Sheila Malcolmson, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions; Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer; Lisa Lapointe, chief coroner; Mike Knott, overdose prevention outreach worker, SOLID; and Larry Campbell, Senator, for an announcement about the Province's next step in preventing future drug poisoning deaths.

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Adrian Dix, Minister of Health; Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC’s provincial health officer, for an update on COVID-19.

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Feds appeal court on CHRT decision
The Minister are claiming they want a better compensation for all the children of residual schools and the surviors that have been discriminated against

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In The Hague, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers an address to the Dutch parliament. The address comes during a one-day official visit to the Netherlands during which the Canadian prime minister is also scheduled to meet with his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte.

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Please find below links from the COVID-19 virtual press conference with focus on the launch of the new Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) Strategy and Budget held earlier today, and included the following guest speaker:

H.E. Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill ahead of a meeting of his party’s caucus. He outlines his expectations for COP26, the upcoming United Nations' climate change conference taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. He also discusses his party's priorities for the next session of Parliament. Responding to a reporter’s question about Pope Francis’ plan to visit Canada, Singh says the Pope should apologize for the wrongs committed by the Catholic Church against Indigenous people, and that the Church should also provide compensation.

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At the end of an all-female mission to Afghanistan, the Director of Education Cannot Wait, Yasmine Sherif, said a “minimum of one billion USD” must be invested into the country’s education sector and stressed that 20 years of development gains could be lost if immediate action is not taken.

Speaking from Islamabad airport to reporters in New York today (27 Oct), Sherif said Afghanistan is on the brink of collapse, with over 50 percent of the population no knowing where to get their next meal. She said, with the arrival of winter and the economic meltdown, prolonged drought, COVID-19, and extreme poverty, starvation is a very real threat

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We are still heading for Climate Catastrophe - UN Chief | United Nations | #COP26 | Climate Action
New and updated commitments made ahead of the pivotal climate conference COP26 in the past months are a positive step forward, but the world remains on track for a dangerous global temperature rise of at least 2.7°C this century even if fully met, a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned.

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Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), was speaking during the agency’s regular media briefing on the pandemic.

He said nearly 44 per cent of the region’s people have been fully immunized, mainly with doses donated bilaterally or through the COVAX solidarity initiative.

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Premier Kenney on referendum results, new federal environment minister – October 26, 2021
Jason Kenney, the premier of Alberta, speaks with reporters in Edmonton about the results of the recent provincial referendums. A slim majority of Albertans voted down day light saving time and 61.7 per cent voted in favour of removing equalization from Canada's

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