The City of Ottawa declared a state of emergency Sunday afternoon in response to ongoing protests in the downtown core, while Mayor Jim Watson described the situation in the nation’s capital as the “the most serious emergency our city has ever faced.”Police line up at the Coventry Road staging area in east Ottawa as they move in…
The City of Iqaluit declared a local state of emergency Monday afternoon at an emergency city council meeting. Iqaluit’s mayor Kenny Bell said the emergency empowers the city’s bylaw officers to enforce the territorial lockdown rules. The City of Iqaluit declared a local state of emergency after COVID-19 cases rose to 81 in the city over the…
“I have made the decision to enact a state of emergency in the City of Yellowknife for the purpose of addressing the emergency faced by our homeless residents,” says Minister Paulie Chinna.Paulie Chinna, N.W.T.’s minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, declared a state of emergency in Yellowknife on Friday. (Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)Paulie Chinna, the N.W.T.’s…
