Languages commissioner wants more money

Now the Official Languages Commissioner wants more money in her budget. Katherine d’Entremont has asked the government for more money in her budget to do her job. That’s basically what Auditor-General Kim MacPherson did as well…overspent her budget and asked for more.

Speaker Chris Collins told Brunswick News the extra spending by MacPherson showed disrespect for the legislature and cleared the way for others to do the same.  The Commissioners are independent from government…and the politicians can’t tell them how to spend their money.

Deadly fire

The death toll from a fire that gutted an Oakland warehouse during a late night dance party is 33. That is likely to climb as fire fighters dig through the rubble. Only about half the partially-collapsed structure has been searched…and people are still reported missing.

The building had been divided into artist studios and was an illegal home to at least a dozen people.