Canada Day in Wilmot: 8:00AM – 11:00AM Waterloo Region Museum: 9:00AM – 5:00PM Flag Raising at Halter House in Maryhill: 11:00AM – 12:00PM Opening Ceremonies at New Hamburg Legion: 1:30PM – 3:00PM Morningside Retirement Parade: 3:00PM – 4:00PM Canada Day in Elmira: ... Full Article

Taken from: iPolitics Natural Resources Canada says it wasn’t buying “fake likes” or “followers” for its Facebook pages when it spent $5,000 on a social media campaign last fall. That comes after MPs skirmished in question period over whether the federal department wasted money buying ... Full Article

Taken from: Waterloo Chronicle Main priorities highlighted in this year’s federal budget align with those of Wilfrid Laurier University to help take our country into the future, according to its president and vice chancellor, Deborah MacLatchy. Especially $925 million in support for the ... Full Article

Taken from: Observer There were a few drops in the bucket at last week’s ceremonial first tree tap, but it might have just been the rain. Still, the weather that morning did nothing to dampen spirits at Friday’s event, which featured a hearty breakfast laden with the sweet stuff, as ... Full Article

Taken from: The Record In response to the Liberal government’s “value test” on the new Canada Summer Jobs Act, Joyce Stankiewicz of New Hamburg has initiated a federal petition with sponsorship from Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht. At the time of the publication, the petition is ... Full Article

Taken from: The Catholic Register OTTAWA – Legal action is not off the table for charities and groups that have asked the government for accommodation of their Charter rights in the Canada Summer Jobs controversy. “If the government is not going to accommodate, we will be looking at what ... Full Article

Taken from: SOOTODAY Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht was in Sault Ste. Marie in order to take the pulse of local business, hosting two roundtable discussions on business and mortgages at the Millworks Centre Monday morning. The discussions are a part of a broader ‘listening tour,’ ... Full Article

Taken from: Lifesite News OTTAWA, February 9, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Conservative Members of Parliament (MP) are ramping up opposition to the Liberals’ controversial pro-abortion summer job grant attestation requirement, with one MP sponsoring a petition against it, and leader Andrew Scheer ... Full Article

To download the copy of the petition to the Prime Minister please click HERE To whom it may concern, As your Member of Parliament, I write to bring to your attention alarming changes the Liberal government has made to a federal program used by some faith-based organizations across the Waterloo ... Full Article

Taken from: The Record On April 13, the Liberal government introduced legislation that would allow for the recreational use of marijuana for Canadians over the age of 18, and eliminate penalties for possession of marijuana (up to five grams) for those between the ages of 12 and 18. Prime ... Full Article