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Feb 14 2023

Health talks. Rideau risk. Earthquake zoning.

Feb 14, 2022
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Canada
Premiers agree to accept Ottawa’s health funding offer: ‘A step in the right direction’
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson says the premiers have agreed to accept the health-care funding deal offered to them, although it is far less than they had been asking for.

Rideau Hall said the wave of harassment against Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has included 'a greater number of violent threats' as well as 'abusive, misogynistic and racist engagement.'
Andrea Charron: If there’s any silver lining to the aerial objects being shot down over North America over the last few days, maybe it’s that North Americans will recognize and appreciate the binational NORAD.

Hon. David Collenette, LGen (ret’d) the Hon. Andrew Leslie, and the Hon. Peter McKay about Canada’s defence policy and its future strategic position. Podcast from the CGAI with host Colin Robertson

Federal Liberals have argued that the notwithstanding clause was never intended to be used in a pre-emptive manner.

A prominent voice for stricter gun control is poised to tell MPs the federal government's efforts to outlaw assault-style firearms have become mired in disinformation.
From the provinces
‘Race against time’: Rideau Canal skating rink faces 1st year without opening
The opening of Canada’s iconic Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa has been pushed this year as much of Ontario basks in an unusually 'mild' winter season, meteorologists say. 

Sixty-second ads are currently running, highlighting the different cultures, languages and histories of the 11 nations in Quebec.

Dan Lett: Premier-in-waiting knows risks of taking big lead in the polls for granted with seven months to go

Premier Furey meets with federal ministers on health care agreements 
Premier Tim Houston and Health Minister Michelle Thompson say they had a productive and positive meeting Monday afternoon with federal cabinet ministers ...
Across British Columbia, individual candidates and political parties seeking local office spent a combined $22.1 million during October's campaign, an increase from the $16.2 million in 2018 and likely a record number for any local election in the province. 
Elsewhere
Data from Chile, Japan and Turkey conveys how deadly older structures can be.
Ali Asgary: The devastating outcomes of earthquakes is worsened when buildings cannot withstand the impact. Also, increased urban density and new construction materials are complicating search-and-rescue efforts.
First Trump challenger
Nikki Haley — former South Carolina governor, and U.S. ambassador to the U.N. — will announce her presidential campaign tomorrow morning, becoming the first challenger to former President Trump in the Republican presidential primary, Axios' Josh Kraushaar has learned.

Ukraine on Tuesday renewed its appeal to Western countries for fighter jets to help frustrate Moscow's invasion, but the United States and its NATO allies and partners are more concerned about Kyiv's needs for large amounts of ammunition as the war with Russia is set to enter its second year.

Following revelations of alleged foreign interference and the ongoing investigations into corruption in the [European] Parliament, the special committee will get new tasks.
COVID and Vaccines
Paxlovid slashed severe outcomes for at-risk patients after Omicron surge, study finds
Canadians at risk of severe illness from COVID-19 who took Paxlovid had a significantly lower risk of being hospitalized or dying as a result of the virus, a new study shows.
Issued this day ...
Issued this day in 2010: Sc 2372i: Canada Strikes Gold! Design: Tandem Design Associates Ltd.
Olympic
Not wanting to jinx anything at the Vancouver Olympics of 2010, Canada Post did not even announce that it would publish this stamp until one hour after Alexandre Bilodeau became the first Canadian athlete to win Olympic gold on home soil. Bilodeau won that gold in the men’s moguls event, held in the afternoon at Cypress Mountain. The stamps were then put on sale in Vancouver the next day — Feb. 15 — and were available in the rest of the country shortly thereafter. 

Canada Post’s Jim Philips said at the time of release: “Every stamp is confidential for a period of time but this one demanded a whole new level of secrecy since there was a chance, however unlikely, that it would never be released.”

Canada Post needn’t have worried: Bilodeau was the first of 14 gold medals to be awarded to Canadian athletes or teams at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics which, at the time, was a record for most gold medals by any country ever at a Winter Olympics. 

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