Quebec Premier Francois Legault announces his retirement on Wednesday. The Liberal government has been ordered to release all files on the Kamloops residential school. Canada s former ambassador to Afghanistan has admitted for the first time his sudden departure from Kabul as the Taliban approached left people behind. And Calgary s top civil servant, David Duckworth, is keeping his job as council has decided not to fire him over the recent catastrophic water main break.
00:00:00.000From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.140I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:13.760Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced his retirement on Wednesday.
00:00:18.040His party is trailing badly in the polls with an election expected this fall.
00:00:23.300The Liberal government has been ordered to release all files on the Kamloops residential school.
00:00:28.360The area's First Nation received $12 million after reports said there were 215 children's graves.
00:00:36.800So far, not a single body has been found.
00:00:40.020Canada's former ambassador to Afghanistan has admitted for the first time his sudden departure from Kabul as the Taliban approached left people behind.
00:00:50.020And Calgary's top civil servant, David Duckworth, is keeping his job as Council has decided not to fire him over the recent catastrophic water main break.
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