His Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Glace Bay and Shawinigan returned home today from a four-month deployment with Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) in the Baltic Sea under Operation REASSURANCE, Canada’s support to NATO deterrence and defence measures.
October 29, 2024 – Halifax, Nova Scotia – Department of National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces
His Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Glace Bay and Shawinigan returned home today from a four-month deployment with Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) in the Baltic Sea under Operation REASSURANCE, Canada’s support to NATO deterrence and defence measures.
This deployment facilitated NATO objectives, highlighting Canada’s commitment to international security and stability, while providing the Royal Canadian Navy with the flexibility to conduct various exercises and operations with allies and partners. Participation in joint-NATO missions like Operation REASSURANCE strengthens diplomatic relationships and promotes shared security principles, defence professionalization, and capacity building among nations.
During their deployment, both ships took part in training exercises with the SNMCMG1 Naval Taskforce, which included sailors and ships from the German Navy, Latvian Naval Forces, Lithuanian Naval Forces, Portuguese Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy, and Belgian Navy. While deployed, and in support of enhanced vigilance activities, beginning on August 29 HMCS Shawinigan monitored a Russian submarine and surface vessel through the Baltic and North Seas before handing over responsibility to His Majesty’s Ship Iron Duke, of the Royal Navy on September 1.
“I am extremely proud of our sailors in His Majesty’s Canadian Ships Glace Bay and Shawinigan. These crews operated in an area of strategic importance which demonstrated Canada’s commitment to our NATO Allies, contributed to maritime security and directly supported a variety of Canadian interests across the region. Along the way we visited some of the most beautiful areas in the world and developed lasting relationships with our shipmates and Allies, bringing Canadian value everywhere we sailed.”
Lieutenant-Commander Paul Morrison, Task Force Commander
Media Relations Department of National Defence Phone: 613-904-3333 Email: mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca
Today, Anne Kelly, the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada, issued the following statement:
OTTAWA, October 29, 2024 – Today, Anne Kelly, the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada, issued the following statement:
“I welcome the Office of the Correctional Investigator’s (OCI) 2023-2024 Annual Report and thank them for their work and recommendations. Our work in delivering effective corrections is something we take to heart and our response to the report outlines the ways we are addressing the recommendations put forward.
First and foremost, I want to thank the Correctional Investigator for acknowledging and recognizing the professionalism and dedication of CSC employees across our institutions. An organization is nothing without its people and our employees work hard every day to keep Canadians safe.
We continue to take action on ways to innovate within the correctional system. One of our major initiatives is the development of a new Offender Management System (OMS) that is more user-friendly, efficient, effective, and will improve how we work. This is a significant step forward in CSC’s goal of fulfilling its mandate by adopting more modern technology and practices.
In order to increase the safety and security of our facilities, all of our institutions are now equipped with various drone detection systems, which are producing positive results. From January 1 to June 30, 2024, out of 290 drone incidents, 98% of drones were detected. CSC has also deployed detector dogs in all regions – dogs specifically trained to also detect electronic storage devices, including cell phones. In addition, we continue to work with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) on innovative solutions to further reduce the entry of contraband within our correctional institutions.
CSC’s mandate is to contribute to public safety by assisting and supporting offenders in their rehabilitation and eventual return to our communities as law-abiding citizens. A key part of this is providing them with education, programming, interventions, and services that contribute to this end goal. Since 2021-2022, the percentage of offenders who:
upgraded their education prior to first release has increased by more than 15%;
completed a required correctional program prior to first release has increased by almost 10%; and,
received a vocational certificate has increased by 38%.
In addition, CSC has made significant efforts to increase access to culturally relevant interventions and programs for Indigenous offenders. In 2022-2023, there was a 144% increase from the previous year and, in 2023-2024, CSC saw a further 45% increase in the total number of Indigenous offenders transferred to Section 81 and CSC Healing Lodge facilities over the previous fiscal year.
Overall, during the past decade, there has been a steady and substantial improvement in the percentage of federal offenders not returning to federal custody within 5 years of sentence expiration:
from 83.3% in 2014-2015 to 89.9% in 2023-2024 for all offenders
89.4% for men in 2023-2024
96.2% for women in 2023-2024
from 74.8% in 2014-15 to 83.8% in 2023-24 for Indigenous offenders
from 88.7% in 2014-15 to 90.4% in 2023-24 for Black offenders
In June, we evacuated more than 220 maximum security inmates from Port-Cartier Institution, in Quebec, over a 24-hour period to avoid the raging wildfires that were threatening the area. In a letter to me dated August 8, 2024, the Correctional Investigator described the unprecedented transfers as “a feat” and agreed that “this large-scale operation in an emergency and high-security context was carried out masterfully.”
CSC’s ability to manage through these extraordinary challenges is due to the hard work, dedication, and resiliency of our staff, partners, volunteers, and stakeholders. I am incredibly proud of our team and the work they do to deliver on our mandate and keep Canadians safe.
Aujourd’hui, Sean Fraser, ministre du Logement, de l’Infrastructure et des Collectivités, a annoncé le Fonds d’innovation pour la réduction de l’itinérance, un fonds de 50 millions de dollars destiné à aider les communautés à mettre en œuvre des projets novateurs pour prévenir l’itinérance et procurer plus rapidement un logement aux personnes actuellement en situation d’itinérance.
Ottawa, Ontario, October 29, 2024 — Today, Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities announced the Homelessness Reduction Innovation Fund, a $50 million fund to help communities develop innovative projects to prevent homelessness and accelerate new homes for people currently experiencing homelessness.
The funding is part of the federal government’s $1 billion commitment to Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy, that was announced in Budget 2024.
The Minister announced this initiative at the annual Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness Conference (CAEH) in Ottawa. Through CAEH, funds will be distributed to communities to help channel investments into targeted, data-informed projects that reduce homelessness. The CAEH will offer one-on-one guidance and coaching to communities on their initiatives and share successful approaches with other communities across the country.
Further acknowledging the importance of partnerships in combatting homelessness, Minister Fraser also announced that the CAEH will receive more than $1.3 million in funding from the Veteran Homelessness Program to support their work with 26 communities working to end homelessness for Veterans through their Built for Zero Canada program. To date, three Built for Zero Canada communities have achieved functional zero Veteran homelessness: London, Ontario, St. Thomas-Elgin, Ontario and Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Eliminating chronic homelessness will take a coordinated effort. The federal government is committed to helping our most vulnerable and to working with communities and partners, including Veteran organizations, Indigenous partners, and housing providers to maintain safe, stable and affordable housing and eliminate chronic homelessness across the country.
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“Everyone deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. We will continue working with our partners, like CAEH, to tackle homelessness and provide Canadians in need with the support they deserve.”
The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
“Millions of Canadians have served and sacrificed for our country – one of these service members experiencing homelessness is one too many. That’s why we’re partnering with organizations across the country to bring an end to Veteran homelessness. The project led by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness project will meet communities where they are, build partnerships and share tried-and-tested practices to be there for Canada’s Veterans.”
The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
“As homelessness surges across the country, communities are struggling to respond. This fund is designed to support the kind of data-driven, rapid cycle continuous improvement that’s at the heart of all successful efforts to reduce homelessness. Taken together with new housing investments, we’re hopeful we can begin to reverse the lethal trajectory of homelessness in Canada.”
Tim Richter, President & CEO, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
Quick facts
Since 2015, the federal government has helped almost two million Canadians find a place to call home.
Reaching Home is a community-based program aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness across Canada. This program provides funding and support to urban, Indigenous, territorial and rural, and remote communities to help them address their local homelessness needs.
This fund is intended to foster sector partnerships and expertise to help communities in the development and use of data to accelerate efforts to reduce homelessness.
The Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec will collaborate on strategies to implement this funding in Quebec.
In September 2024, the federal government announced $250 million to address the urgent issue of encampments and unsheltered homelessness. The government is working with provincial, territorial, and municipal leaders to deliver this funding in communities across the country.
In 2024, the federal government announced $79.1 million over five years for the Veteran Homelessness Program, to fund local organizations that provide rent supplements, wraparound supports for veterans, and to provide funding for projects that build capacity to serve veterans experiencing homelessness.
The Veteran Homelessness Program funds projects under two streams:
Services and Supports Stream – $72.9 million for rent supplements and wrap-around services such as counselling and treatment for substance use.
Capacity Building Stream – $6.2 million for research and improved data collection; increase capacity of organizations to deliver tailored programs.
CAEH’s Sustain, Strengthen, & Expand Support for Communities to End Veteran Homelessness project will work with 26 participating communities using coaching, tools, and peer learning to support local real-time comprehensive data on Veteran homelessness, partnerships between homelessness response systems and Veteran-serving organizations, and local system improvements towards reducing and ending Veteran homelessness using a data driven approach.
Through Reaching Home, the Government of Canada is already investing $4 billion over 9 years to address homelessness. This includes investments announced in Budget 2021 and Budget 2022.
In December 2023, the federal government provided an additional $100 million to Reaching Home in order to help communities respond to unsheltered homelessness during the winter season.
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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (8th District of Illinois)
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Earlier this week, the U.S. Marshals Service announced the arrest of John Panaligan, who was wanted for allegedly murdering attorney Victor Jigar Patel, in Patel’s Northbrook, Illinois, office on December 7, 2016. At the time of his death, Patel, 36, was representing plaintiffs suing Panaligan in civil court. Panaligan’s arrest in Tepic, Mexico, and extradition ends a more than seven-year manhunt that led to Panaligan’s placement on the U.S. Marshals Most Wanted Fugitives list in 2020.
“Nearly seven years ago, Mrs. Patel contacted my office for help in pursuing justice for her husband. Since then, I have continually advocated for her family in that effort,” said Congressman Krishnamoorthi. “I want to express my appreciation for the Northbrook Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the other agencies involved for securing the arrest of the fugitive John Panaligan for the first-degree murder of Jigar Patel. It is my sincere hope that this arrest and the upcoming trial will help bring them the closure they deserve.”
Panaligan allegedly lured Patel to his law office by scheduling an appointment using an alias. Authorities believe Panaligan showed up wearing a disguise, which was captured on nearby security cameras, and then killed the victim in his office. Two days later, Panaligan was detained at the Canadian border for allegedly smuggling a firearm into Canada but was eventually allowed to return to the U.S., where he was interviewed by Northbrook Police in relation to Patel’s death. During the investigation, authorities executed multiple search warrants of Panaligan’s belongings and property. Evidence collected gave authorities reason to believe Panaligan was the prime suspect in Patel’s murder.
On October 24, 2024, at 5:10 pm, officers with the RCMP Roving Traffic unit conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle located on Highway 1, near Road 84W, in the RM of North Cypress-Langford.
The traffic stop led to the arrest of the driver, a 39-year-old male from Calgary, for the possession of Proceeds of Crime.
A search of the vehicle led to the seizure of a large sum of Canadian Currency.
The 39-year-old male was later released from police custody for a court appearance scheduled for February 13, 2025, in Brandon, where he will face a charge of Possession of Proceeds of Crime over $5000.
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently accused North Korea of plans to send 10,000 soldiers to fight for Russia in Ukraine. South Korean intelligence later gave credence to Zelenskyy’s assertion, as the country’s legislators noted that North Korea has already dispatched 3,000 soldiers to Russia.
North Korea lending a helping hand to Russia is nothing new. The country has already provided Russia with significant munitions to supplement its depleted reserves. North Korean soldiers, in fact, are likely already fighting in the conflict.
North Korea’s alleged decision to send additional soldiers to fight demonstrates the inadequacy of the West’s actions. Wavering western commitment to Ukraine has not only made the situation in Ukraine worse, it’s compromised global security too.
Each side in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is seeking any and all assistance from its allies. In Russia’s case, western efforts to make Russian President Vladimir Putin a pariah caused him to turn to another pariah in the international order: North Korea.
Russian-North Korean diplomatic relations are longstanding. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin initially favoured relations with South Korea over its northern counterpart. But since Putin assumed power in 2000, Russia has strengthened its ties with North Korea, albeit with a few notable exceptions.
Russia has always been the dominant partner in the relationship. North Korea, however, has leveraged Russia’s diplomatic isolation for its own benefit. This explains why it’s providing soldiers to Russia on a scale that helps address the most immediate Russian concern: lessening the burden on its population.
Russia has employed mass mobilization in the conflict, but it has sought to push this burden onto the ethnic minorities and rural population of the country.
The protracted nature of the conflict, however, means that it’s increasingly difficult for Russia to disproportionately mobilize these elements. The more Putin’s government relies on ethnic Russians from the larger cities of the country, the more it puts his position under strain. Ten thousand North Korean soldiers will help alleviate this issue in the short term.
Despite North Korea’s diplomatic connections with Russia, it remains one of the world’s most isolated countries.
North Korea’s closest relationship is with China, which is both a blessing and a curse — a blessing because China, for its own reasons, frequently provides diplomatic cover for North Korean actions; a curse because it puts North Korea at risk of becoming dependent on China, even though their objectives do not often align.
North Korea’s deepening alliance with Russia is reminiscent of its strategy during the Cold War, when it maintained strong relations with both the Soviet Union and China to prevent itself from being subsumed by either.
North Korea will also receive substantive benefits from its alliance with Russia. An endemic problem for North Korea is food shortages. During the 1990s, as many as three million people died from starvation.
North Korean participation in the Russia-Ukraine war also gives the country opportunities to access Russian military training. While western analysts have criticized Russia’s military performance in terms of training and doctrine, it still represents a substantial upgrade for North Korea. Furthermore, there is no substitute for the live experience North Korean soldiers will amass on the battlefield.
Perhaps more worrisome is potential Russian aid for North Korea’s missile program. As one of the world’s nuclear powers, North Korea has lagged in its ability to deploy nuclear weapons, with its ballistic missile tests frequently ending in malfunctions, disasters or both.
Given the pressure that North Korea has been able to exert with its missile tests alone in recent years, any improvement in its capabilities has the potential to destabilize the Asia-Pacific region.
Global consequences for western inaction
Russia’s need for North Korean support will undoubtedly improve North Korea’s military technology, as well as provide its army with valuable military experience.
North Korea has in the past — and will likely in the future — stoke instability in the Asia-Pacific region. The gains North Korea has made from its partnership with Russia will only increase its ability to pose a threat in the region.
Western states, in so doing, not only put Ukraine in a disadvantageous position, but weakened their own security as well.
James Horncastle does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
On Thursday, October 24, at approximately 4:32 p.m., the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) received a notification from the Saskatchewan Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) regarding an individual who went into medical distress while lodged in cells at the Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP detachment.
SIRT’s Civilian Executive Director accepted the notification as within SIRT’s mandate and directed an investigation by SIRT.
On October 23, 2024, at approximately 3:30 p.m., RCMP responded to a report of a male sitting on the step of a residential address with possible facial injuries. The subject of the call, a 55-year-old man, was located and later removed from the residence at the request of its occupants. The man was transported to the Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP detachment to be lodged until sober. On October 24, at approximately 7:00 a.m., a detachment guard alerted RCMP members that the man had not moved for a period of time. The man was checked and determined to be breathing but non-responsive. EMS was contacted and transported the man to hospital in Fort Qu’Appelle. At approximately 3:50 p.m., RCMP were advised that the man had been transferred to hospital in Regina, where he remains in critical condition.
Following the notification, a SIRT team consisting of the Civilian Executive Director and four SIRT investigators were deployed to begin their investigation. A community liaison will also be appointed pursuant to S.91.12 (1) (a) of The Police Act, 1990. SIRT’s investigation will examine the conduct of police during this incident, including the circumstances surrounding the man’s detention and his time in custody. The RCMP will maintain responsibility for the investigation into the time preceding the man’s arrest, including the cause of the originally reported injury. No further information will be released at this time. A final report will be issued to the public within 90 days of the investigation ending.
SIRT’s mandate is to independently investigate incidents where an individual has died or suffered serious injury arising from the actions of on and off-duty police officers, or while in the custody of police, as well as allegations of sexual assault or interpersonal violence involving police.
For updates on SIRT investigations, follow SIRT on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SIRT_SK.
Thanks to Alberta’s highly productive economy, cutting red tape, and business-minded policies, Alberta has become the small business hub of Canada.
With strong, common-sense policies, Alberta is attracting more new business than ever before. Alberta saw an average of 1,945 more active businesses between January and July when compared with the same period last year. This 1.6 per cent increase far surpassed the Canadian average of 0.6 per cent. Alberta is the top destination for business innovation and creation, nationwide.
“Alberta is the economic engine of Canada and thanks to the strength of our business community, we are further diversifying our economy with strong, business-friendly policies that attract job-creating investment and sustain the Alberta Advantage that we are known for.”
Alberta’s active businesses numbers can be attributed to Alberta’s highly skilled and productive workforce, competitive business policies and low tax rates.
Making up 95 per cent of businesses in the province, Alberta’s small businesses employ almost 35 per cent of our private sector workforce and contribute 27 per cent of the province’s GDP.
“Small businesses are the heartbeat of Alberta, driving innovation and community spirit. They create jobs, support local economies and foster a sense of belonging. Investing in these enterprises is investing in a strong economic future for our province. We are proud to see such positive growth in our small business community in Q3.”
Many sectors are leading the charge, with Alberta’s world-class tourism industry continuing its strong performance in 2024. Alberta saw a notable increase in the number of active businesses in tourism transportation, travel services, recreation and entertainment, and food and beverage services. In fact, Alberta’s overall tourism businesses increased by 3.2 per cent in the first seven months of 2024 – the second-highest increase in Canada.
“Alberta has the fastest-growing economy in the country right now, with more new businesses starting, and productivity levels significantly higher than the national average. Higher productivity means higher paycheques and better living standards for Albertans. Maintaining and increasing the focus on economic growth and productivity, as well as energizing our key industries, will be critical to ensuring a bright economic future for our province.”
Alberta’s government is taking action to make sure the province remains a place where small businesses can start up, grow and thrive.
Alberta remains the best place to live, work, do business, invest and raise a family. Alberta’s government has a plan for ensuring sustainable provincial growth, supported by productive industries, and an ever-expanding resource extraction sector.
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The Cumberland Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit (CISCEU) has charged three people after receiving public complaints about the ongoing sale of cannabis from an illegal storefront in Amherst.
On October 17, officers with CISCEU attended the location on South Albion St. and safely arrested two people before executing a search warrant.
During the search, investigators seized hundreds of grams of illicit cannabis in various forms, as well as a quantity of psilocybin.
Yesterday, a third person was arrested in connection with the investigation.
Thirty-two-year-old Cody Edward Joseph Bowser-Knockwood of Dorchester, New Brunswick; 48-year-old Kevin Richard Gloade of Amherst; and 40-year-old Erika Lynn Nickerson of Amherst will appear in court at a later date to face the following charges:
Possession of Cannabis for the Purpose of Distributing
Possession of Cannabis for the Purpose of Selling
Possession of Unstamped Cannabis
The individuals are also charged with Possession of Psilocybin for the Purpose of Trafficking and Bowser-Knockwood and Gloade are charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime.
The Nova Scotia RCMP reminds residents that the only legal and safe way to purchase cannabis in the province is at licensed locations. And Nova Scotians are encouraged to contact their nearest RCMP detachment or local police to report crime, including the illegal sale of drugs, in their communities. Anonymous tips can be made by calling Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or using the P3 Tips app.
Note: The Cumberland Street Crime Enforcement Unit includes members of the Cumberland County District RCMP and the Amherst Police Department.
CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. (TSXV:CMC; OTC PINK:CWSFF) (“Cielo” or the “Company”), announces today that its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “AGM”), which was originally scheduled to be held today, Tuesday, October 29th, 2024, has been cancelled and is being rescheduled to be held during the week of December 16, 2024, the final date to be set in the coming days. The Company’s Board of Directors determined that it would be in the best interest of the Company to reschedule the AGM, primarily as a result of technical difficulties. The rescheduled AGM, which was originally to be held using Microsoft Teams, will instead be held as an in-person meeting, which is anticipated to allow for greater efficiency and transparency and improved communication.
Further details on the rescheduled AGM will be contained in a new Notice of Meeting and Management Information Circular that will be mailed to the shareholders of the Company as of the new record date and filed on SEDAR+.
ABOUT CIELO
Cielo is fueling renewable change with a mission to be a leader in the wood by-product-to-fuels industry by using environmentally friendly, economically sustainable and market-ready technologies. We are proud to advance our non-food derived model based on our exclusive licence in Canada for patented Enhanced Biomass to Liquids (EBTL™) and Biomass Gas to Liquids (BGTL™) technologies and related intellectual property, along with an exclusive licence in the US for creosote and treated wood waste, including abundant railway tie feedstock. We have assembled a diverse portfolio of projects across geographic regions and secured the ability to leverage the expertise of proven industry leaders. Cielo is committed to helping society ‘change the fuel, not the vehicle’, which we believe will contribute to generating positive returns for shareholders. Cielo shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “CMC,” as well as on the OTC Pink Market under the symbol “CWSFF.”
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively referred to herein as “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements other than statements of present or historical fact are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “anticipate”, “achieve”, “could”, “believe”, “plan”, “intend”, “objective”, “continuous”, “ongoing”, “estimate”, “outlook”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “should” or similar words, including negatives thereof, suggesting future outcomes.
Forward-looking statements are subject to both known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. Forward-looking statements and information are based on plans, expectations and estimates of management at the date the information is provided and are subject to certain factors and assumptions. Cielo is making forward looking statements, with respect to the AGM, including but not limited to the timing and forum.
Investors should continue to review and consider information disseminated through news releases and filed by the Company on SEDAR+. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.
Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, some of which are described herein. Such forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company’s actual performance and results to differ materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise such statements to reflect new information, subsequent or otherwise.
There will be growth in the theatre sector and better venues in southern New Brunswick after an additional $12 million investment from the federal government under the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program in the Sydney Street former courthouse. This funding was announced by MP Wayne Long, Mayor Donna Reardon and Dr. Sandra Bell, Saint John Theatre Company Board Chair.
Saint John, New Brunswick, October 29, 2024 — There will be growth in the theatre sector and better venues in southern New Brunswick after an additional $12 million investment from the federal government under the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program in the Sydney Street former courthouse. This funding was announced by MP Wayne Long, Mayor Donna Reardon and Dr. Sandra Bell, Saint John Theatre Company Board Chair.
The project has evolved over the last 5 years and will result in an expanded performing arts facility, rehabilitating the old heritage courthouse on Sydney Street into a modern inclusive and accessible arts space. The centrepiece of the new facility will be a 250-seat venue. There will also be a secondary performance space as well as creative, rehearsal, training and administrative spaces.
The Saint John Theatre Company has designed the space to be a home theatre for the Atlantic Repertory Company (ARC). The transformed courthouse will house a range of cultural events, while bringing much needed opportunities for professional theatre artists to advance their careers, and training opportunities for theatre artists at all levels. The new facility is critical to close the gap in the cultural infrastructure that currently exists in Saint John and will maximize programming opportunities for the benefit and enjoyment of residents and visitors.
Financing for a more modest project was announced in 2019 by Canadian Heritage and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) for the former Sydney Street Courthouse. This new funding allows for the expanded redesign of the project that will triple the size of the existing structure.
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“This new green and inclusive cultural space will really put Saint John on the map in terms of performing arts. As a result, the public will have access to more high-quality performances and theatre, and artists in southern New Brunswick will have more opportunities to develop their careers and showcase their talents.”
Wayne Long, Member of Parliament for Saint John–Rothesay, on behalf of the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
“The City of Saint John is proud to support the important work the Saint John Theatre Company is undertaking to revitalize the former Sydney Street Courthouse with a contribution of $818,000 towards the new multi-purpose performance and event venue. This investment recognizes the key role that cultural infrastructure plays in the economic and social development of our city and will create a vibrant space where creativity and community can thrive. We are grateful to the SJTC for taking on the important responsibility of striving to protect and restore the architecture and craftmanship of this significant building, preserving an important part of our city’s historic uptown core and bringing a sense of pride to the local population.”
Her Worship Donna Noade Reardon, Mayor of the City of Saint John
“The Saint John Theatre Company is developing the Courthouse Stage to be the future permanent home of The Atlantic Repertory Company, creating a cultural epicentre for Atlantic Canadian artists. This state-of-the-art facility will retain local talent and attract national and international artists to New Brunswick. By expanding the community’s creative output, and creating a home for innovative artists, the Courthouse Stage will enhance the cultural vibrancy of our region.”
Stephen Tobias, Executive Director, Saint John Theatre Company
Quick facts
The federal government is investing $12 million in this project through the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) program. The Saint John Theatre Company is investing over $13 million and the City of Saint John is contributing $818,000.
A total of $2 million from Canadian Heritage and $500,000 from ACOA were previously announced for this project in April 2019.
The GICB program was created in support of Canada’s Strengthened Climate Plan: A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy. It is supporting the Plan’s first pillar by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing energy efficiency, and helping develop higher resilience to climate change.
The program launched in 2021 with an initial investment of $1.5 billion over five years towards green and accessible retrofits, repairs or upgrades.
Budget 2024 announced an additional $500 million to support more projects through GICB until 2029.
At least 10% of funding is allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres.
The funding announced today builds on the federal government’s work through the Atlantic Growth Strategy to create well-paying jobs and strengthen local economies.
Expanding our international air transport travel relationships with other countries provides Canadians with greater choice and more convenience. Canadians want and deserve options for their international travel needs.
October 29, 2024 Ottawa, Ontario Transport Canada
Expanding our international air transport travel relationships with other countries provides Canadians with greater choice and more convenience. Canadians want and deserve options for their international travel needs.
Today, the Honourable Anita Anand, President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Transport, announced that Canada has recently expanded its air transport agreement with Australia.
The expanded agreement includes an unlimited number of direct passenger and cargo flights and enhances operational flexibility for each country’s airlines. It also includes access to any point in the other country’s territory. This is a significant expansion of the agreement and is expected to meet the needs of this important bilateral market for the long term.
This expanded agreement was reached at the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Air Services Negotiation Event, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Over the course of the event, the Canadian delegation of officials from Global Affairs Canada, Transport Canada and the Canadian Transportation Agency held several productive meetings with their international counterparts to conclude this agreement and facilitate the negotiation of future agreements.
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“We are pleased to enhance our strong relationship with Australia, one of our most important markets. This expanded air transport agreement will improve connectivity for passengers, deepen our cultural and commercial ties, and strengthen our supply chains. This is great news for travellers and businesses in both our countries.”
The Honourable Anita Anand President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Transport
“The expanded Canada-Australia Air Transport Agreement is great news for passengers, businesses and industries in both Canada and Australia. Along with Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy and my upcoming Team Canada Trade Mission to Australia in February of next year, social and economic opportunities for travellers will grow. Thanks to our work and this agreement, Canadian and Australian markets will prosper.”
The Honourable Mary Ng Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development
Quick facts
In 2023, Australia was Canada’s 18th largest air travel market, with 534,075 one-way passenger trips.
The sixteenth ICAO Air Services Negotiation (ICAN2024) Event was hosted by the Ministry of Transport Malaysia from October 21-25, 2024.
The event provides delegations from countries around the world with a central meeting place to conduct bilateral, regional or plurilateral air services negotiations and consultations, as well as networking opportunities for policy makers, regulators, air operators, service providers and other stakeholders.
The Government of Canada is continually working on new and expanded air transport agreements under the Blue Sky policy, which encourages long-term, sustainable competition and the development of international air services.
Canada has air transport agreements or arrangements covering more than 125 countries.
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Laurent de Casanove Press secretary Office of the Honourable Anita Anand Minister of Transport, Ottawa laurent.decasanove@tc.gc.ca
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Following a traffic stop that was conducted by Sheshatshiu RCMP on October 26, 2024, 29-year-old Eliza Gregoire was arrested and is charged with drug offences.
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sheshatshiu RCMP stopped a vehicle on Route 520 in Sheshatshiu. As a result of further investigation, Gregoire, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was arrested. A quantity of cash, cocaine and items consistent with drug trafficking were seized.
Gregoire is charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of cocaine. She is set to appear in court at a later date. The investigation is continuing.
The driver of the vehicle was ticketed for operating a vehicle without a valid licence and for failing to produce proof of insurance. The vehicle was seized and impounded.
RCMP NL continues to fulfill its mandate to protect public safety, enforce the law, and ensure the delivery of priority policing services in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Alberta’s government is standing up against the federal government’s carbon tax exemption for heating oil to protect Albertans from the double standard Ottawa has created with the carbon tax, which means Albertans continue to pay carbon taxes to stay warm in winter.
Last fall, after years of insisting that the carbon tax is applied equally across Canada, the federal government exempted the carbon tax for heating oils, which are used predominantly in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. Over the last year, the federal government has refused multiple requests to grant a similar carve-out on other heating methods from Alberta and others across the country who are also facing rising costs of living.
Alberta’s government will now take this fight to the courts. Alberta filed an application seeking judicial review of the exemption with the Federal Court on Oct. 29, asking the court to declare that the exemption is both unconstitutional and unlawful. The application argues that Ottawa’s carbon tax exemption for heating oil is unconstitutional and inconsistent with the Government of Canada’s stated purpose for enacting the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.
“Last year, Ottawa decided Canadians in the East deserved a three-year break from paying the carbon tax on their home heating costs. While we’re happy for these Canadians, Alberta, Saskatchewan and other provinces who heat their homes with natural gas have been deliberately excluded from these savings. Albertans simply cannot stand by for another winter while the federal government picks and chooses who their carbon tax applies to. Since they won’t play fair, we’re going to take the federal government back to court.”
While the Supreme Court of Canada previously found the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act was constitutional, it found that Canada’s jurisdiction to regulate greenhouse gas emissions was limited to the ability to create minimum national standards for carbon pricing for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Alberta strongly opposes the federal carbon tax exemption on heating oil, as the federal government is no longer creating minimum national standards that apply evenly across the country, and is instead creating a regime that favours one region and fuel type over others.
“This exemption is not only unfair to the vast majority of Canadians, but it is also unlawful as the federal government does not have the authority to make special exemptions for certain parts of the country under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act. The federal government isn’t even following its own laws now. Someone needs to hold them accountable, and Alberta is stepping up to do just that.”
The federal carbon tax adds to the rising cost of living for all Canadians. By 2030, it will cost Canadians $25 billion every year, in addition to lowering the gross domestic product (GDP) by $9 billion. In addition, the Bank of Canada has estimated that the federal carbon tax increases inflation by 0.15 per cent year over year.
Quick facts
Since Apr. 1, 2024, Albertans have been paying around 35 cents in federal taxes on every litre of fuel – along with the carbon tax, that also includes the federal excise tax and the GST.
The following percentage of households use home heating oil by province:
Forty per cent in Prince Edward Island
Thirty-two per cent in Nova Scotia
Eighteen per cent in Newfoundland and Labrador
Seven per cent in New Brunswick
Four per cent in Quebec
Two per cent in Ontario
One per cent in British Columbia
Less than one per cent in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anthem Citizen Real Estate Development Trust (the “REDT“) announced today that it has raised its maximum offering size of C$82 million and completed its initial public offering (the “Offering”). Pursuant to the Offering, the REDT issued C$82,000,000 of trust units, consisting of 5,658,870 Class A Units and 2,541,130 Class F Units (collectively, the “Units”) at a price of C$10.00 per Class A Unit and Class F Unit.
The REDT is a newly-created, unincorporated investment trust and was established for the primary purpose of indirectly owning an interest in a mixed-use, transit-oriented development project containing 372 condominium units, 200 market rental units, 73 non-market, affordable rental units, 176 hotel suites and 4,881 square feet of retail space located in the Metrotown neighbourhood in Burnaby, British Columbia (the “Project”). The Project is located directly across the Kingsway Boulevard from the Metropolis at Metrotown shopping centre and within close proximity to the Metrotown SkyTrain station.
Immediately following closing of the Offering, the REDT indirectly acquired an approximate 72.2% interest in the Project. The REDT is managed by Anthem Properties Group Ltd. (the “Manager”). The Manager has an indirect interest in the Project through its subsidiary, Anthem Metro King Developments GP Ltd.
The Units were offered to the public by CIBC World Markets Inc., the sole agent for the Offering.
The securities described herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws.
Anthem Citizen Real Estate Development Trust
Anthem Citizen Real Estate Development Trust was formed for the primary purpose of indirectly owning an interest in the development of a mixed-used, transit-oriented development project in Burnaby, British Columbia expected to develop and operate a building containing 372 condominium units, 200 market rental units, 73 non-market, affordable rental units, 176 hotel suites and 4,881 square feet of retail space.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains statements that include forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. These forward-looking statements reflect the current expectations of the REDT regarding future events, including statements concerning the development of the Project and creating value for unitholders. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “may”, “might”, “will”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “occur”, “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “intend”, “seek”, “aim”, “estimate”, “target”, “project”, “predict”, “forecast”, “potential”, “continue”, “likely”, “schedule”, or the negative thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts.
Material factors and assumptions used by management of the REDT to develop the forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, the REDT’s current expectations about: real property ownership and revenues; construction and development risk; obtaining necessary building permits for the Project; the realization of property value appreciation and timing thereof; the inventory of mixed-use properties; competition from developers of mixed-use properties; the Burnaby, British Columbia real estate market; government legal and regulatory changes; property encumbrances relating to the Project; significant fixed expenditures and fees in connection with the maintenance, operation and administration of the Project; closing and other transaction costs in connection with the acquisition and disposition of the Project; the availability of financing and current interest rates; revenue shortfalls; assumptions about rental growth rates, hotel occupancy and average daily rates in the Canadian mixed-use real estate market; demographic trends; fluctuations in interest rates; litigation risks; the relative illiquidity of real property investments; the Canadian economic environment; the geographic concentration of the REDT’s business; natural disasters and severe weather; demand levels for mixed-use properties in the metro Vancouver area and local economic conditions; negative geopolitical events; public health crises; the capital structure of the REDT; distributions; capital depletion; potential conflicts of interest; reliance on the good faith and ability of the Project’s project manager to manage and operate the Project; reliance on property management companies; the limited operating history of the REDT; the limited experience of management of the REDT with respect to managing a reporting issuer; the limited liquidity of the Class A Units and Class F Units; and tax laws. While management of the REDT considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on currently available information, they may prove to be incorrect.
Although management believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable and represent the REDT’s internal projections, expectations and beliefs at this time, such statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities may not be achieved. A variety of factors, many of which are beyond the REDT’s control, could cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from current expectations of estimated or anticipated events or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include the risks identified in the REDT’s final prospectus, including under the heading “Risk Factors” therein. Readers are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable Canadian securities laws, the REDT undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Additional information regarding Anthem Citizen Real Estate Development Trust is available at www.citizenbyanthemdevtrust.com and on www.sedarplus.com.
About Anthem Properties
Anthem is a real estate development, investment and management company that strives, solves and evolves to create better spaces and stronger communities, with more than 385 residential, commercial, and retail projects. Founded in 1991, Anthem is a team of 800 people, with a diverse portfolio consisting of 41,700 homes, 11.5 million square feet of retail, industrial and office space and has developed more than 60 communities across 9,800 acres of land across in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and California. We are Growing Places.
Concerns have been raised that some registered charities that offer reproductive health services to women, including pregnancy options counselling, may be spreading misinformation by presenting themselves as neutral, full-service pregnancy support service organizations when they are in fact anti-choice organizations that push women away from accessing the reproductive care of their choice.
October 29, 2024
Registered charities are provided federal, as well as provincial or territorial, supports under the tax system that includes an exemption from income tax and the ability to issue official donation receipts for any gifts that they receive. In return, all registered charities are expected to follow the rules and principles set out in the Income Tax Act to ensure that they are operating for charitable purposes and providing activities for the benefit of the public.
Concerns have been raised that some registered charities that offer reproductive health services to women, including pregnancy options counselling, may be spreading misinformation by presenting themselves as neutral, full-service pregnancy support service organizations when they are in fact anti-choice organizations that push women away from accessing the reproductive care of their choice.
By concealing the true nature of their services, these anti-choice organizations are restricting the rights of vulnerable pregnant women to choose the reproductive care appropriate to them and their circumstances.
To address these concerns, the federal government intends to introduce legislation to amend the Income Tax Act and Income Tax Regulations to require registered charities that provide services, advice, or information in respect of the prevention, preservation, or termination of pregnancy to disclose where they do not provide specific services, including abortions or birth control. Disclosure of such information would be required in any form of public communication that advertises these services. This legislation would also require that reproductive health charities explicitly disclose this information on their annual information return, which is publicly available on the website of the Canada Revenue Agency.
In specific terms, if adopted by Parliament, the legislation would require that any registered charity whose purpose or main activity is to provide reproductive health services would be required to disclose where applicable:
If it does not provide abortion services, it must disclose that it does not provide abortion services;
If it does not provide abortion services and it does not provide information on abortion services, it must further disclose that it does not provide information on how to obtain such services;
If it does not provide abortion services and it does not provide the contact information for a provider of such services, it must further disclose that it does not provide the contact information for a provider of such services;
If it does not provide birth control services or does not provide a range of birth control services, it must disclose whichever case applies;
If it does not provide birth control services or does not provide a range of birth control services, it must further disclose if it does not provide information on how to obtain a range of birth control services; and,
If it does not provide birth control services or does not provide a range of birth control services, it must further disclose if it does not provide the contact information for a provider of a range of birth control services or providers that collectively provide such a range of services.
Birth control services in this context would mean services relating to the provision or prescription of medications, devices or medical procedures that aid in the prevention of conception and are recognized in Canada.
Under this legislation, a registered charity that provides reproductive health services would need to disclose if, at a minimum, it does not provide the contact information for an abortion services provider and a birth control service provider.
For the purposes of this legislation, a public communication would generally include any advertisement, such as bus ad, poster, billboard, social media posts, or websites, put out by the charity or on the charity’s behalf, or any other communication aimed at the public, that advertises the information, advice, or services that it provides relating to the prevention, preservation, or termination of pregnancy.
Where a charity fails to meet the requirements specified in the legislation, the Minister of National Revenue would be permitted to revoke its registration.
These changes would come into force 90 days after Royal Assent, with the new information disclosure requirements applying as of the 2025 taxation year.
Every woman should be free to make her own decisions about her own body. Every woman in Canada should have access to the health care she needs.
October 29, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Finance Canada
Every woman should be free to make her own decisions about her own body. Every woman in Canada should have access to the health care she needs.
Today, however, concerns have been raised that some registered charities that offer reproductive health services to women, including pregnancy options counselling—and that are provided federal supports under the tax system—may be spreading misinformation by presenting themselves as a neutral, full-service pregnancy support service organization, when they are in fact anti-choice organizations that push women away from accessing the reproductive care of their choice. By concealing the true nature of their services, these organizations, known as crisis pregnancy centres, are restricting the rights of vulnerable pregnant women to choose the reproductive care appropriate to them and their circumstances.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, alongside the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, today announced new action to protect reproductive freedom and updated on the government’s progress covering the costs of contraception, dental care, and diabetes medications for Canadians.
First, the federal government will introduce legislation to require more transparency from charities providing pregnancy counselling. Specifically, registered charities whose purpose or one of their main activities is to provide pregnancy and reproductive health supports and services, including pregnancy options counselling, would be required to explicitly disclose if they do not provide abortions, birth control, or referrals to these services. Organizations that do not clearly and prominently provide the required transparency risk losing charitable status.
This measure aims to improve the distribution of accurate information in reproductive health care and builds on other measures that the government is taking to improve health care for all Canadians.
Second, the Minister of Health announced thatmore than 2.7 million Canadians are now covered by the Canadian Dental Care Plan and nearly 1 million of them have already had their dental visits covered. Already, the Canadian Dental Care Plan has covered $732 million in dental expenses for Canadians, or about $730 per covered Canadian this year. The government is on track to cover 9 million Canadians, currently without dental insurance, in 2025.
Third, the Minister of Health highlighted that the Pharmacare Act has received Royal Assent on October 10, 2024. The passage of this legislation enables the federal government to reach agreements with provinces and territories to provide free contraception and diabetes medications. Once agreements are reached, coverage through existing provincial and territorial programs would be enhanced to provide free contraceptives and free life-saving diabetes medications, saving Canadians $300 per year and $1,700 per year, respectively.
Fourth, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance announced that in October, the federal government transferred $4.34 billion for health care to provinces and territories. In 2024-25, Canada Health Transfer payments will total $52.1 billion—equivalent to $1 billion every week. The federal government is providing $200 billion over 10 years for provinces and territories to increase access to family doctors, reduce wait times for surgery, and enable patients and their health care teams to share data.
Katherine Cuplinskas Deputy Director of Communications Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Katherine.Cuplinskas@fin.gc.ca
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Leda Stawnychko, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organizational Theory, Mount Royal University
Research shows that over half of Gen Z have no interest in pursuing middle management roles, meaning they are missing out on valuable opportunities. (Shutterstock)
Known as the first truly “digital native” generation, Gen Z grew up immersed in a world of technology and social media, giving them a natural edge in navigating the modern world. But there is more to Gen Z than their digital fluency.
What truly sets them apart is their ambition, entrepreneurial spirit, financial savviness, commitment to ethical consumption and strong sense of social responsibility. For Gen Z, work is more than just a paycheck — it’s about committing to a higher purpose. They do best in people-centred organizations that value their contributions, prioritize well-being and align with their sense of mission.
Gen Z is redefining leadership by choosing to lead through expertise rather than relying on formal positions of authority. One of the most striking trends is their growing reluctance to step into middle management roles — a phenomenon being called “conscious unbossing.”
This powerful shift is catching many in the business world by surprise.
No one’s 20s and 30s look the same. You might be saving for a mortgage or just struggling to pay rent. You could be swiping dating apps, or trying to understand childcare. No matter your current challenges, our Quarter Life series has articles to share in the group chat, or just to remind you that you’re not alone.
Unlike supervisors, who primarily focus on overseeing day-to-day tasks, middle managers are responsible for both their team’s performance and the implementation of broader organizational strategies. It’s a dynamic role where strategic vision meets practical execution.
Middle managers are often the bridge between a company’s big-picture strategy and its day-to-day operations. (Shutterstock)
Middle management roles serve as a crucial stepping stone for those seeking to make a real, systemic and lasting impact, offering a platform to advocate for the values Gen Z cares deeply about, such as social responsibility, sustainability and equity.
If you are part of Gen Z and are unsure about middle management, reframing these roles to align with your values and aspirations can help you see it as a rewarding opportunity rather than a burden. This three-step framework can help you make the most of these roles while staying true to your values:
1. Use it as a vehicle to increase self-awareness
Middle management offers a unique environment to enhance self-awareness. By reflecting on how you respond to challenges, interact with others and make decisions under pressure, you can gain valuable insight into your strengths, areas for growth and leadership style.
Instead of viewing middle management as a burden or a step backward, consider how these roles can be an opportunity for growth, leadership and greater impact. (Shutterstock)
2. Think of the role as a leadership incubator
Viewing middle management as a leadership incubator can help you shift the focus toward its long-term value. These roles offer a training ground where you learn to negotiate priorities at multiple levels of the organization and give you access to important networks and development opportunities.
Middle management is about expanding your influence and creating larger ripple effects. The role offers a unique vantage point to shape organizational culture and advocate for meaningful change. You can demonstrate to older generations in the workplace that ambitious goals can be achieved without compromising personal well-being or ethical standards.
The path forward
The world is counting on you and other members of Gen Z to lead the way forward. Middle management roles offer a powerful platform to exercise meaningful influence while developing the essential skills that will prepare you for success in any path you choose.
Rather than viewing the roles as a burden, see them as opportunities to grow, inspire others and leave your legacy. Middle management allows you to connect strategy with execution, shape organizational culture and advocate for the values that matter most to you.
By embracing the challenge of middle management rather than shying away, you’ll have a chance to shape the future of your organizations and become a leader who drives positive, systemic change for a better, more sustainable world.
Students deserve to pursue educational pathways that will set them up for their futures in post-secondary education, trade designations and meaningful careers in Alberta’s growing economy. To help Alberta’s youth get a head start on the future, Alberta’s government is continuing to enhance career education opportunities for students across the province.
Through the Alberta government’s mandate to support career education in the province’s education system, government is providing almost $4.9 million in dual credit grants to support 55 new programs and enhance 22 existing programs for the 2024-25 school year. These programs are available to students in 58 school authorities across the province.
“We are committed to providing students with every opportunity to pursue and explore career pathways throughout their education. This new funding for dual credit programming will help students discover and pursue their passions, all while helping them get a head start on their future by gaining valuable skills and post-secondary credit.”
“Health care aides are an essential part of Alberta’s health care system. The health care aide dual credit programming offers students a valuable opportunity to begin their health care careers early and develop the skills needed to enter and strengthen our province’s health care workforce.”
The dual credit program funding will lead students to pursue meaningful apprenticeship pathways in the skilled trades, and meaningful careers in agriculture, health care and much more. This expansion of dual credit programming will enable school authorities to help their students pursue career pathways and post-secondary opportunities around their interests and passions.
“We thank the Alberta government for its commitment to expanding dual credit education programming in Catholic schools. Together, we are equipping our youth with the tools they need to thrive in a rapidly evolving economy. Dual credit programming empowers our high school students to explore and build on their career interests, setting them on a path towards reaching their full potential.
“We are grateful for this grant, which allows us to expand our dual credit programming by offering a health care aide course next semester. This program will provide more students with the opportunity to explore health care pathways, earn high school and post-secondary credits and build the skills needed to succeed in careers that are vital to Alberta’s future.”
Dual credit programs are operated in partnership with post-secondary schools or in line with apprenticeship education pathways and are available to students in the public, separate, francophone, charter, First Nations and independent school systems. These programs provide career-based courses for students in grades 10, 11 and 12 to earn both high school credits and credits that count toward a post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree.
Quick facts
Since 2019, $18.6 million has been provided to school authorities for dual credit programming.
School authorities receive up to $50,000 to support the startup costs for new dual credit programs and up to $100,000 to enhance existing dual credit programs.
Alberta Education is providing $4.3 million of the funding for dual credit programs this year.
Alberta Health is providing $550,000 to support eight health care aide dual credit programs among the 77 funded programs.
Between 2013 and 2023, about 83,000 high school students participated in at least one dual credit course.
Related information
Dual credit – Start-up funding for school authorities
Dual credit – Enhancement funding for school authorities
Dual Credit Review Advisory Group
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The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the results of the provincial election in British Columbia:
“On behalf of the Government of Canada, I congratulate David Eby and the British Columbia New Democratic Party on their re-election. For the first time in the province, women will hold the majority of seats in the legislature.
“I look forward to continuing to work with Premier Eby to deliver on the issues that matter most to British Columbians and all Canadians. Whether it’s building more homes, improving access to health care, advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, growing our economies, or creating good middle-class jobs – we will remain focused on building stronger communities and a more prosperous province for all.”
The Nova Scotia RCMP’s Provincial Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has charged a 43-year-old Digby man with child pornography offences, following the seizure of a child sex doll by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
On October 8, 2024, CBSA officers in Hamilton, Ontario intercepted and seized a child sex doll while examining international courier shipments arriving into Canada by air. The doll had originated in Japan and was addressed to an importer residing in Digby, Nova Scotia. Working with CBSA Intelligence Officers in Halifax, the seizure was referred to the Nova Scotia RCMP ICE Unit for further investigation.
On October 17, the RCMP executed a search warrant at the residence and seized additional child sex dolls and other evidence supporting both child pornography and smuggling charges. Officers then safely arrested Joseph Ryan Jolicoeur at the residence.
Jolicoeur has been charged with Possession of Child Pornography and Importation of Child Pornography under the Criminal Code and Smuggling child pornography into Canada under the Customs Act. He was released on conditions and is next scheduled to appear in Digby Provincial Court on January 6, 2025.
“Child pornography is most commonly known and understood as sexual images or videos of children,” says Cst. Mandy Edwards of the RCMP Provincial ICE Unit. “However, child pornography can also be written, or in audio forms, or as in this case, a visual representation such as a child sex doll. Child pornography in all its forms is considered harmful and is prohibited by the Criminal Code.”
In Nova Scotia, it is mandatory for citizens to report suspected child pornography. This means that anyone who encounters child pornography material or recordings must report it to the police. Failing to report suspicious activity and materials could result in criminal penalties similar to failing to report child abuse set out in the Child and Family Services Act.
The RCMP and CBSA encourage citizens to be a voice for children who are victims of sexual exploitation by reporting any suspected offences to your local police or by using Canada’s National tip line for reporting online sexual exploitation of children atwww.cybertip.ca. Suspicious cross-border activity, including smuggling, can be reported to the CBSABorder Watch Linetoll-free at 1-888-502-9060.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anthem Properties Group, through the Anthem Citizen Real Estate Development Trust (REDT), has successfully closed on the first Canadian initial public offering of its kind on its 66-storey, mixed-use development, Citizen, based in Burnaby, BC (by way of an offering of units of Anthem Citizen Real Estate Development Trust) (the “IPO”)).
The IPO reached its $82M CDN target raise. Anthem worked on this offering with CIBC Capital Markets, who acted as sole agent and has a successful track record of completed real estate development IPOs for US assets.
“The completion of this financing is a win for the Anthem team on many fronts,” said Anthem Core-Founder & CEO, Eric Carlson. “It enables access to housing units for our community, including much-needed market and affordable rentals, in an architecturally significant, multi-use 66 storey tower, which represents innovation by the City of Burnaby when it comes to land use. Financially, the IPO of a single asset Mutual Fund Trust is a creative and unique solution to raise the capital required to make this project happen.”
With a mix of market, rental and affordable homes, anchored by a hotel and supported by retail space, Citizen is anticipated to be a premier destination in Metrotown, Burnaby. Anthem has a productive and positive working relationship with the City of Burnaby, which is eager to create great spaces that encourage residents and businesses to choose their city to call home. The project has rezoning approvals and entitlements completed, and construction is underway.
Background on the IPO including investor materials and past REDT press releases can be found at www.citizenbyanthemdevtrust.com
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities of the REDT in the United States, nor shall there be any sale of the securities of the REDT in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The securities described herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
About Anthem Properties
Anthem is a real estate development, investment and management company that strives, solves and evolves to create better spaces and stronger communities, with more than 385 residential, commercial, and retail projects. Founded in 1991, Anthem is a team of 800 people, with a diverse portfolio consisting of 41,700 homes, 11.5 million square feet of retail, industrial and office space and has developed more than 60 communities across 9,800 acres of land across in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and California. We are Growing Places.
The Government of Canada is making investments in tourism across British Columbia to attract visitors and drive local economic growth
October 29, 2024 – Kelowna, British Columbia – PacifiCan
British Columbia is home to breathtaking natural attractions and outdoor recreation experiences that bring the world to our doorstep. Tourism is important to Canada’s economy and creates good jobs in communities, from major city centres to rural and remote areas, to Indigenous communities. In the Thompson Okanagan, tourism business owners, operators and entrepreneurs have ambitious plans and PacifiCan is here to support those ambitions.
Today the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan), announced $727,500 in funding through PacifiCan’s Tourism Growth Program for four organizations based in the Thompson Okanagan. This funding will help enhance outdoor recreation, increase visitors to smaller communities and promote sustainable tourism in B.C.’s southern interior.
As part of today’s announcement, the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Foundation is receiving $250,000 in funding to restore the historic Adra Tunnel on the Kettle Valley Rail Trail in Naramata. Revitalizing the tunnel will preserve a vital piece of B.C.’s rail heritage, connect communities across the Okanagan, and attract more visitors to the region. Originally built for trains, the tunnel will soon be a pathway for hikers and cyclists, allowing outdoor enthusiasts to access and explore this early 20th-century landmark.
Silver Star Freestyle Club is receiving $250,000 to create a state-of-the-art freestyle ski and snowboard training park at SilverStar Mountain Resort in Vernon. This new facility will feature specialized equipment, including a landing airbag and a variety of terrain features to accommodate athletes of all skill levels. The project is expected to elevate the resort’s global reputation as a top destination for year-round activities, provide provincial, national and international snow sport training opportunities, and draw more visitors to the region.
Other investments included in today’s announcements are:
$65,000 for Hunters Range Snowmobile Association to upgrade its grooming equipment and trail infrastructure in Enderby for an improved rider experience
$162,500 for Wine Growers British Columbia Society to create a user-friendly trip planning resource on its website
More details about the organizations receiving funding can be found in the backgrounder here.
Projects like the ones announced today deliver memorable experiences for Canadian and international visitors alike. They create jobs, grow the local economy, enrich communities, and put B.C. on the map as a destination of choice.
British Columbia is home to breathtaking natural attractions and outdoor recreation experiences that bring the world to our doorstep. Tourism is important to Canada’s economy and creates good jobs in communities, from major city centres to rural and remote areas, to Indigenous communities.
Today the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan), announced $727,500 in funding through PacifiCan’s Tourism Growth Program for four organizations based in the Thompson Okanagan. This funding will help enhance outdoor recreation, increase visitors to smaller communities and promote sustainable tourism in B.C.’s southern interior.
The projects announced today are:
Hunters Range Snowmobile Association $65,000
Funding will allow Hunters Range Snowmobile Association, a non-profit that manages and operates the snowmobile trails on Hunters Range in Enderby, to upgrade its grooming equipment and trail infrastructure. This project will improve the organization’s snowmobile experiences, attract more visitors, and promote outdoor recreation in rural communities.
Thompson Okanagan Tourism Foundation $250,000
Funding will be used to restore the historic Adra Tunnel on the Kettle Valley Rail Trail in Naramata. Revitalizing the tunnel will preserve a vital piece of B.C.’s rail heritage, connect communities across the Okanagan, and attract more visitors to the region. Originally built for trains, the tunnel will soon be a pathway for hikers and cyclists, allowing outdoor enthusiasts to access and explore this early 20th-century landmark.
Silver Star Freestyle Club $250,000
Funding will help create a state-of-the-art freestyle ski and snowboard training park at SilverStar Mountain Resort in Vernon. This new facility will feature specialized equipment, including a landing airbag and a variety of terrain features to accommodate athletes of all skill levels. The project is expected to elevate the resort’s global reputation as a top destination for year-round activities, provide provincial, national and international snow sport training opportunities, and draw more visitors to the region.
Wine Growers British Columbia Society $162,500
PacifiCan funding will be used to create a user-friendly trip planning resource on the WineBC website. This online platform will help visitors to discover wineries and other small businesses across all nine wine regions. The project will boost local tourism, draw visitors to the region during the off-season, and enhance B.C.’s reputation as a top wine destination.
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GATINEAU, Quebec, Unceded Algonquin Traditional Territory, October 29, 2024
Content warning: this statement contains information regarding Indian Residential Schools.
A National Residential School Crisis Line is available to provide support for former Residential School students. Emotional and crisis referral services are available by calling the 24-hour national crisis line: 1-866-925-4419.
The Hope for Wellness Line is available to all Indigenous peoples and provides immediate, toll-free telephone and on-line support and crisis intervention 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is available in English, French and, upon request, Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut. Trained counsellors are available by phone at 1-855-242-3310 or by online chat on their website.
Today, the Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, issued the following statement after receiving the Final Report of the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools:
“We cannot ignore the lasting impact of the Indian residential school system and the pain it has caused to Indigenous peoples. The harmful legacy of residential schools, which is one of lost children, languages and cultures, lost opportunities to thrive, grow and live full healthy lives and silenced truths, continues to be deeply felt today and cannot be denied.
“In June 2022, Kimberly Murray was appointed as Special Interlocutor to work with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Survivors, families and communities to identify needed measures and recommend a new federal legal framework to ensure the respectful and culturally appropriate treatment of unmarked graves and burial sites associated with former residential schools.
“I thank First Nations, Inuit and Métis Survivors, families and community members from coast to coast to coast who courageously shared their stories, knowledge and experiences with the Special Interlocutor in order to produce the Final Report.
“Today, on behalf of the Government of Canada, I have the honour of receiving the Special Interlocutor’s Final Report, an Indigenous-led Reparations Framework, which is being delivered concurrently to myself and First Nations, Inuit and Métis Survivors, communities and families. It is my sincere hope that the Special Interlocutor’s Final Report and the recommendations in it will honour the memory of the children who never returned home from residential schools and will lead to healing for families and Survivors.
“I thank Kimberly Murray for her crucial work listening to Survivors and families and identifying needed measures and recommendations for a new federal legal framework, to ensure that unmarked graves and burial sites at former residential schools are treated with the respect and protection they deserve. Kim Murray’s work has contributed significantly to telling and acknowledging the truth. There is still more to be learned, accepted and understood.
“In line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and to continue the government’s efforts towards reconciliation, we will work with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities to address the ongoing legacy of Indian Residential Schools in a way that respects their wishes and traditions.”
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the results of the provincial election in Saskatchewan:
“On behalf of the Government of Canada, I congratulate Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party on their re-election.
“I look forward to continue working with Premier Moe to deliver on priorities for the people of Saskatchewan and all Canadians. Our shared work will include growing the economy, building more homes, improving health care, expanding affordable child care, cutting emissions, and creating good middle-class jobs.”
On October 24, 2024, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, several packages containing contraband were seized on the perimeter of Mountain Institution, a medium-security federal institution.
October 29, 2024 – Agassiz, British Columbia – Correctional Service Canada
On October 24, 2024, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, several packages containing contraband were seized on the perimeter of Mountain Institution, a medium-security federal institution.
The contraband items seized included cannabis concentrates. The total estimated institutional value of these seizures is $70,000.
The police have been notified and the institution is investigating.
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) uses a number of tools to prevent drugs from entering its institutions. These tools include ion scanners and drug-detector dogs to search buildings, personal property, inmates, and visitors. SC also works in partnership with the police to take action against those who attempt to introduce contraband into correctional institutions.
CSC has also set up a telephone tip line for all federal institutions so that it may receive additional information about activities relating to security at CSC institutions. These activities may be related to drug use or trafficking that may threaten the safety and security of visitors, inmates, and staff members working at CSC institutions.
The toll-free number, 1‑866‑780‑3784, helps ensure that the information shared is protected and that callers remain anonymous.
Marie Messer Assistant Warden, Management Services Mountain Institution 604-796-2231
RCMP NL, in consultation with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, has confirmed that the human remains found in Placentia Bay on October 19, 2024, are those of the missing Canadian Coast Guard employee who has been missing at sea since September 16, 2024.
RCMP NL extends sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Michael Arntfield, Associate Professor of Criminology & English Literature, Western University
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has recommended that a judge resentence Lyle and Erik Menendez almost three decades after the brothers were sentenced to life without parole for murdering their parents.
The brothers were convicted in 1996 of first-degree murder for the 1989 killings of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. If a judge approves the recommendation, it would make them eligible for immediate parole. Gascón said he believed the brothers have “paid their debt to society.” If a parole board agrees, they could soon be released from prison.
These extraordinary developments come in the wake of two true crime productions on Netflix: the scripted limited series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, and the documentary, The Menendez Brothers. Both revivify the defence strategy used in the brothers’ 1994 and 1996 trials that they murdered their parents as a form of self-defence following years of alleged sexual abuse by their father.
In these two productions, we see the moral conundrum of so-called “true crime” on full display. That is, whose definition of “true” should viewers rely on when assessing the veracity of a narrative?
More often than not, there are two kinds of truth. There’s what really happened, and the narrative of what happened. This is a reality that I’ve noted as a criminologist and forensic historian and a police detective before that.
As a form of historical revisionism, true crime has shown both the willingness and ability to change official narratives, for better or worse.
In a press conference, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón outlined the reasons he is recommending the Menendez brothers be resentenced.
True crime and the Menendez case
The true crime genre has taken off in recent decades, with countless podcasts, documentaries and TV series produced recounting gruesome and often unsolved murders. The genre has garnered criticism for focusing on, and sometimes, exploiting the real suffering of victims and their families.
The 2022 season of the Netflix Monster series, which told the story of Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, was widely derided as being exploitative and mired in controversy.
However, the second instalment, focusing on the Menendez brothers, has become an overnight cause celebre and a bandwagon clarion call to have the evidence in the case reviewed and the brothers’ life sentence reconsidered, if not jettisoned altogether.
The productions have renewed interest in this infamous case for those old enough to remember while, at the same time, introducing a new generation to the sordid details of the proceedings.
These details include, most notably, the controversial and ultimately failed defence strategy of depicting the murders as a form of self-defence following years of alleged sexual abuse the boys endured at the hands of their father, patriarchal record mogul Jose Menendez.
Following mistrials for both brothers in 1994, Lyle and Erik were convicted of the murders in 1996 and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
A trailer for the Netflix true crime documentary ‘The Menendez Brothers.’
But now, in the wake of these same series and Gascón’s announcement, the case has been re-opened. “Significant new evidence” has been cited in the form of a potential additional victim of abuse by Jose Menendez. In addition, a letter from Erik to a cousin about the alleged sexual abuse of his father has been disclosed lending credence to the original defence position.
We might wonder if this evidence would have merited such attention, and the district attorney’s intervention, were it not for the cultural influence of the Netflix productions.
What we can say for certain is that this is not the first instance of true crime directly influencing the criminal justice system. HBO’s Paradise Lost trilogy of documentaries, along with the 2012 film West of Memphis, are generally credited with enabling the release of the wrongfully convicted West Memphis Three.
The first season of the Serial podcast in 2014 also led to the 2022 release of Adnan Syed after serving 20 years in prison for the 1999 murder of his girlfriend Hae Min Lee. That same conviction was reinstated in 2023 as part of an ongoing saga driven by intense public interest.
That interest is what differentiates the current iteration of true crime from its antecedents: it aims to transcend passive viewers and listeners to promote direct action, advocacy and public participation.
The four waves of true crime
While the term “true crime” may be comparatively new, as a cultural phenomenon it certainly is not. The Mystery Writers of America has issued awards for Best Fact Crime books since 1948. True crime in one form or another has arguably existed since the 1850s and was pioneered by Charles Dickens.
Yet it is still unclear what societal forces drive this trendy, cyclical interest in semi-true retellings or thinly fictionalized treatments of criminality. However, in my book, How to Solve a Cold Case…And Everything Else You Wanted to Know About Catching Killers, I argue that, true crime as we now know it can be delineated into four distinct eras, or waves:
The Second Wave, between 1965-1975, was also primarily literary. Its most notable works included Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood and Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted serial killer Charles Manson.
In the third wave in the 1980s, true crime stories started to become multimedia, with Ann Rule’s book The Stranger Beside Me about serial killer Ted Bundy, and the semi-interactive NBC docuseries Unsolved Mysteries.
A trailer for the Netflix show ‘MONSTERS: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.’
The fourth and current wave began in 2010. The hallmarks of this wave are unfolding before us in the Menendez case. The current wave is immersive, participatory and accessible. Amateur sleuths, advocates, pundits and activists proliferate with each new feature. Podcasts beget further podcasts.
Viewers and listeners are also keenly self-aware and facetiously self-deprecating. True crime is consistently discussed in the context of — and perhaps even designed to promote — what can only be characterized immoderate consumption. Some true crime fans are, for instance, self-described “junkies” and “addicts” who “binge” content. And yet, depending on the case, these same “junkies” are newly empowered and qualified to demand action.
The legal and ethical questions that arise are what cases make their way into this ecosystem and whose story are they to tell? How is a series on Dahmer a bridge too far when, two years later, another same series created by the same producers can alter the course of California legal history?
These are, of course, unanswerable questions. In the meantime, however, the Menendez brothers’ saga is a cautionary tale about how the invisible hand of the true crime market will select certain crimes over others — and prioritize certain victims and offenders alike over other — based on criteria we still don’t fully understand.
Michael Arntfield does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Manitoba Government Invests $19.6 Million in Souris River Bridge Reconstruction
Replacement of Souris River Bridge on Provincial Trunk Highway 3 Guards Against Flooding and Supports Manitoba Communities: Naylor
The Manitoba government is investing $19.6 million in a major bridge crossing to improve Manitoba highways and enhance climate resiliency by reducing the impacts of future floods in southwest Manitoba, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Lisa Naylor announced today.
The Souris River Bridge on Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 3 at Melita is a vital east-west link over the Souris River connecting people, businesses and communities, noted the minister.
“Our government knows that infrastructure is critical to our economy,” said Naylor. “Manitobans depend on safe roads and bridges to grow their businesses, support their families and ensure they have access to important health services. I am pleased to see this project move forward to keep the communities of southwest Manitoba safe and to invest in the future of rural Manitoba.”
The bridge replacement contract has been awarded to MD Steele Construction Limited. The new three-span steel I-girder bridge is being constructed with improved hydraulic capacity for flood resiliency and will be wider than the existing bridge, with two 3.7-metre travel lanes and 2.5-metre shoulders. The work has already begun and is anticipated to be open to traffic by next fall, noted Naylor, adding full completion of all work related to the project is scheduled for later in the fall or early winter of 2025.
Traffic is being detoured during bridge construction onto a shoo-fly detour adjacent to the existing highway and will remain open throughout construction with a single lane controlled by signal lights at each end of the bridge. Drivers should exercise caution through the construction area at all times.
For more information on Manitoba’s Multi-Year Infrastructure Investment Strategy, visit: www.gov.mb.ca/mti/myhis/index.html.
Up-to-date information on highway conditions, including detours, restrictions and road closures, is available at www.manitoba511.ca or by calling 511.