Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday: May 27-29, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday-Monday, May 27-29,  2023

Alberta Election

Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party wins majority government in Alberta  

Danielle Smith wins over Albertans, but governing a divided province won't be easy

Alberta re-elects UCP government, CBC News projects 

Danielle Smith's UCP wins majority

Danielle Smith's UCP to form next government after tight race

Where are the Alberta results? Two hours after polls close, voters want to know 

Election Day arrives in Alberta  

Record early voting reported in Alberta as Canada's green agenda hangs in the balance

Will Mondays provincial election put Alberta on a 'continued collision' course with Ottawa?

They're frustrated, not apathetic, We spoke with undecided voters in a battleground riding

Alberta's most conservative and progressive ridings, ranked

Tax cuts or tax credits? Economic diversification questions loom for next Alberta government 

UCP, NDP roll out top post-election priorities 

Polls closed in deeply polarized province

Despite the wild and angry campaign, Alberta will settle down 

Next government confronts familiar tests - volatile oil prices and planning for future 

Alberta votes in the strangest - and closest - election in its political history 

Why Danielle Smith is poised to win, despite scandal chaos 

Danielle Smith wants to go after my record. I'm proud o my record: Rachel Notley

Ukraine/Russia War

Russia attacks Ukraine with 140 missiles and drones 

Unbowed behind bars: Read Putin critic Ilya Yashin's letter from a Moscow prison

Election day in Alberta after heated campaign between Danielle Smith, Rachel Notley 

Promise tracker: What Alberta's UCP and NDP pledge to do if they win the election 

Economy, health care, trust:  Alberta election campaign hits final day before vote 

Leaders make final pitches ahead of Alberta election 

Russia strikes Kyiv in daylight after hitting Ukraine's capital with series of nighttime barrages 

These seniors stayed in Ukraine's war zone as thousands fled. Here's how they've survived - and why they won't leave 

Ukraine seeks to defend Kyiv as Russia ramps up attacks on capital city

Globe and Mail

Halifax wildfire leads to evacuation orders for thousands of homes 

Several homes burned in Halifax wildfire, more than 16,000 evacuated

Northeastern BC wildfire grows as evacuations return north of Fort St. John 

NDP MP informed she is being targeted by China as party renews call for inquiry 

Parliament votes down Conservative motion against safe supply of drugs 

Canadian companies adopt 'stay interviews' as workers rethink careers, needs

Canada on track for 100 million population but public support can't be taken for granted: Century Initiative CEO 

US motorist with sign claiming to have an explosive device drives to Canadian border 

BC police say remains of Madison Scott, last seen in 2011, have been found 

Pierre Poilevre is right about one thing: Special rapporteur is a fake job 

Ask yourself when voting: How do I elect a good politician?

Hockey's reckoning with gambling is coming, but until then everyone is too busy cashing in 

The Johnston report puts the NDP on a tightrope. But how high is it?

Heritage Minister reviewing CBC's mandate with eye to making it less reliant on advertising 

MPs return to Parliament Hill for first time since Johnston recommended agains a public inquiry on foreign interference 

Minister says his door is open to Facebook and Google over Bill C-18, but he won't be moved by threats  

When the (literal) Laurentian elite forget who they are and who's listening to them 

Ottawa's token gesture for lowering credit-card fees favours Bay Street over Main Street 

Canada's courts are in crisis, and Ottawa isn't doing enough about it 

The precarity of being Chinese in Canada 

CBC

NDP calls on Johnston to step down as special rapporteur on foreign interference 

Construction work starts on 24 Susses - but its future still in doubt 

CRA union searches for members who crossed picket line

What would it take for Canada to have a 'serious' debate about foreign interference?

Liberal minister calls former Governor General David Johnston's record 'opposite of partisan'

Trudeau  says Ottawa is ready to support fire-ravaged Nova Scotia 'in any ways we can'

Thinking the 'unthinkable': How China could change Canadas conversation about nuclear subs 

Parliament votes down Conservative motion against safe supply of drugs 

Minister says he's reviewing CBC's mandate with eye to making it less reliant on ads

Ottawa offering $95M to help Indigenous families learn about missing loved ones 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

BC creates anti-racism data committee, releases research priorities 

BC Police say remains of Madison Scott, last seen in 2011, have been found

Vancouver police investigating fatal shooting linked to gang conflict 

Vancouver police investigating fatal stabbing in city's west end 

Mechanical podium,  playfully dubbed 'explodium' aims to even BC's political field  

BC Premier David Eby calls two by-elections for June 24 

Northeastern BC wildfire grows as evacuations return north of Fort St. John  

Is Toronto hurtling towards a 'city-cession'? New data paints a gloomy picture as consumer spending slows 

Drop David Johnston from foreign-interference job, Jagmeet Singh tells Trudeau  government 

Plan for fate of crumbling 24 Susses expected by fall, minister tells MPs

Government to recognize historical significance of Canada's ban on Chinese immigrants 

Minister reviewing CBC's mandate with eye to making it less reliant on advertising 

New Democrat MP says she is target of foreign interference by China 

Advisers on unmarked graves won't work with Hague-based organization Ottawa hired 

Lawyers raising concerns new bail laws won't be Charter compliant 

The undeniable Doug Ford factor in the Toronto election 

Furor over David Johnston report eclipses real threat - escalation of foreign interference 

Toronto Sun

OPP officer, school bus driver killed in crash near Woodstock  

Crombie stumbles, backtracks in her first week of Liberal leadership race 

Singh should take coalition off table if PM ignores inquiry call

Minister reviewing CBC's mandate with eye to making it less reliant on advertising 

Parents 'horrified' as TDSB researcher accused of plagiarism

Trudeau ignored NSICOP on foreign interference

Remembering their service, honouring they sacrifice 

Chow's drug policies will bring horrors of other cities to Toronto 

How about showing respect for others?

Will the real Bonnie Crombie please stand up?

Frustration grows for residents, councillor over Allan Gardens 

Detective Johnson doesn't think a crime was committed

Johnston's nixing of public inquiry illogical 

National Post

Singh calls for Johnston to be replaced as special rapporteur 

A temptation for prorogation lures the limping Liberals 

Jagmeet Singh just can't stop protecting Trudeau  

Federal government says it will have a plan for decrepit 24 Sussex Drive 'by the fall' 

House of Commons rejects Conservative motion to drop safe supply drug program  

Minister criticized as CRTC weighs which platforms to be covered by controversial streaming bill 

Canadian special forces warned about 'untouchable soldiers' who have escaped punishment  

Liberals bring identity quotas to Canada Media Fund 

Tougher bail is meaningless without enforcement 

How Sandra Oh made Canada's ;ost for the Queen's funeral - and Julie Payette didn't 

Global          

Women's Health providers slam Surrey Memorial Hospitals resource crisis in letter 

Remains of BC woman missing for 12 years found on rural Vanderhoof property 

Suspect in Lynn Valley library stabbings pleads guilty to all charges 

Rejected 5 times, divisive Vancouver Chinatown condo back for decision 

Indoor smoking: Vancouver may cast aside ban at some supervised drug consumption sites 

Employees of embattled BC housing provider Atria unionize, joining BCGEU

Commuter chaos in the Fraser Valley after 2 trucks strike different overpasses

BC lays out roadmap for anti-racism research into government services 

Uber launching service in Victoria and Kelowna next week 

Nova Scotia wildfires: Province 'on edge' as thousands evacuated, states of emergency declared 

'There's a big fire behind us': How one NS family escaped the raging blaze  

Johnston must step aside as special rapporteur, NDP motion urges 

NDP's Jenny Kwan says CSIS revealed China is targeting her

What to know as Air Canada pilots eye possible bargaining this summer 

Uganda anti-LGBTQ2 law blasted by Canada, allies: 'Abhorrent'

Conservative motion to condemn Liberals on safe. drug supply fails in House 

More Canadian companies adopt 'stay interview's amid push to retain staff 

Plan to restore 24 Sussex, PM's official residence, to come by fall: minister 

Miscellaneous            

Looking back at the Legal Battle over the Monterey Reserve  

How the hunt for Big Trees 'Helped Me Ease up on Myself'

The Good and Bad of BC's Homes for People plan

Forcing Drug users into treatment ins wrong, dangerous and ineffective 

The lovely, lonely lobbies of Burnaby's past 

The myth of increased transit violence