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The federal government faced new calls Monday to be more transparent with Canadians about Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's departure, with ministers taking questions about the matter in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's absence. Now, with the vaccine rollout in a pivotal moment without a logistical lead, Fortin's replacement could be named imminently.
iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on May 17, 2021 12:04pm A vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (Torstar file photo) Ottawa plans to announce who will replace Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin as head of Canada’s vaccine rollout as soon as Monday, according to two government sources. The sources, whom iPolitics assured it wouldn’t name, are well-placed to know who will take over from Fortin, the rollout’s original logistics operator and planner. Fortin stepped down Friday night “pending the results of a military investigation,” according to a Department of National Defence news...
Fort Monroe should be a place that tells a detailed story about the landmark and the region, though parts will be uncomfortable, Fort Monroe Historical Society President Robert Kelly writes in a guest column.
Article content The pandemic has forced about 50 of the province’s 200 sugar shacks to shut down. The others have all recorded decreases in revenue. In a genius effort to save this beloved industry, 70 sugar shack owners got together and launched, in February, Ma cabane à la maison. The idea was simple: allow people to order online from one of the participating sugar shacks and have the cabane à sucre experience at home. Last week, it was revealed that 110,000 kits had been sold, representing 500,000 meals. Ma cabane à la maison injected more than $11 million into Quebec regional economi...
SUMMARY Fort Monroe is a military installation located in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on the Peninsula overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. It was the only federal military installation in the Upper South to remain under United States control throughout the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the war, the fort became an outpost of freedom within the Confederacy when Union commanders used it to house refugee slaves. The fort also headquartered the Union Department of Virginia and North Carolina, and several significant military campaigns and combined operations were launched from the installati...