Canada’s Northern landscapes and wildlife by Michelle Valberg

Maple Leaf Strategies is proud to work with world-renowned, award-winning Canadian wildlife conservation photographer Michelle Valberg. Michelle’s talents are featured today in a front-page above-the-fold essay in the Globe and Mail. “The Northwest Passage revisited” is the first post-pandemic photographic essay of Canada’s North. It is a testament to Michelle’s ability to use her artistic lens …

Alberta Premier Wins By-Election – Secures Seat in Legislature

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith handily won Tuesday’s byelection and secured a seat in the legislature. The Premier now has an opportunity to govern in the run-up to next spring’s provincial election. In her victory speech, Smith focused on the cost of living and asserting Alberta’s sovereignty to Ottawa. She also discussed health care, a major …

NEW: Canada added 108,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate steady at 5.2%

Statistics Canada released its latest labour force survey today: The economy added 108,000 jobs in October, recouping losses observed in previous months. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate held steady at 5.2% in October. Employment rose in several industries, led by manufacturing, construction, and accommodation and food services. The number of private-sector employees rose for the first …

Feds release 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan – new goal of 500k by 2025

Today, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser released Canada’s 2023–2025 Immigration Levels Plan: Last year Canada welcomed over 405,000 newcomers – the most ever welcomed in a single year. The government is setting targets in the new levels plan of 465,000 permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025. …

British Columbia Local Government Election Update – Metro Vancouver 2022

Change is coming to Metro Vancouver Across Metro Vancouver, the majority of communities will welcome new mayors to their council chambers. Just over half of the municipalities that make up the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MV) – twelve of twenty-two – will see a change in the mayor’s seat. With new mayors in municipalities that …

Premier Kenney Makes Important Changes to Cabinet

With just over 3 months left as Premier, Jason Kenney has made significant changes to his cabinet in order to fill a number of vacancies left by aspiring leadership candidates: Jason Nixon, currently the Minister of Environment and Parks and Acting President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance becomes President of Treasury Board and …