Government House leader responds to apparent leak of NSICOP reportDuration: 02:57Government House leader Mark Holland says he is ‘deeply concerned that classified information in this country would be treated with such carelessness’ while speaking with reporters before the cabinet meeting.

English FrenchOHSWEKEN, Ontario, March 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Indspire is pleased to announce that the much-anticipated 2023 Indspire Awards will have an even broader scope for celebration this year. This year’s event will not only honour twelve exceptional Indigenous achievers, but will also commemorate 30 years of Indigenous excellence, welcoming past Indspire Laureates to a generation-spanning event along with the 2023 Awards recipients. The 2023 Indspire Awards will be celebrated during a star-studded gala on May 11, 2023, at the Edmonton Convention Centre in Edmonton, AB. “The 2023 Indspire Awards will be a multilayered celebration, one which honours the 2023 Indspire Laureates as well as the hundreds of Laureates who have received accolades in the three decades since the Awards’ inception,” said Mike DeGagné, President & CEO of Indspire. The 2023 Indspire Awards will be broadcast nationwide in June on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, the CBC Listen app and APTN.

Dr. Mike von MassowOntario Agricultural College food economist Dr. Mike von Massow discussed high grocery prices with media outlets. Appearing on CBC The National, von Massow said he’s not convinced grocers are establishing excessively high food prices to fuel inflation. On air with CBC Radio, von Massow offered his thoughts on the latest developments of the federal government’s inquiry into grocer profits. In an opinion piece for The Globe and Mail, von Massow discussed the various factors behind why food costs are so high. A professor in the Department of Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics von Massow researches retail and restaurant food demand, supply chain management, and value chain structure and performance.

© Copyright – 2023 – Athletics IllustratedApparently all Ukrainian Olympic sports federations are signing a document Thursday, March 9 that will be addressed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The request is for the IOC to uphold its ban of Russia and Belarus from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The signing will place at the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine in Kyiv. “World Athletics is appalled by developments in Ukraine and condemns the Russian military invasion,” World Athletics wrote in a statement. Russian athletes won dozens of medals.

TORONTO — TikTok is experiencing the fastest rate of growth among Canadians, but is also the least trusted social media platform in the country, a new report said. However, trust levels for social media platforms declined significantly from 2021, with just one in 10 Canadians having high trust in such apps. Trust in TikTok was particularly low, falling so far that the app replaced Facebook as Canada's least trusted social media organization. Only one in 10 of the people surveyed said they have a high degree of trust in Facebook, TikTok or Twitter. Some 40 per cent per cent had low trust in Twitter, up from 31 per cent in 2021.

If so, it will be a disturbing reality long after Trudeau, Biden, Macron, Sunak and European heads of state are long gone. This is the grand context behind Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, and it is authentic and prescient to the Russian people. There is only one way this Russian expansionism ends, which will occur when the Russian people have had enough. When they see they are sacrificing for the war effort at home only to see defeat abroad, they will combine to bring about change. This will be a long war, not because neither side can win but because one side has delusions of grandeur that can only be overturned at home.

It has not yet been formally presented to the Toronto District School Board. The mom, together with local advocacy group Parents of Black Children, held a news conference Tuesday to outline the allegations. The Parents of Black Children praised the Toronto board for its swift action. According to Bird, it removes staff from a work location to allow time to fully understand what has occurred. Spokesperson Bird said this is not accurate and no further staff have been put on home assignment.

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Share This:twitterfacebookThis week we bring you a series of updates about Coastal Gaslink Pipeline, including recent acts of sabotage against the project and actions against RBC. On February 24th, a report emerged on BC Counter-Info, claiming several acts of sabotage along the Coastal Gaslink pipeline route. The report back reads:Over the past few months, several sections of the coastal gaslink pipeline have been vandalized. The freedom of information requests that revealed this information also showed that the intentional non-inspection of CGL coincided with an internal DFO concern about the abnormal number of fish deaths occurring during CGL pipeline construction. Also in Coastal Gaslink news, Wet’suwet’en land defenders recently applied to the BC Supreme Court to have their criminal contempt charges stayed.

TORONTO — The Juno Awards are returning to Halifax next year. TORONTO — The Juno Awards are returning to Halifax next year. Halifax will host Juno Week events starting March 20, 2024, leading up to the awards show on March 24 at Scotiabank Theatre. This year's Juno Awards take place in Edmonton this week, with the broadcast featuring top nominees and a slew of performances airing Monday. The Canadian Press

‘I climbed all my mountains’: Liberal MP Marc Garneau retires from politicsOTTAWA — Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Marc Garneau is resigning after 15 years in politics in order to fulfil a promise to spend more time with his family. "Every one of you comes here to make Canada a better place," Garneau said in his speech Wednesday. Before heading home to Montreal, Garneau told reporters "it's kind of crazy" to be leaving the House of Commons. "Any end of any career is always an emotional time," Garneau said outside the House of Commons Wednesday evening. When I left the Navy, I went to become an astronaut, and when I left the Canadian Space Agency, I went to become a politician.

Halifax will host a revered lineup of JUNO Week events from March 20-24, 2024, culminating with the 53rd Annual JUNO Awards at Scotiabank Centre on Sunday, March 24, 2024. For first-access to JUNO Awards Broadcast ticket on sale information and updates, sign up at junoawards.ca/halifax. “Canada’s east coast has long been the home of many incredible musicians,” said Allan Reid, President & CEO, CARAS/The JUNO Awards. The 52nd Annual JUNO Awards and 2023 JUNO Week is being hosted in Edmonton, AB from Thursday, March 9 to Monday, March 13, 2023, culminating in The JUNO Awards Broadcast. The 52nd annual JUNO Awards Broadcast will take place in Edmonton at Rogers Place on Monday, March 13, 2023.

MONTREAL, March 8, 2023 /CNW/ - On this International Women's Day, Women in Governance (WiG) proudly unveils the organizations that obtained its Parity CertificationTM. In 2022, a record number of 83 prestigious organizations have submitted their application to obtain WiG's Parity CertificationTM and over 700,000 employees are now working for a Parity certified organization in Canada and the United States. Five of them—Desjardins, Intact, National Bank, Sodexo, and Sun Life—are Parity CertificationTM "pioneer organizations", as they were enrolled in our very first cohort, back in 2017. The organization pursues its mission with its Parity CertificationTM, inspiring events, as well as governance training and mentoring programs. More about the Parity CertificationTM : https://paritycertification.orgSOURCE La Gouvernance au fémininCisionView original content: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2023/08/c1205.html

The Swedish government presented its NATO membership bill to the Riksdag on Wednesday, saying it was another important step on the road to joining the western alliance. Turkey has not yet given a date when it expects to approve the Nordic countries’ memberships. Turkey has not yet given a date when it expects to approve the Nordic countries’ memberships. Thursday meeting with TurkeyStoltenberg has convened a meeting March 9 between Turkey, Sweden and Finland at NATO headquarters in Brussels. “It is inconceivable that NATO would not act if your security was threatened.”Finland’s parliament approved the country’s NATO membership on March 1 with a vote of 184-7.

This art treasure hunt might be what you’re looking for – CBC.caAn Idaho public university is under pressure to explain why it has removed several artworks about reproductive health and abortion from an upcoming exhibition at the Center for Arts & History. Artists were told their work violated Idaho state law that took effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion enshrined in Roe v Wade. Free speech observers have warned that the Supreme Court’s removal of federal abortion protections will soon be felt through censorship in the cultural realm. Jeremy Young, Pen America’s senior manager for free speech and education, said the ban on abortion inevitably led to a ban on speech, especially in educational settings. “You can’t ban abortion without banning speech about abortion, as Lewis-Clark students are now discovering,” he said.