Albertans have voted by the narrowest possible margin (50.1 percent to 49.9 percent) to retain the daylight saving time annual clock change. There’s growing unrest nonetheless to get rid of the annual dislocation of sleep and work that extends to life and death things like road safety. The Legislature has voted to eliminate the change if only Quebec and New York State will do the same. Should Ontario wait, or be a leader?
Pope may visit Canada
Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to help ongoing efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples following revelations of the church’s role in the attempts to integrate native children, the Vatican said on Wednesday. In a brief statement, the Holy See’s press office said that the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited the pope to make an apostolic journey to Canada “also in the context of the long-standing pastoral process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.”
RCI matriarch says son supplied inaccurate information
Stunning details have emerged from a court petition filed by Edward Rogers at the BC Supreme Court. It reveals that the Rogers Communications Inc. board voted to accept CEO Joe Natale’s retirement but the decision was reversed in another board meeting just a few days later when Edward wasn’t there. That disclosure has prompted Edward’s mother, Loretta Rogers, 82, to declare that the reason for the reversal was because she felt her son supplied her with inaccurate information about Natale’s performance as CEO.
