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Braid: Nenshi gets a UCP legislature welcome like Stalin might have faced
Nenshi is Alberta’s leading political performer. Drama flows whenever he opens his mouth — and in today’s politics, drama is far more powerful than pleas for calm and reason
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Ex-Mayor Nenshi joins NDP race; slams Smith's 'playground fights'
Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi offers himself as the outsider who can build a broad coalition to defeat the UCP and defend core values of tolerance and inclusion.
The Bank of Canada has announced its key overnight interest rate will remain at five per cent, keeping its benchmark the same for the fourth time in a row.
Tiff Macklem, said discussions at the Bank of Canada are now shifting from how high to how long.
www.cbc.ca/news/business/bank-of-canada-interest-rate-january-1.7093055
Horrifying moment professional skier smashes into a CHAIRLIFT during huge jump and flip at popular Canadian resort
Keen skier Ivan Jones crashed into the chairlift at Lake Louise Ski Resort
The horrifying video of the crash has over 900,000 likes on Instagram
Jones emerged from the collision uninjured - except for some bruises
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13159271/ivan-jones-skier-chairlift-collision-video.html
Canadians will get a look at the state of federal finances when Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland tables her budget next month.
The government has been trying to rein in spending after years of big COVID-era budget deficits that more than doubled the national debt to roughly $1.2 trillion — a debtload that is costing Ottawa tens of billions of dollars a year to finance in an era of higher interest rates.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-budget-april-16-2024-1.7132999
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that police must obtain a warrant before requesting a Canadians’ internet protocol address in a significant victory for privacy advocates.
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court asserted that Canadians have Charter-protected privacy rights when it comes to cops requesting information about their online activities.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10329818/supreme-court-police-ip-warrant-canada/
Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney dies at 84, daughter announces
Born of modest means, he was PM from 1984 to 1993, winning two majorities. Mulroney is remembered for free trade, the GST and environmental pacts focused on acid rain and the ozone layer.
He was one of Canada's most controversial prime ministers. Unafraid to tackle the most challenging issues of his era, Mulroney pursued politics in a way that earned him devoted supporters — and equally passionate critics
A special avalanche warning was issued Thursday for most of the regions in Alberta and B.C. monitored by Avalanche Canada.
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Significant snow has fallen in many backcountry recreational areas and this new snow is sitting on weaker layers from early February, said Avalanche Canada. The natural avalanche activity has slowed, but events triggered by humans remain likely.
The government’s terrorist threat assessment agency is warning that extremists motivated by the Israel-Hamas conflict could attack crowds at events in Canada.
The Integrated Terrorist Assessment Centre (ITAC) predicted attacks could target protests, cultural centres, diplomatic posts “or other symbols of Israeli or Palestinian interests in Canada.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/10308061/threat-report-hamas-israel-attack-canada/
BCE Inc. is selling off 45 of its 103 regional radio stations as it cuts nine per cent of its workforce, including journalists and other workers at its Bell Media subsidiary.
The affected stations are in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
The company announced Thursday in an open letter signed by chief executive Mirko Bibic that 4,800 jobs “at all levels of the company” would be cut.
Honda has issued a recall for 66,846 vehicles in Canada due to possible complications with airbag sensors in front passenger seats.
The recall involves the Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V, Fit, HR-V, Insight, Odyssey, Pilot, Passport and Ridgeline, as well as the Acura MDX, RDX and TLX. The model years are between 2020 and 2022.
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Premier Danielle Smith is going further than any other Canadian leader in regulating transgender treatment and surgery. She will virtually outlaw any mention of sex in the classroom
Why on earth is she suddenly so determined to regulate things that aren’t even happening, including mythical transgender surgeries under age 18
It’s about her United Conservative Party, of course.
in November, UCP members will vote on a simple question: Do you approve of Leader Danielle Smith, yes or no?
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he is against the use of puberty blockers for transgender minors, arguing that children should be able to “make adult decisions when they become adults.”
He made the comment during a press conference on Parliament Hill on Wednesday after facing three consecutive days of questions from reporters on where he stands on Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recently announced policies on children’s trans and sex-ed issues.
Canadian cybersecurity researchers are voicing concern and urging people to be vigilant after reports that a staggering 26 billion records have been exposed in a “supermassive leak.”
According to the organizations CyberNews and Security Discovery, data from popular platforms including LinkedIn, X (formerly known as Twitter), Dropbox and Adobe has been exposed in what the research team refers to as the “mother of all breaches.”
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#Air Quality
Calgary under special air quality statement
Another issue confronting Calgarians on Sunday was a decline in air quality. Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement, advising stagnant winter weather is creating elevated pollution levels. Poor air quality will continue until pollutants mix away from the surface, which could be as late as mid-week, it said.
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