Category: Halifax

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a helicopter tour of the flood zone in Gatineau yesterday. He’s asking canadians to help by contributing to the Red Cross. Ottawa has given the agency a million dollars already for the flood relief. 3,000 people have been evacuated from their flooded homes.

Trudeau also said Canadians will have to start bracing for more severe weather events….for a so-called hundred year storem every five or ten years.

When Conservatives gather in Toronto in a couple of weeks to choose a new leader, the old leader won’t be there.

Stephen Harper will be a no show. Party officials just says the former PM is simply ready to pass the torch…but it won’t be in person. Harper has, however, offered advice to a number of the leadership candidates .