Rookie MP-elect Blake Desjarlais reflects on the campaign, his upbringing on the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement and how the prejudice he faced as a teenager is driving his desire for a more just society.
Day: September 24, 2021
When you think of workplace injuries, the physical ones caused by operating heavy and dangerous machinery might come to mind. But worker’s compensation boards across Canada are seeing increases in invisible injury claims.
In a New York Times opinion piece, veteran TV news executive Shelley Ross said CNN anchor Chris Cuomo sexually harassed her by squeezing her buttocks at a party in 2005. Cuomo wrote in an email at the time that he was “ashamed” and apologized for his behaviour.
On September 17, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at the Regional Reception Centre, a federal multi-level security institution.
On September 8, 2021, Rumina Velshi, CNSC President and CEO, delivered a keynote address on the prospects for small modular reactors at the World Nuclear Association’s annual symposium. She provided the CNSC’s perspective on the need for greater international harmonization and coordination in the regulation of nuclear energy, and with respect to emerging technology.