What is being written is a push pull of personal experiences and readings over the past 5 decades. Most recent impressions come from an 80 day road trip across Canada, currently stopping throughout Nova Scotia, since mid-May 2022.
Continue reading Agriculture in Canada
By Jacob Cardinal, Alberta Native News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
(ANNews) – On February 14, 2022 Canada made history as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau enacted the Emergencies Act, a “last resort” effort to bring an end to the trucker convoy protests and blockades. On February 23, after the international border blockades were cleared and the Ottawa three-week “occupation” disbanded, the Act was revoked.
Continue reading Controversial Emergency Act revoked following the dismantling of blockades and occupation of OttawaBy Michael Potestio, Kamloops This Week, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Frank Caputo will vote against implementing the Emergencies Act to address weeks-long Freedom Convoy protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates that have resulted in a vehicle-clogged downtown Ottawa and border blockades across the country.
“I will be opposing it,” Caputo told KTW, arguing implementing the act should be legislation of the last resort.
It is the stance interim Conservative Leader Candace Bergen has said her party is taking as Parliament on Thursday (Feb. 17) began debating the federal Liberal government’s temporary special measures, which were invoked Monday for the first time since the act was created in 1988 to replace the War Measures Act.
Continue reading Conservatives will vote against implementing Emergencies ActBy Owen Fullerton, YGK News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has declared a state of emergency in response to the ongoing protest in Ottawa and blockades at key border crossings in Ontario.
Continue reading Ontario: Premier declares state of emergency amidst extended protestsNew Canadian Media editor’s note: This story uses pseudonyms or anonymous sources. Our ethical guidelines require that all claims must be corroborated and backed up by evidence and credible sources who are clearly identified. However, this isn’t always possible to do when security and safety issues, for instance, are at play. Please review this guide here: https://newcanadianmedia.ca/hub/naming-sources-in-stories/ to learn more about the ethics behind naming sources and using anonymous ones.\
By Fabian Dawson, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The conspicuous absence of South Asian truck drivers in the so-called Freedom Convoy that is protesting border vaccine mandates in Ottawa, is reflective of the community’s willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19, say industry experts.
Continue reading Freedom Convoy shunned by South Asian truck drivers
