Glooscap First Nation in Nova Scotia launches new security company

Before any MP could begin the business of the 45th Parliament — and before King Charles III could even begin the Speech from the Throne — Canadian officialdom had to first participate in one of the country’s most obscure and ancient displays of governmental pageantry. It involved swords, bicorne hats, a figure by the name of Black Rod and the ceremonial slamming of a door in his face. The ritual is rooted in traditions that long predate European settlement in the Americas, and is so old that some of the precise origins of the practice are not known. However, the general gist of the...