CENTRE WELLINGTON –The Fergus Grand Theatre is proud to present A Field Guide to Rural Living, starring Dan Needles and Ian Bell, on Oct. 14 at 8pm. Bell sings both old songs and original compositions, many set in and around Southwestern Ontario. A Field Guide to Rural Living is the follow-up show to True Confessions from the Ninth Concession, which played to a sold-out house at the Grand in 2019. Now these two Canadian icons are back again, with even more stories and songs celebrating life in rural Ontario, in all its hilarious glory. The previous show sold out in record time, and tickets for this year’s show are already going fast.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Easter weekend vacation in Montana cost taxpayers nearly a quarter of a million dollars, CBC News has learned — far more than the sum reported to Parliament. Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the U.S. Secret Service, said the Secret Service does not consider the motorcade as a gift. Federal law mandates that the United States Secret Service provide protection to any heads of state while on U.S. soil, he wrote in an email response. Guglielmi said information on the cost of the protection the Secret Service provided Trudeau was not readily available. As was the case with previous prime ministers, when travelling for personal reasons, the prime minister and any guests travelling with him reimburse an equivalent commercial airfare.

Stories produced by students in Concordia’s Department of Journalism and Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) in the Kahnawake Kanien’kehá:ka Territory will soon be featured on CBC Radio. After the stories were first broadcast in April on CBC Radio’s Let’s Go in Montreal, CBC Holiday Programming requested an hour-long show that could air network wide. She spearheads the collaboration, which is based at the Department of Journalism’s Institute for Inclusive, Investigative and Innovative Journalism (I3J). Another includes elementary school students at Kateri School in the community, singing traditional songs. “We had a few feature-type longer stories that we needed to create and most grew from KSS students’ ideas, which are great,” Snell says.

Campus and CommunityBy Janet HarronMessage in a Bottle is the Coast Lines title for September and October. It is the current Coast Lines Book Club selection for September–October 2023. Coast Lines Book ClubHolly Hogan will appear with Shelly Kawaja (BA’02, MA’04, author of Raw Light of Morning) at Coast Lines and Coffee on Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Emera Innovation Exchange, Signal Hill Campus, in a panel discussion moderated by Angela Antle (BA’91, PhD candidate). Established in 2020, the Coast Lines Book Club encourages the university community and friends to connect through a common love of reading and interest in the Newfoundland and Labrador literary landscape. Visit the website for more information on Coast Lines and how to join.

Often underappreciated is the impact on mental health and wellbeing that the climate emergency can have for Indigenous communities. This lack of response is not unique to Northern Canada. Communities are facing the layered mental health impacts of increasingly having to stay indoors after the long winter, disrupting cultural practices. These health system changes require mobilisation of funding that is not currently available, deep courage from healthcare leadership, and the true and real embodiment of the urgency we face to create change. We urgently need healthcare system transformation within Canada and abroad.

(Photo credit: TNRL)The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) has welcomed its 2023 Writer in Residence, Jennifer Chrumka, who will be hosting public writing workshops at regional libraries and doing one-on-one consultations between now and December. Chrumka is a B.C.-based writer and a graduate of UBC’s Master of Journalism program and Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio. Chrumka is the fourth in the TNRL’s “Residence” program, which began in 2019 with Writer in Residence Deryn Collier and continued in 2021 with Screenwriter in Residence Ken Hegan. In 2022 the Musician in Residence program featured Jeremy Kneeshaw, Margit Gossage, and Tina Hebner. You can learn more about the Writer in Residence program, register, and book a consultation at www.tnrl.ca/residencies.

OTTAWA — As observers are looking to a slew of high-profile U.S. lawsuits that could determine if generative AI violates copyright, so is the federal government — which doesn’t know how Canadian copyright law applies to systems like ChatGPT. Martin launched last month in the United States against OpenAI is only the latest court case alleging generative artificial intelligence systems infringe copyright by using copyrighted works without permission. In Canada, it’s unclear how the Copyright Act applies to these systems, according to a briefing note from Canadian Heritage obtained through access to information. “Rights holders argue the use of unlicensed copyright-protected works in the training of AI models infringes their copyright, and that regulation is needed,” the briefing note outlined. “Many industry stakeholders wanting to promote innovation and technology will oppose any regulation of AI.

WestJet is temporarily suspending flights between Canada's two biggest cities this winter, but plans to resume service between Toronto and Montreal next spring. So they're trading off Montreal and Toronto to fly [for] longer haul Canadian flights, he said in an interview. They're using the assets that were in Montreal and Toronto now to fly other long-haul markets [and] focusing in on non-stop services to and from Calgary. Gradek says it's hard to ignore the trend that WestJet is consolidating its efforts in its backyard of Western Canada, while Air Canada beefs up in its home turf in the East. It's an evolution of the typical hub strategy, Gradek said, where WestJet will orient itself around Calgary while Air Canada centres on Toronto and Montreal.

Legislative Assembly by artist Myrna Pokiak is dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Legislative Assembly by artist Myrna Pokiak is dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Legislative Assembly by artist Myrna Pokiak is dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). The MMIWG monument by N.W.T. Inuvialuit artist Myrna Pokiak was unveiled at the Legislative Assembly building in Yellowknife at 11 a.m. MT.

SCBC Skate Sharpening : Wednesday, October 11thPaul Fisher will be back on Wednesday, October 11th to provide our skaters with a skate sharpening service. Sharpening will be done in Dressing Room 2 on Pad A starting early morning until finished. Please leave skates, with payment inside one of the skates, in the cabinet in Dressing Room #2 in Arena Pad A after your skaters last session prior to October 11th. Skate s that are not placed in the cabinet will not be locked up and you risk losing them. Fees: $10.00 for Canskate to Star 1 Skate rs $15.00 for Star 2 and above skate rsFees can be paid by cash or cheque and should be placed inside one of the skate s. Cheques are to be made out to Fisher Sharpening .

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For more than a decade while it was in power, the former Conservative government railed against a great, faceless bureaucracy it blamed for undermining its ambitions for the Department of National Defence (DND). Blair also claimed that under the current government, defence spending is in the process of doubling to $40 billion annually. When the Conservatives cut the defence budget, that third category was the one that took a major hit. Perhaps that's a pause, a moment to pause for reflection and ask ourselves, is this really the time to cut the defence budget? He said it was rather a reduction in the pace at which we have been increasing the defence budget.

Fresh from his election win in Manitoba, NDP Leader Wab Kinew talks to Matt Galloway about becoming the first First Nations provincial leader in Canada; and delivering on campaign promises around health care, affordability and searching a landfill for two missing women.

October 4, 2023 —By now you already know, the NDP won a majority vote in the provincial election on October 3rd, 2023. The NDP won 34 seats, PC’s 22 and the Liberals won one seat. The win also added a new chapter to Manitoba’s history books with it’s first First Nations leader as Premier with Wab Kinew. Here is some of the coverage on election night and the day after with contributions from some of the University’s political experts. Christopher Adams, adjunct professor of political science with CBC: Dougald Lamont concedes to NDP in St. Boniface, steps down as Manitoba Liberal leaderRoyce Koop, professor of political studies with CityNews: Expert predicts NDP victory in final hours of Manitoba electionNiigaan Sinclair, Indigenous Studies professor with Your Morning: Manitoba NDP wins majority governmentRoyce Koop, professor of political studies with The Globe and Mail: NDP wins Manitoba election as Wab Kinew set to become first First Nations provincial premier in CanadaRéal Carrière, an assistant professor at University of Manitoba who specializes in Indigenous politics spoke with Reuters and was shared in the Daily Mail UK: Kinew to be Manitoba’s only First Nations premier as province elects NDP governmentChristopher Adams, adjunct professor of political science with CBC Manitoba Radio One: Wab Kinew says his party will be there to help you when you need it but you need to take the first steps

(Celeste Decaire/CBC - image credit)Ottawa's largest school board is shuffling kids and classrooms after finding fewer elementary students are enrolled than initially predicted. The chair of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) says each spring, a formula is built to predict how many students will attend its schools. 1,600 fewer students than expectedEnrolment at elementary schools is comparable to last year's figure, staying largely unchanged at just over 50,500 students. School board trustee Lyra Evans, running for reelection in Rideau Vanier-Rideau Rockcliffe. The Ottawa Catholic School Board said it will present enrolment numbers at the Oct. 11 board meeting.