Today, Andy Fillmore, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Josie Osborne, British Columbia’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, announced funding for 27 local infrastructure projects in the Okanagan-Kootenay Region. They were accompanied by Roly Russell, British Columbia’s Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development and Member of Legislative Assembly for Boundary-Similkameen, Mike Allison, Councillor of the Upper Similkameen Indian Band, Her Worship Suzan Hewat, Mayor of Kaslo, and Sadie Hunter, Kamloops City Councillor.
Day: July 15, 2021
On July 13, 2021, Murray John Hayton, an inmate from William Head Institution died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney reiterated his government’s pledge to hold a referendum on equalization payments, an issue the province has no power to unilaterally change.
A new survey confirms unpublished public health data that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is higher among Black Canadians than among white or non-Black racialized people.
Homes in Barrie, Ont. were seriously damaged Thursday after a suspected tornado touched down in the region.