities shouldn't hav to choose between poverty and death

Trout Lake gets floating island to improve biodiversity, purify water

SFU Professor emeritus Tim Takaro sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating Trans Mountain injunction 

'We were felons'

How a "Perfect Storm" could flood the Musqueam Reserve

The Data shows taxing empty homes works

Making the city kinder to fold with dementia

BC Doctors and Lawyers team up to help kids of divorce

Five people died in a landslide. BC wants to know why

Small City, Big Problem. Welcome to Pitt Meadows

First Nations are fighting fire with fire