Binscarth council votes to keep office hours at five days a week
Editorial notes council meeting outcomes with a 5-4 vote to preserve five day office hours starting July 1. The budget passed unanimously and the Russell shop move won full support. A Blanket Exercise event organized by local churches and Park West School Division aims to bridge Indigenous and non Indigenous communities before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report.
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Russell
Council
Binscarth
Town of Russell
RM of Russell Shop
Rheanne Gray
Rheanne
Terrie
Canada
Kairos
Ayla
Peguis
Janet Kostyna
Bethany Lutheran
Toronto
Janet
David Howell
Tim Mendel
Park West
Cort Dognier
Winnipeg
Cort
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Western governments expand anti-terror laws amid civil liberties concerns
The piece criticizes France and Canada for expanding security powers after terrorism scares. It notes France’s new law enabling home monitoring and keylogging without oversight, and Canada’s Anti Terror Act allowing preventive arrests. It questions the efficacy and cost to civil freedoms, arguing the real winners are security services.
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National Assembly
Paris
Manuel Valls
France
Canada
Defence
Jason Kenney
House of Commons
Security Intelligence Service
Stephen Harper
New Democrats
Greens
al-Qaeda
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