Feb 19, 2018, at 03:53 am
Ottawa, Feb 18 (IBNS): Ontario has successfully issued the largest green bond in Canadian history by raising $1 billion for infrastructure projects in communities, hospitals, schools, public transit, roads and bridges across the province that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, media reports said.
Canada: Ontario to expand early years programs for Indigenous children
Feb 19, 2018, at 03:48 am
Ottawa, Feb 18 (IBNS): Ontario is expanding early years programs for First Nation, Métis and Inuit children and their families living in urban and rural areas across the province by investing in more child care spaces, media reports said.
Canada: Ottawa to end rejection policy for immigrants on medical grounds by April
Feb 18, 2018, at 04:01 pm
Ottawa, Feb 18 (IBNS): Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said this week he will present a plan by April to abandon 40-year-old policy that excludes immigrants based on their medical conditions, media reports said.
Canada's pipeline feud: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh stays neutral
Feb 18, 2018, at 03:50 am
Victoria/Edmonton, Feb 17 (IBNS): New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh has aimed to stay neutral in the entire pipeline feud which involves British Columbia and Alberta, media reports said.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau reaches India today
Feb 18, 2018, at 02:03 am
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday reached India on a week-long visit to the Asian country.
Donald Trump visits hospital to meet shooting victims
Feb 17, 2018, at 02:40 pm
Florida, Feb 17 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump visited Broward Health North Hospital on Friday to meet several victims of the Florida school shooting incident are being treated.
Canada: An urgent need for new prescription guidelines for medical marijuana
Feb 17, 2018, at 05:54 am
Ottawa, Feb 16 (IBNS): The guideline based on a review of clinical trials involving medical cannabis.published Thursday in the Canadian Family Physician journal, alleged that there was an overstatement of benefits of medical marijuana and research on its medicinal properties was lacking, media reports said.
US: Florida shooting suspect may have had ties to white nationalist group
Feb 17, 2018, at 04:09 am
Florida, Feb 16 (IBNS): In the deadliest school shooting in America since Sandy Hook in 2012, Nikolas Cruz who was charged on Thursday with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Wednesday in a Florida high school, was alleged to be a member of white nationalist militia, media reports said.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau won't meet Sikh leader during India visit
Feb 16, 2018, at 10:12 pm
Ottawa, Feb 16 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will begin his India visit on Saturday but he will not meet Sikh leader Capt. Amarinder Singh in the entire tour amid the controversy over the Sikh separatist movement that had linked the Canadian government, media reports said.
Canada: Patrick Brown to sue CTV News for false reporting on sexual misconduct allegations
Feb 16, 2018, at 08:31 pm
Toronto, Feb 16 (IBNS): Resigned Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown has said he will sue CTV News for false reporting on his alleged sexual misconduct with two women.
Canada: Toronto Public Health launches this year's condomTO campaign, entitled Life in the Bowl
Feb 16, 2018, at 03:13 am
Toronto, Feb 15 (IBNS): Toronto Public Health (TPL) launched has this year's condomTO campaign entitled Life in the Bowl, to coincide with Valentine's Day, to help promote safer sex and reduce stigma around condom use, media reports said.
Canada: Toronto Mayor Tory declares February 14, 2018 as Toronto's first annual Safe City Day
Feb 16, 2018, at 01:21 am
Toronto, Feb 15 (IBNS): Toronto Mayor John Tory on Thursday declared February 14, 2018 as Toronto's first annual Safe City Day, media reports said.
Canadian businesses lose their competitive advantage over U.S. peers
Feb 16, 2018, at 01:14 am
Washington, Feb 15 (IBNS): Analysts from Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) highlighted in their recent weekly report that U.S. president Donald Trump's tax reform package has caused Canadian businesses to lose their competitive advantage to their U.S. peers, media reports said.
MP Sahota announces faster reunion of spouses in Canada
Feb 16, 2018, at 01:12 am
Brampton, Feb 15 (IBNS): The process of spouse sponsorship by the Government of Canada had significantly improved over the past year, helping Canadians and permanent residents to reunite faster with their spouses, media reports said.
Patrick Brown's former girl friend raises questions to allegations against resigned PC leader
Feb 15, 2018, at 08:14 pm
Toronto, Feb 15 (IBNS): Resigned Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, received support from his former girl friend, media reports said.
Florida school shooting kills 17, suspect taken into custody
Feb 15, 2018, at 03:31 pm
Florida, Feb 15 (IBNS): A 19-year-old man opened fire on students and teachers at a high school campus in Parkland area of Florida in the US on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, media reports said.
Canada PM Trudeau to announce legal framework for protection of Indigenous people
Feb 15, 2018, at 04:16 am
Ottawa, Feb 14 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shortly announce a legal framework to protect the interests of Indigenous people in the country, CTV News reported.
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Canada: CSA warns Canada-U.S. cannabis companies to strictly adhere to disclosure rules
Feb 14, 2018, at 07:48 pm
Ottawa, Feb 14 (IBNS): Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) released a new guidance that requires U.S.-exposed Canadian cannabis companies to to strictly adhere to disclosure rules, media reports said.
Canada PM Trudeau meets family of Indigenous man who was killed by white farmer
Feb 14, 2018, at 07:15 pm
Ottawa, Feb 14 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met the family of the Indigenous man who was killed by a white farmer way back in 2016, media reports said.
Canada does not treat us right: Trump complains about new tax
Feb 14, 2018, at 12:11 am
Ottawa, Feb 13 (IBNS): Complaining about the new international tax imposed by Canada, US President Donald Trump has said the neighbouring country does not treat them right, media reports said.
Feb 13, 2018, at 04:42 pm
Saskatchewan, Feb 13 (IBNS): Indigenous people and activists in Canada are clamouring for a reform in the justice system in the country after a court acquitted a 56-year-old man accused of killing a young indigenous man in 2016.
Feb 13, 2018, at 04:40 pm
Toronto, Feb 13 (IBNS): A grand cultural event to celebrate the 69th Republic Day was organized on Sunday at Pearson Conventional Centre in Brampton, Ontario by Panorama India with the support of the Consulate General of India in Toronto, media reports said.
Canada: Former soldiers camp out in Ottawa, to protest with demand for better services
Feb 13, 2018, at 01:07 am
Ottawa, Feb 12 (IBNS): Former Canadian soldiers have camped out in Ottawa and is also scheduled to stage a protest against the federal government's ill-treatment of the veterans, media reports said.
Canada to launch border security app for fast moving of travelers
Feb 12, 2018, at 09:25 pm
Ottawa, Feb 12 (IBNS): Canada will launch its new border security app to allow its citizens to cross borders with ease simply by filing personal details, media reports said.
US: Grand Canyon helicopter crash kills 3
Feb 12, 2018, at 12:39 am
Washington, Feb 11 (IBNS): At least three people were killed when a tourist helicopter crashed in the Grand Canyon in the US state of Arizona on Saturday, media reports said.
Two Canadians who were held in Cambodia for 'dancing pornographically', returns
Feb 11, 2018, at 04:19 am
Ottawa, Feb 10 (IBNS): Two Canadian girls, who were arrested in Cambodia for allegedly "dancing pornographically", have returned to their country, media reports said.
Canada PM Trudeau urges US not to snap NAFTA ties just for 'winning'
Feb 10, 2018, at 06:05 pm
California/Ottawa, Feb 10 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has once again urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to reconsider the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) before taking any tough decision, media reports said.
Two Canadian citizens went missing in Taiwan earthquake
Feb 09, 2018, at 08:29 pm
Taipei/Ottawa, Feb 9 (IBNS): A Hong Kong couple with Canadian citizenship have gone missing in the Taiwan earthquake, that killed 10 people, media reports said.
Canada PM Trudeau pitches country's tech market in San Francisco
Feb 09, 2018, at 07:56 pm
San Francisco, Feb 9 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday pitched his country's tech market in the city of of northern California, media reports said.
US government shuts down for second time within a month
Feb 09, 2018, at 06:43 pm
Washington, Feb 9 (IBNS): The US government has officially shut down following the Congress' failure to meet the deadline to vote on a budget, media reports said.