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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Canada has no plans to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 in wake of Ethiopian Airlines crash: Garneau
While several European countries had grounded Boeing’s 737 Max airliner, Canada maintains the plane is safe to fly despite two deadly accidents in five months.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency issued a directive suspending flights for all Max 8 and 9 models in Europe and barring the jets from EU airspace. The agency said it was too early to draw any conclusions as to the cause of the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday that killed 157 people, including several Canadians.
To find out who has grounded the plane so far, and who hasn’t, check out our guide.
Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau told reporters today that Canada was still gathering information and had no immediate plans to order the grounding of Max 8 aircraft.
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Theresa May’s revised Brexit suffers huge defeat in British House vote
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s revised Brexit deal suffered a huge defeat in the House of Commons today after MPs rejected last-minute revisions to her deal with the European Union.
The defeat will intensify the turmoil surrounding Brexit, with less than three weeks to go before the United Kingdom is set to leave the European Union on March 29. It also increases the likelihood that the U.K. will be forced to seek an extension to the deadline, although the EU would have to agree to any delay.
Tina Fontaine asked for help weeks before her death: Manitoba children’s advocate report
Indigenous teenager Tina Fontaine reached out for help multiple times in the weeks before she was found dead in a Manitoba river, but was told there were no beds available, according to a report by children’s advocate Daphne Penrose says. The report says the 15-year-old was essentially left homeless and at risk of sexual exploitation.
Tina’s death in August, 2014, renewed calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women. A 24-hour safe space for Winnipeg youth was dedicated to her memory last May.
There were multiple signs she was spiralling downward and in danger of dying, but nothing was ever done, Ms. Penrose said.
The man accused of killing Tina, Raymond Cormier, was found not guilty of second-degree murder in February, 2018.
The cover of the special report by the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth on the death of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine at a release event on the Sagkeeng First Nation, Man. (Photo by John Woods/The Canadian Press)JOHN WOODS/The Canadian Press
Dozens charged in U.S. college admissions fraud scheme, including actress Felicity Huffman and Vancouver businessman David Sidoo
U.S. federal prosecutors arrested dozens of people today in a US$25-million scheme to help wealthy Americans, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin and some CEOs, cheat their children’s way into elite universities such as Yale and Stanford.
Vancouver businessman David Sidoo, CEO of Advantage Lithium and a former B.C. Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders player was also charged, accused of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
The largest college admissions fraud scam unearthed in U.S. history was run out of a small college preparation company in California that relied on bribes, phony test takers and even doctored photos depicting non-athletic applicants as elite competitors to land college slots for the offspring of rich parents, prosecutors said.
MARKET WATCH
Canada’s main stock index rose slightly today, while U.S. markets were mixed after a tame reading on U.S. inflation reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates anytime soon and Boeing Co.’s stock weighed on the Dow.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 30.42 points at 16,136.66. Materials stocks jumped 1.3 per cent as gold prices rose, while energy stocks rose 0.6 per cent with higher oil prices.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed down 96.22 points at 25,554.66. The S&P 500 index was up 8.22 points at 2,791.52, while the Nasdaq composite rose 32.97 points t 7,591.03.
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WHAT ELSE IS IN THE NEWS
Ottawa has reached a proposed settlement with former Indian Day Schools students that would compensate each survivor $10,000.
Honda has recalled about 1.2 million vehicles in North and Central America from the 2001 to 2016 model years after a type of Takata air bag inflator once thought to be safe has come under scrutiny after a crash and explosion in Maryland.
Ontario is set to announce this week that cellphones will be banned from use in classrooms during instructional time, starting in the next school year.
British regulators have barred one of Stephen Hawking’s former nurses from practising after finding she failed to provide appropriate care to the late physicist and author.
TALKING POINTS
Jody Wilson-Raybould should quit the Liberal caucus
There are various ways, diplomatic and undiplomatic, to present dissenting views. She opted for a public prosecution of her government, for taking her opposition to the max, for going from team player to team slayer." - Lawrence Martin (for subscribers)
Did SNC-Lavalin enable Gadhafi’s brutality?
“There is no public evidence to suggest that the alleged bribes that led to charges being laid against SNC-Lavalin in 2015 enabled Mr. Gadhafi’s repression. But that does not mean [Director of Public Prosecutions Kathleen] Roussel does not possess information to the contrary.” - Konrad Yakabuski (for subscribers)
Why pyjamas can impede healing in hospital
“Research done on PJ paralysis in Britain found that the simple act of getting dressed daily speeds up recovery. Patients who got into their street clothes had lower rates of infection, pressure ulcers (known commonly as bedsores) and falls, and were discharged, on average, 1.5 days earlier.” - André Picard
Why the demonization of Fox News and Tucker Carlson is a very big deal
“There are powerful forces at work to curtail the influence of Fox News; by making revelations about Fox stars and spooking both viewers and advertisers. It’s not about Fox versus CNN. It’s not about CNN versus MSNBC. It’s about making sure that, from now until election day in 2020, Fox is less influential than the sum total of the influence of the other two.” - John Doyle (for subscribers)
LIVING BETTER
Travellers can make their lives easier – and avoid checked baggage charges – by considering these things not to bring (for subscribers). Don’t pack according to your habits at home, because routines change when you’re on the road. Do you really need that laptop or fitness tracker or smart watch – and all the related chargers? Don’t travel with things, such as jewellery, that carry sentimental value - if you can’t replace it, leave it at home. And don’t pack “maybe I’ll need it” items. Unless shopping will be difficult at your destination, only pack what you’ll have a high probability of using.
LONG READS FOR A LONG COMMUTE
I’m the only dad in the schoolyard – but I’m getting used to being a Man Mom
I work from home, Richard Scott-Ashe writes. If you work from a home where young children live, the first line of your job description quickly becomes offspring logistics. You become responsible for all the things that need to be done during the hours many adults wisely choose to spend at the office. Of course, these days it’s totally normal to be a man who plays the traditional role of the mom, so there’s no reason to feel weird about it. No reason at all. These days, it’s completely socially acceptable to be a Man Mom.
“Stop calling yourself that,” says my wife. “What does that make me? Lady Dad? No thank you.”
“Yes, dear,” I reply, folding a pair of her panties from the dryer.
Old banks reawaken as places to sleep
In earlier days, the most opulent building in many towns was likely to be a bank. Today, many of those beautiful edifices are still standing, but rather than places for your money, they’re open for you to stay, David Israelson writes.
Around the world, and in a few places in Canada, too, old banks have been converted into luxury, boutique and business hotels. While the bank properties undergoing these renos can vary in age and size, the most striking ones tend to be the imposing old temples of money located in central locations or main streets in larger cities.
One converted bank hotel in Alberta that boasts about its heritage is the Union Bank Inn. Converted by Edmonton developer (now an industrial manufacturing chief executive officer) Diane Buchanan in 1997, the renovation drew on her experiences at boutique inns in Europe. The heart of the inn, now with 40 rooms, is a 1910 building that cost less than $60,000 to construct at the time and which later housed a Royal Bank of Canada branch.
Union Bank Inn in EdmontonUnion Bank Inn
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