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Selling federal office buildings should move twice as fast, says procurement official
The man in charge of tens of millions of square feet of federal office space is aiming to double the government's lumbering pace for offloading buildings.Mark Quinlan, assistant deputy minister of real property services at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), said the department has put into place a "special group" to speed up property disposals. "Historically, the government is not very good at disposing of surplus properties," he told a city building summit organized by the Ottawa Bo
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LGBTQ+ rallies to be held across Canada, billed as largest since marriage equality
Organizations across the country are gearing up for what they describe as the largest LGBTQ+ mobilization since the push for marriage equality. Fae Johnstone, president of the Society of Queer Momentum, says there will be rallies across Canada in May. The group, in partnership with other organizations, is pushing for all levels of government to respond to a series of calls to action that include funding for LGBTQ+ social supports and programs. The group has dubbed the campaign the Rainbow Week o
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Passover table set for a different tone this year, says Ottawa rabbi
Passover began at sundown Monday, and for many Jewish people in Canada, celebrating the major holiday this year may feel different due to the current conflict in the Middle East. Rabbi Elizabeth (Liz) Bolton is the rabbi at Or Haneshamah, a Reconstructionist congregation in Ottawa. Bolton was ordained in 1996 and moved to Ottawa from Baltimore in 2013. Passover is the celebration of the Jews escape from slavery in Egypt. The Seder is a dinner that happens on the first two nights of Passover. The
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Taiwan happy with US aid package, China objects to arms sales
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday she was happy the U.S. Congress had passed a sweeping foreign aid package which includes arms support for the island, as China urged Washington to stop selling weapons to Taipei. The United States is Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier even in the absence of formal diplomatic ties. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly demanded arms sales stop.
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VideoTorchlit march held in Yerevan to mark mass deaths of Armenians
Thousands gathered for a torchlit procession in Yerevan on Tuesday to commemorate those Armenians killed in Ottoman Turkey more than a century ago.
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VideoCCTV captures buildings collapsing in Taiwan earthquakes
A cluster of earthquakes struck the island republic of Taiwan early Tuesday, the strongest having a magnitude of 6.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. CCTV footage captures moment two buildings sustain damage in the earthquakes.
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VideoThe Mexican communities fighting for water
As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on the water-intensive avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City. (April 17/18) (AP/Armando Solis)
