O’Regan is set to visit Grassy Narrows First Nation today — a community poisoned by mercury after industrial waste was dumped in the English-Wabigoon river system, causing symptoms in residents including impaired peripheral vision, hearing, speech and thinking. But Grassy Narrows Chief Rudy Turtle has said there has been little action on the project since then. ——CENTRAL BANK TO MAKE INTEREST-RATE DECISIONBank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz is widely expected to leave his trend-setting interest rate unchanged today — and he appears in no hurry to move the rate any time soon. ——ALSO IN THE NEWS:— Quebec judge will determine today if the criminal case against SNC-Lavalin proceeds. — A court appearance is scheduled today for the lawyers of Maxim, Alexander and Oxana Berent, who are accused of staging an anti-Semitic attack in their Winnipeg cafe.

Source: National Post May 29, 2019 08:15 UTC