The Governor General s resignation and Kamala in Canada: In The News for Jan. 22
Gov. Gen. Julie Payette inspects the Guard of Honour as she makes her way deliver the Throne Speech, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand January 22, 2021 - 1:26 AM
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 22 .
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OTTAWA âIntergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc concedes Julie Payette s resignation as governor general shows a need to strengthen the process for vetting vice-regal appointments.
The U.S. Navy has increased by $43.2 million its contract with General Dynamics Mission Systems for work on ballistic missile submarines. The work will take place mostly at the companyâs Pittsfield facility. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
PITTSFIELD â Advocates of abolishing nuclear weapons will mark the debut of a U.N.-backed treaty with a protest Friday morning at General Dynamics in Pittsfield.
At 9 a.m., activists say they will deliver a letter to General Dynamics officials at 100 Plastics Ave. notifying them that the nuclear weapons industry faces pushback from nations that have ratified whatâs known as the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
First-ever nuclear weapons ban begins; nuclear powers arenât part of treaty The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is now part of international law. (Source: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) By Associated Press | January 22, 2021 at 6:08 AM HST - Updated January 22 at 6:08 AM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) â The first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons entered into force on Friday, hailed as a historic step to rid the world of its deadliest weapons but strongly opposed by the worldâs nuclear-armed nations.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is now part of international law, culminating a decades-long campaign aimed at preventing a repetition of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. But getting all nations to ratify the treaty requiring them to never own such weapons seems daunting, if not impossible, in the current global climate.
Nuclear weapons ban snubbed by nuclear powers begins 2 minutes read
By Mario Villar
United Nations, Jan 22 (efe-epa).- The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, negotiated and approved in 2017 at the United Nations, officially began Friday after being ratified by 50 countries, despite opposition from atomic powers and organizations such as NATO.
It is the first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty approved in more than two decades and in it the signatories agree, among other things, not to develop, acquire, store, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.
The document also includes procedures for countries with nuclear weapons that want to join in declaring and destroying their arsenals.