Sault elementary student spends day as mayor
After winning Sault Ste. Marie's annual 'Mayor for a Day' contest, fifth grader Taylor May Brown spent time in the city's top job.
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12 minutes ago
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Ukrainian ensemble, youth archers upset as Air Canada strike disrupts international events
Lily Azli is excited to compete in the World Archery Youth Championships in Winnipeg this week, but she is also disappointed core members of her team from Australia won't be firing arrows alongside her amid a strike that's plaguing air travellers heading to or from Canada. About 570 athletes from 63 countries were slated to arrive in Winnipeg for the World Archery Youth Championships on the same weekend the Air Canada strike impacted about 750 flights Canadawide. "You know how many hours they've put into training and how many little and big sacrifices they've made to be here," said Azli, 18. "To know they're not going to be here at all, it breaks your heart." Five of Azli's 19 teammates won't make it for the competition due to cancellations related to the ongoing Air Canada flight attendant strike. Flight attendants remained on the picket line at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport on Monday. CUPE Manitoba president Gina McKay is adamant the picketing will continue, despite Canada's Industrial Relations Board deciding Monday that continued defiance of a back-to-work order is illegal. "No matter what, we have constitutional rights to strike and that's what we're doing here today," she said Monday outside the Winnipeg airport. "We're working and fighting for fair wages and we're fighting for a fair contract. And that's what we're doing is we're holding the line." The industrial relations board called on the union to stop all strike activities and direct its members to restart bargaining talks. Disobeying the the board's order could result in fines and penalties. The union has characterized the federal Liberal government as supporting Air Canada's "refusal to negotiate fairly" by issuing the back to work order. Michael Zakaluzny said the strike resulted in the cancellations of flights to Columbia for he and others in the Melos Folk Ensemble, a Winnipeg-based Ukrainian folk group composed of choral, orchestral and dance elements. "Major disappointment," said Zakaluzny, co-director of the ensemble. "We had put in the preparation work, people had taken … a week of holidays and all of a sudden they're going nowhere fast." Thirty-one of the nearly 60-member group was to perform at the Festival Folclórico Internacional de Barranquilla Estefanía Caicedo in the coastal cities of Barranquilla and Ciénaga. They had been rehearsing since earlier this year and were slated to put on 15 shows in Columbia over 10 days. Hours before their flight was to take off from Winnipeg they found out a leg of the trip from Toronto to Bogota had been cancelled. "The festival was expecting for us to be there and participate, they'd made arrangements for hotels, food, transportation, all those things on their end," said Zakaluzny. "The day before the festival starts, all of a sudden we've left them, through no fault of our own, with a huge hole in their lineup." Zakaluzny said the group looked into alternate flight options through their travel agent but were unsuccessful. "To cover themselves they do say they've tried to make alternate arrangements but none are available. I'm not sure … that's actually happening but they don't give you much notice and basically throw everything into a state of disarray." Winnipeg travellers feeling stranded by cancelled flights as Air Canada strike looms Though Air Canada will provide the group refunds, the section of their trip booked through a Columbia airline did not cancel that flight, so the group is out of pocket for that flight. Kerilee Falloon, director of communications for the Winnipeg Airport Authority, said it's best to stay home if you know in advance your flight has been cancelled and are hoping to rebook. "It's best not to come to the airport as the airport won't be your point of contact for rebooking." The archery competition schedule had to be bumped by a day — to begin Wednesday — to accommodate potential late arrivals, said Riel Dion, a member of the local team managing the championships. Dion said the tense bargaining situation between Air Canada and its staff has created a layer of uncertainty to the competition. "Planning an event of this scale is challenging into itself, and when you add something like a strike on top of that it definitely makes things a little bit more difficult," said Dion, who is also founder and CEO of event management company Event Camp. He said so far some international athletes have made it to the U.S. or Canada but have had to scramble to make alternative flight arrangements to get to Winnipeg. "There are some [athletes] from further away, especially southeast Asia, who are still on the phone with me saying we still can't come, our flights were cancelled," he told CBC Information Radio host Marcy Markusa. Faiiuz Azli's 15-year-old son and Lily, his 18-year-old daughter, were among the lucky ones to not face cancellations from Australia. But 15 athletes and six officials weren't so lucky. Of the 19-member team from Australia, Azli estimates about 14 will make it in time to compete. "I am speechless because we know all the kids, they all, as a team, they're very close and now some of them aren't going to be here," he said. "It's devastating, it's very sad."
CTV News
13 minutes ago
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Anand says war in Ukraine influencing Canada's Arctic security policy
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday the federal government is leaving 'no stone unturned' to defend Canada's North as changes in the global order in recent years are having direct implications for Canada's Arctic sovereignty. Anand was in Helsinki to meet with her counterparts from Nordic countries to discuss Arctic security, which she said has become a more critical issue since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Before that, Anand said NATO countries typically focused on shoring up the security along the eastern flank in Europe. 'NATO's gaze also has to shift westward and north because of the changing geopolitical landscape, especially following February 24, 2022,' she said in a call back from Finland with reporters. 'We are seeing increased activity, for example, in the Northwest Passage, we are seeing Russian infrastructure moved further and further north on the other side of the Arctic Circle. So our priority, in terms of Canada's Arctic foreign policy is to ensure that we leave no stone unturned, to protect and defend Canada's sovereignty, especially in the Arctic.' Anand's meetings on Monday came the same day European leaders, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were at the White House discussing with U.S. President Donald Trump ways to end the war in Ukraine. The conflict is more than a decade old, with Russia annexing Crimea in 2014, before launching a wider war in 2022. Prime Minister Mark Carney last week participated virtually in talks with Zelenskyy and European leaders ahead of Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Carney was not involved in Monday's discussions at The White House and Anand did not say whether he had been invited, when asked Monday. Anand said Canada's position on the matter has not changed. 'Decisions regarding the future of Ukraine belong to Ukrainians alone,' Anand said. 'That is Canada's position and there's no ambiguity on that front about this.' Anand said tightening security and economic ties with the Nordic region means a combination of both economics and security partnerships. Talks in Washington were still ongoing Monday afternoon. Trump has talked about swapping land between areas occupied by Russia and Ukrainian territory, but many world leaders say this would undermine the integrity of borders, and incentivize Putin to further destabilize Europe. Zelenskyy has said Kyiv needs security guarantees, which involve meaningful commitments of military force by more powerful countries if Russia makes more incursions into Ukraine, under any ceasefire or peace agreement. Some have called for Ukraine to join the NATO military alliance, which Putin has repeatedly characterized as a threat to Russia's security. When asked whether Ukraine should join the alliance, Anand said it's up to the Ukrainian government what groupings it aspires to join. Anand will meet Tuesday with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, after he returns to Helsinki from the White House. Among the topics of discussion with Anand's counterparts will be how Canada can convince other countries that international law is fundamental, not just for peace in Ukraine but around the world. Her role is 'to ensure that my counterparts around the world are aware of Canada's position and to build the bridges necessary, to ensure that other countries also view international law, territorial integrity (and) the rules-based international order as fundamental institutions that must be protected and respected,' she said. The ministers will also talk about the intersection of critical minerals and security, she said. Typically, Anand said, 'one would separate out projects that were focused on the economy and projects that were focused on defence and security.' Now, she said, 'thinking in those silos is no longer appropriate, because Canada's economic security is tied deeply to our sovereignty overall and indeed protecting and defending our very country.' By Dylan Robertson.
CBC
14 minutes ago
- CBC
Métis Nation British Columbia says it suspended president after complaints
The Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) executive committee has suspended its president to protect the "integrity and reputation" of the nation, it said in a statement Monday. Walter Mineault was elected president of the governing body for MNBC in September 2024. Melanie Allard is acting president during Mineault's suspension. In a statement by Allard on behalf of the committee, Allard said the executive committee had been given some information by the public and that the decision to suspend Mineault was "not easy." The statement also said MNBC received complaints throughout Mineault's tenure that he'd been inconsistent with the committee's policies. Mineault told CBC Indigenous he had just learned of the suspension Monday morning, and would not comment until his lawyer reviewed a non-disclosure agreement issued by the committee. Mineault's suspension is the second time the MNBC has suspended an elected president since 2021, having suspended Clara Morin Dal Col in January of that year. Morin Dal Col filed a lawsuit against nine board members who voted to suspend her that February. In 2024, Justice Andrew Mayer ruled in favour of MNBC's application to dismiss Morin Dal Col's lawsuit citing that her lawsuit "constitutes an abuse of process." Independent review The MNBC announced it will launch an independent review of Mineault's time as president and will use the findings to determine the future of Mineault's position as president Those findings will be made public, Allard said in the statement. "It may be difficult, but in the spirit of Otipemisiwak, 'the people who own themselves,' we will always uphold our cultural values of integrity, kindness, and respect," said Allard.
