Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Danielle Groen
Publication Date: September 12, 2024 - 06:23
Morning Update: The political survival games start Monday
September 12, 2024
Good morning. Get ready to start the clock on Canada’s election showdown – more on that below, along with the return of a stolen Winston Churchill portrait and the best time to cancel your Air Canada flight. But first:Today’s headlines
Unpublished Newswire
One of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s top advisers is leaving government, roughly four weeks prior to United Conservative Party members voting on whether they approve of their leader’s time at the helm of their organization.Ms. Smith announced Tuesday on social media that her chief of staff earlier this year informed her that he intended to “retire from public service” in October. She credited Marshall Smith for pioneering Alberta’s approach to substance-use disorders, which favours treatment and recovery above harm reduction.
October 8, 2024 - 22:01 | Carrie Tait | The Globe and Mail
British Columbia’s Conservatives have pledged to combat the province’s toxic-drug crisis by expanding access to treatment and recovery services, while scrapping some harm-reduction policies introduced under the incumbent NDP.However, many of the Conservatives’ promises closely mirror NDP initiatives already underway, and the Green Party and health experts criticize the plan as offering populist platitudes for a complex crisis with no simple solutions.
October 8, 2024 - 21:19 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
Calgary city council voted to accelerate the timeline to close the Inglewood Pool after an assessment found the facility is in need of critical repairs.
October 8, 2024 - 21:15 | Adam MacVicar | Global News - Canada
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