The Canadian Press News Agenda for Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 – CP

Source: The Canadian Press
Oct 20, 2014

EDITORS: Following is a list of news events for Oct. 21 as of 9:20 p.m. ET: x-denotes wire, y-denotes picture, z-denotes graphics coverage. Copy from other events based on merit and availability. All times local unless otherwise noted. Queries about these events and stories in The Canadian Press report should be directed to the departments listed below (all phone numbers 416 area code):

Main Desk (National News) 507-2150; World Desk 507-2165; Sports Desk 507-2154; Ontario Desk 507-2159; Photo Desk 507-2169; Specials Desk (Syndicated Copy) 507-2152; IT Desk (Technical Trouble) 507-2099 or 800-268-8149

WORLD

ORLANDO _ NBAA its holds annual business aviation conference. Through Oct. 23.

ATLANTIC

HALIFAX _ Kenneth Rowe, executive chairman of IMP Group International Inc., delivers the keynote speech at a Pier 21 fundraiser. (7:30 a.m. at Canadian Museum of Immigration)

HALIFAX _ Members of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications will meet to study the challenges facing the CBC. (9 a.m. at The Lord Nelson Hotel, 151 South St.)

HALIFAX _ Economic Development Minister Michel Samson will announce the businesses that will receive support from the Global Business Accelerator Program. (10 a.m. at 1344 Summer St.)

HALIFAX _ Health and Wellness Minister Leo Glavine will get his flu shot at a flu campaign launch. (10:30 a.m. at Goldbloom Pavilion at the IWK Health Centre, 5850/5980 University Ave.)

MEMBERTOU, N.S. _ Nova Scotia and the Native Women’s Association of Canada are co-hosting the National Aboriginal Women’s Summit. Through Oct. 23. (Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, 50 Maillard St.)

QUEBEC

x-MONTREAL _ The first-degree murder trial of Luka Rocco Magnotta continues. He is charged in the slaying of Chinese student Jun Lin in May 2012. (9:30 a.m. at Courthouse)

MONTREAL _ Gaz Metro CEO Sophie Brochu speaks about TransCanada Energy East project in speech to the Montreal Board of Trade. (12 p.m. at Palais de congres, 1001 place Jean-Paul-Riopelle)

MONTREAL _ Innergex CEO Michel Letellier speaks to the Le Cercle finance et placement du Quebec. (12 p.m. at Sofitel Hotel, 1155 Sherbrooke St. W., Picasso Room)

MONTREAL _ Canadian National Railway releases third-quarter results at 4 p.m. followed by a conference call at 4:30 p.m., Dial 1-800-355-4959 or www.cn.ca/en/investors for the webcast.

OTTAWA

xy-OTTAWA _ Daily question period. (2:15 p.m. at House of Commons, Parliament Hill)

OTTAWA _ Independent MP Jean-Francois Fortin holds a press conference to make an announcement about his political future. (10 a.m. at Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)

OTTAWA _ Dr. Munib Younan, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land, discusses the Middle East needs. (10:30 a.m. at Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)

OTTAWA _ Gov. Gen. David Johnston presents 45 decorations for bravery. (10:30 a.m. at Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Drive)

OTTAWA _ Kevin Vickers, Sergeant-at-Arms, Ottawa police chief Charles Bordeleau, and RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson appear at Commons committee to discuss the free movement of MPs within the parliamentary precinct. (11 a.m. at Room C-110, 1 Wellington St.)

OTTAWA _ Department on health officials appears at Commons committee hearing witnesses on E-cigarettes. (11 a.m. at Room 237-C, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)

OTTAWA _ NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice discusses the next steps in the fight to save home mail delivery. (11 a.m. at Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)

OTTAWA _ Bruce Croxon, Digital Investor, and Paul Zikopoulos, IBM, appear at the Economic Club of Canada to discuss the big deal about Big Data. (11:45 a.m. at Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau St.)

OTTAWA _ Screening of the film “UNRWA goes to War” and briefing on the efforts to bring positive change for Palestinian refugees and the Arab-Israeli conflict. (1 p.m. at Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)

OTTAWA _ Gov. Gen. David Johnston, patron of The Royal Canadian Legion, receives the symbolic first poppy of the 2014 National Poppy Campaign from Comrade Tom Eagles, Dominion President of The Royal Canadian Legion. (3 p.m. at Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Drive)

OTTAWA _ Senior officials from the Department of National Defence appear at Commons committee to give a briefing on Canada’s role in NATO Operation Reassurance. (3:30 p.m. at Room 362, East Block, Parliament Hill)

OTTAWA _ Protesters gather outside the Jewish National Fund fundraising gala and their speaker Michael Oren, former U.S. ambassador to Israel. (5:30 p.m. at Ottawa Convention Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive)

OTTAWA _ Transport Minister Lisa Raitt participates in the 2014 Travers Debates with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and various journalists. (7 p.m. at National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin St., Panorama Room)

OTTAWA _ The Parliamentary Budget Officer posts a report entitled “Economic and Fiscal Outlook Update 2014.” (www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca)

ONTARIO

LONDON, Ont. _ Ruth Burger, 65, appears in court, facing various charges including two counts of criminal negligence causing death. In July, a car reversed into the front entrance of a Costco store and killed six-year-old Addison Hall and seriously injured her younger sister and her pregnant mother whose baby died a week after being delivered by emergency C-section.

TORONTO _ Lynn Gehl vs. Attorney General of Canada. Gehl is arguing there are injustices for women in the Indian Act. Through Oct. 22. (9 a.m. at Ontario Superior Court, 393 University Ave.)

TORONTO _ Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure, will visit ChipCare, one of the participants on the Premier’s mission to China. The Minister will speak about the objectives of the mission and how it builds on Ontario’s Going Global Trade Strategy. (8:45 a.m. at ChipCare, 100 College Street, Suite 108)

TORONTO _ Brookfield Canada Office Properties holds a third-quarter conference call. Dial 1-888-438-5491, passcode: 5810088 or go to www.brookfieldcanadareit.com for the webcast. (9 a.m.)

TORONTO _ Mayoral debate hosted by the Toronto Real Estate Board. (10:30 a.m.)

xy-TORONTO _ Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, will participate in an event regarding the safe use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). (11 a.m. at Henrya(euro)s, 119 Church St.)

x-TORONTO _ Steven Del Duca, Minister of Transportation, will be joined by road safety partners to announce legislation to keep Ontario’s roads among the safest in North America. (12:30 p.m. at Metro Toronto Convention Centre – South Building, 222 Bremner Blvd.)

TORONTO _ Mayoral debate hosted by Scarborough Rotary Clubs /University of Toronto Scarborough. (7 p.m.)

TORONTO _ Electronics manufacturing company Celestica Inc. releases third-quarter results at 4 p.m. followed by a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Dial 647-427-7450 or 1-888-231-8191.

TORONTO _ International experts will discuss the growing demand for access to big data for research and public health analysis and the ways that business and government can effectively address concerns regarding the privacy of personal information (10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ryerson University, The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Heaslip House, 7th Floor, Peter Bronfman Learning Centre, 297 Victoria Street).

xy-TORONTO _ Toronto Fashion Week coverage plans: 5 p.m., Minnie Mouse presentation; 6 p.m., Thomas Balint; 7 p.m., Bustle; 8 p.m., Melissa Nepton; 9 p.m., Target. (David Pecaut Square, 221 King St. W.)

PRAIRIES

CALGARY _ Milowe Brost and Gary Sorenson scheduled for a jury trial on charges related to an alleged Ponzi scheme. Trial expected to last until March. (10 a.m. at Court of Queen’s bench)

CALGARY _ Alberta Energy Minister Frank Oberle addresses the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. (12 p.m. at Calgary Petroleum Club, 319 5 Ave. S.W.)

CALGARY _ Canadian Pacific Railway releases third-quarter results
at 5:30 a.m. followed by a conference call at 9 a.m. Dial
1-888-231-8191 or 647-427-7450. Go to
www.cpr.ca/en/investors/earnings-releases for the webcast.

x-COLD LAKE, Alta. _ Photo opportunity at 9:40 a.m. of departing CF-18 Hornets in support of military operation flying out of Kuwait. A news conference to follow with National Defence Minister Rob Nicholson. (9 a.m. at Military base)

EDMONTON _ Litfest: Edmonton’s Nonfiction Festival. Through Oct. 26.

EDMONTON _ Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder conference. Through Oct. 21 (9 a.m. at Delta Edmonton South, 4404 Gateway Blvd. )

LEDUC, Alta. _ Baseball legend Pete Rose speaks at Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission’s responsible and problem gaming symposium. NO MEDIA AVAILABILITY (1:15 p.m. at Executive Royal Inn, 8450 Sparrow Dr.)

LEDUC, Alta. _ Shipper DHL offers tours of its new facility at the Edmonton airport. (2 p.m. at 3490 _ 21 Street East, Edmonton International Airport)

WETASKIWIN, Alta. _ Charmaine Cheralee Louis-Crier to appear in court on a charge of second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old woman on the Maskwacis reserve. (9:30 a.m. at Courthouse, Room 102)

DAUPHIN, Man. _ A couple appear in court to face charges that they starved, confined and sexually abused two of their three girls. (Provincial court)

CREIGHTON, Sask. _ Public inquest into the in-custody death of Roderick Sewap in August 2013. He had a seizure while at the Creighton RCMP detachment in then died in hospital. Through Oct. 24. (Prospector Inn)

SASKATOON _ PotashCorp to appear in court accused of breaching Saskatchewan’s occupational health and safety regulations. Christopher Reid was killed while working underground at the Alan potash mine in 2012. (Courthouse)

WEYBURN, Sask. _ Trial for Keith Dunford, who is accused of killing flag woman Ashley Richards in a highway construction zone in August 2012. Through Oct. 23. (Provincial court)

BRITISH COLUMBIA

DELTA, B.C. _ FortisBC breaks ground on $400-million expansion of the existing Tilbury LNG facility. (9:45 a.m. at 7440 Tilbury Road)

DELTA, B.C. _ Premier Christy Clark and will join FortisBC executives to mark the start of construction of FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG facility. (9:45 a.m. at 7440 Tilbury Rd.)

LANGLEY., B.C. _ World-leading ecotoxicologist Dr. John Giesy will be giving a free public talk at Trinity Western University. (7 p.m. at Northwest auditorium, TWU, 7600 Glover Road)

VANCOUVER _ The Fraser Institute releases a new study comparing the finances of 17 Metro Vancouver municipalities. The link will be issued via Marketwired. (6:30 a.m. at www.marketwired.com)

VANCOUVER _ The Dalai Lama will challenge British Columbians to “be the village” that educates the hearts of children and youth in our lives. Vancouver is the only Canadian city the Dalai Lama will be visiting this fall. Media Accreditation Requests are now accepted at dalailamacenter.org (9 a.m. at John Oliver Secondary School/Vancouver and Vancouver Convention Centre (East))

VANCOUVER _ ICBC launches province-wide pedestrian safety campaign. (10 a.m. at Burrard Skytrain station)

VANCOUVER _ The ShchEma-mee.tkt (Our Children Project) presents a workshop on the Child, Family and Community Services Act and process for Indigenous communities. Registration is free. This course has been approved by the Law Society of BC. (Holiday Inn and Suites Vancouver Downtown, 1110 Howe St.)

VERNON, B.C. _ Coroner’s inquest into the death of 18-year-old Bradley Haslam. Haslam died on June 15, 2013 as a result of a workplace incident at a planer mill. (9 a.m. at Vernon Court Services)

VICTORIA _ Island Health CEO Dr. Brendan Carr and other employees get their flu shots at a staff immunization clinic. (9 a.m. at Victoria General Hospital Cafeteria meeting room)

VICTORIA _ Finance Minister Mike de Jong presents B.C.’s new LNG income tax framework. Advance registration is required. (10:30 a.m. at Balmoral Room at the Fairmont Empress)