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Trudeau lauds Payette’s career, says he’ll wait for reviewer’s work in harassment probe
TTAWA -- A week after saying Julie Payette was doing an “excellent job” and would not be immediately replaced as governor general, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now says he’ll wait for the results of an investigation into the allegations of workplace harassment against Payette. “The governor general has a long and successful role as a scientist, as an astronaut. We have engaged a third party reviewer to follow up on these serious allegations and we will wait for the reviewer to do their work,” Trudeau said, speaking in Toronto on Wed. The ongoing investigation was launched in response to allegations that employees in Payette’s office were subjected to harassment. Trudeau’s comments on Wednesday mark a shift from his remarks to a radio station just one week ago, when he appeared to come to Payette’s defence. At the time, Trudeau said she was doing an “excellent job,” despite the ongoing investigation. Shortly after the prime minister made the comment while appearing on RED FM’s The Harjinder Thind Show in Vancouver last Wednesday, the NDP issued a statement criticizing his stance. “How can he be so sure that Ms. Payette is an ‘excellent’ Governor General and that it’s appropriate for her to remain in her current role without hearing the facts first?” NDP whip Rachel
Blaney said in a statement. “The prime minister appointed Ms. Payette and he has an obligation to show some real leadership, accept the findings of the investigation, and ensure people working in that office are treated with respect and dignity.” Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole was also asked about the issue last Wednesday, but he said it would be inappropriate for him to comment on whether Payette should continue to serve as Governor General. Citing anonymous sources, the CBC reported in July that Payette had belittled and publicly humiliated employees, which drove some to tears and others to quit. Postmedia and the CBC have also reported that hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent on renovations at Rideau Hall, the Governor General’s official residence. Ottawa-based Quintet Consulting Corp. has been enlisted to conduct the third-party investigation, the Privy Council Office announced last week, and that investigation is currently underway. Should the prime minister decide he wishes for Payette to step down from the role, he could engage in a conversation in the hopes that she’ll agree to resign. If that doesn’t work, Trudeau’s only option is to call the Queen to request Payette’s dismissal. Source: ctvnews.ca
B.C. announces 100 new cases of COVID-19
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ICTORIA -- B.C. health officials announced 100 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the provinces’ total to 6,691.No new deaths related to the virus were reported over the past 24 hours, leaving the province’s death toll at 213. There are now 1,378 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, including 37 people who are in hospital for treatment, 15 of whom require critical care. Meanwhile, 3,101 people are now under public health monitoring due to exposure to known coronavirus cases. Nearly 100 more people have recovered from COVID-19 in B.C. over the past day. A total of 5,086 people who had tested positive for the virus are now considered recovered.
Two new coronavirus outbreaks have been reported at health-care facilities in the province. One outbreak is at the Royal Arch Masonic Home long-term care facility in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and the other is at the Milieu Children and Family Services Society community living facility in the Fraser Health region. There are now 15 outbreaks in the province’s health-care system: 12 at long-term care or assisted-living facilities and three at acutecare facilities. All of the outbreaks are in the Vancouver Coastal Health or Fraser Health regions.No new community outbreaks have appeared since Tuesday, however, community exposure events continue to occur............. Source: ctvnews.ca
High alert: Deadly Northwest fires burn hundreds of homes
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STACADA, ORE. -- Deadly windblown wildfires raging across the Pacific Northwest destroyed hundreds of homes in Oregon, the governor said Wednesday, warning it could be the greatest loss of life and property from wildfire in state history. The blazes from the top of the state to the California border caused highway closures and smoky skies and had firefighers struggling to contain and douse flames fanned by 50 mph (80 kph) wind gusts. Officials in some western Oregon communities gave residents “go now” orders to evacuate, meaning they had minutes to flee their homes. Fires were burning in a large swath of Washington state and Oregon that rarely experiences such intense wildfire activity because of the Pacific Northwest’s cool and wet climate. Flames trapped firefight-
ers and civilians behind fire lines in Oregon and levelled an entire small town in eastern Washington. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown warned that the devastation could be overwhelming from the fires that exploded Monday during a late-summer wind storm. “Everyone must be on high alert,” Brown said. The blazes were thought to be extremely destructive around Medford, in southern Oregon, and near the state capital of Salem. “This could be the greatest loss of human life and property due to wildfire in our state’s history,” the governor said. At least three people were killed in Oregon fires and a small child died in blazes in Washington state. Brown said some communities were substantially damaged, with “hundreds of homes lost. ”Source: arabnews.com
