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Publication Date: April 22, 2026 - 18:20
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Ottawa Now - Prescott pyrotechnics company plays a key role in Artemis II's safe return to Earth
April 22, 2026
As Canada sent its first astronaut to the Moon, it was a Canadian company that was tasked with bringing all of the astronauts back to Earth safely. Well, except they didn’t know it at first. That prestigious honour belongs to HFI Pyrotechnics, a Prescott-based pyrotechnics company. It supplied the marine marker used to outline the target-landing zone and its conditions during Artemis II’s splashdown. However, the usage of this marker came as a complete surprise to everyone at the company, to the point where the company’s President did a double-take when she watched the spacecraft’s landing in real time. HFI Pyrotechnics President Rhiannon Iles joins guest host Andrew Pinsent on today’s Ottawa Now.
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April 30, 2026 - 15:48 | | CBC News - Ottawa
A new poll from Leger has found Liberal voters are more likely to support the use of the notwithstanding clause than Conservatives. This despite the fact that the Carney government submitted a written document to the Supreme Court last fall calling on the court to put limits on the use of the clause, which could be gutted by the court in its eventual ruling. Andrew Enns, executive vice-president of Leger’s Central Canada operations, told National Post he was surprised to find Liberal voters more likely to favour use of the clause. Among this group, 51 per cent supported it strongly or...
April 30, 2026 - 15:39 | Chris Knight | National Post
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