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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join his Special Representative for the Prairies Jim Carr, as well as Winnipeg-area MP Kevin Lamoureux to mark National Nursing Week with a livestreamed meet-up with Manitoba nurses and nursing students. (1 PM) Later this afternoon, he’ll team up with Brampton North Liberal MP Kamal Khera to pay a virtual visit to a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Brampton Islamic Centre, which, as per the notice, will also be livestreamed on the prime minister’s Twitter feed.(2:45) He’ll also hold his usual Monday morning huddle with his front bench team, including Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is also set to take the lead for her government during the opening round of question period this afternoon. (2 PM) ....
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With Canada’s vaccine supply appearing to have stabilized, at least for now, the latest point of pandemic-related friction between the federal and provincial governments seems to be cross-border traffic specifically, the “non-essential travel” that at least one premier is openly blaming for the current third wave of infections. As the Star’s Susan Delacourt reports, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc “fired off a letter to Ontario this weekend, asking (Premier) Doug Ford and his cabinet to identify which international travellers they want banned from entering the province.” “LeBlanc’s four-page letter … is a reply to Ford’s escalating bid to pin the blame on Trudeau for the third wave of the pandemic, which included an attack ad launched by the provincial Conservatives last week,” she notes. ....
Bottom Line: Bagel depot to debut in West Lebanon Modified: 5/1/2021 9:58:42 PM Katie Stamper realized it’s time to take the batter into her own hands. Explaining that bagels have always been her favorite food, Stamper said the leap from cutting and coloring hair to kneading and boiling bagel dough rose during the pandemic after 13 years as a stylist. “COVID changed a lot of thought processes about what people want to do with their life, and I decided to make a career change on my own terms,” Stamper said, noting that “hairstyling has been great” but “if I was doing this during the 10 weeks the salon was shut down, I would have been making money.” ....
Volunteers honoured through new digital hub Posted by: fitzhugh Posted date: April 19, 2021 In: A Facebook page has launched to honour Jasper volunteers just in time for National Volunteer Week, which runs April 18-24. Pictured, Jasper Food Bank volunteers. | Supplied photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.ca Local volunteers are being celebrated and recognized on a new Facebook page, “Jasper Volunteers,” which recently launched in time for National Volunteer Week. Running from April 18 to April 24 this year, National Volunteer Week celebrates and thanks Canada’s 12.7 million volunteers. “We definitely decided to take this to social media and help celebrate in that matter,” said Ginette Marcoux, one of the organizers behind the Facebook page. ....