Alex Cosh is the news editor of The Maple.
“It is very, very alarming, when you have the eyes and ears of everybody, not only in Canada, but around the world, looking at what's happening in Ottawa and we are not talking about the real issues."
The far-right “freedom” convoy that converged on Ottawa this weekend to demand that all COVID-related public health restrictions be lifted drew approximately 10,000 protesters to the nation’s capital.
A crowd-funded convoy of truckers that was initially launched to protest vaccine requirements for cross-border essential workers is due to arrive in Ottawa today and tomorrow.
“This journey has led our investigation team into the darkest recesses of human behaviour.”
Employees are being forced to take on even more exhausting workloads and are struggling to meet residents’ needs as Omicron spreads through long-term care homes.
“We want demilitarization and de-escalation of this current crisis."
A poll published by Angus Reid Friday has found that low-income Canadians are struggling to cover basic expenses amid stagnant wages and increasing costs of living.
There are currently 352 active cases among federal inmates at 24 institutions nationwide as of Jan. 17 for a total of 2,246 cases to date.
“They’re short-staffed in dispatch. That’s putting incredible psychological and occupational injuries on our paramedics.”