A state of emergency has been declared in Iqaluit after city staff found evidence of fuel contamination in the city’s treated water supply. The water is unsafe to drink, even if filtered or boiled, the municipal health department said.
Day: October 12, 2021
2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa tells Power & Politics democracy is at stake in her native Philippines in the upcoming 2022 presidential elections.
Today, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, held a bilateral meeting in Washington, D.C., with the United States Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen.
Led by their October-tested stars, the Houston Astros are going back to the AL Championship Series for the fifth straight year. Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer, scored four times and stole a base, and Houston eliminated the Chicago White Sox with a 10-1 victory in Game 4 of their AL Division Series on Tuesday.
The highest court in the country heard arguments Tuesday on the constitutionality of a controversial section of the Criminal Code which says self-induced intoxication cannot be used as a defence.