Canada: Report of multiple shootings in Langley, BC; RCMP issues emergency alert
Jul 26, 2022, at 03:06 am
Langley (B.C.)/IBNS: An emergency alert has been reportedly issued by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Langley, B.C. on Monday morning, warning residents about multiple shootings
Canada’s Conservative Party to hold third leadership debate over Erin O’Toole's successor
Jul 23, 2022, at 04:32 am
Toronto/IBNS: The Conservative Party of Canada announced that it will hold a third leadership debate for the candidates looking to succeed Erin O’Toole as the party’s official leader.
Canada proposes a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon emissions 40-45 pct by 2030
Jul 22, 2022, at 05:20 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada is aiming to cut emissions across all sectors by 40 to 45 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 by using use an industry-specific cap-and-trade system or a modified carbon pricing system to set a ceiling for emissions from the oil and gas sector.
Montreal offers Canadian camp experience to hundreds of Ukrainian refugees
Jul 22, 2022, at 05:10 am
Montreal/IBNS: Canadian camp experience for hundreds of Ukrainian refugees’ children and their parents is being offered by a new summer camp in Montreal.
Canada: Freedom Convoy leader Pat King gets bail after being in jail since February
Jul 20, 2022, at 05:07 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Following the Ottawa court decision reportedly on Monday, Pat King, a key figure of the Freedom Convoy protest was granted bail, after being in jail since Feb, on conditions that Justice Anne London-Weinstein read out.
Jul 20, 2022, at 04:52 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada’s Parliament Hill protesters called on the government to “be brave like Ukraine” and uphold economic sanctions against Russia.
Alberta universities urge Canada to regulate tuition increases for international students
Jul 19, 2022, at 05:09 am
Calgary/IBNS: Alberta’s two largest university student groups are reportedly calling on the provincial government in Canada to introduce regulations on tuition fees international students pay.
Canada: Ontario NDP issues rules for leadership contest for new party head in March 2023
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:55 am
Toronto/IBNS: Rules for a leadership contest, that will see a new party head in place by the first week of March 2023, have reportedly been mapped out and issued late Friday by Ontario’s New Democrats.
Canadian Sikh leader, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing case, shot dead
Jul 15, 2022, at 02:35 pm
Ottawa,Cannada: Canada-based Sikh leader and businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing case, was shot dead in Surrey city of British Columbia on Thursday morning.
Jul 14, 2022, at 04:21 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canada's Rogers Communications has said it would credit its customers for five days of service following its massive network outage across the country last week that affected cellular and internet service for millions of Canadians.
Jul 13, 2022, at 04:12 am
Toronto/IBNS: Applications for more than 15,000 temporary paid positions to help deliver the 2022 municipal election are being accepted starting Jul 11 by Toronto Elections.
Canada imposes sanctions on Russian oil, gas manufacturers, prohibits some gold products import
Jul 12, 2022, at 04:30 am
Ottawa/IBNS: A new round of Canada’s sanctions against Russia has been announced by foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, including industrial oil and gas manufacturing in an effort to limit Moscow’s ability to wage war in Ukraine
Canada: Ontario officially enters seventh wave of COVID-19, province's chief medical officer says
Jul 08, 2022, at 03:41 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario chief medical officer Kieran Moore has claimed that driven by the Omicron BA.5 subvariant, the province has officially been hit by its seventh wave of COVID-19.
Toronto apologises over 'no-beard' policy, to reinstate terminated Sikh security guards
Jul 07, 2022, at 06:21 am
Toronto/IBNS: The city of Toronto has formally apologized to the World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) for “any delay” in reinstating the Sikh security guard whose services were terminated over a “no-beard” policy.
Canada: Saskatchewan officials undertake efforts to settle newly-arrived Ukrainian refugees
Jul 07, 2022, at 05:20 am
Regina/IBNS: A total of 230 Ukrainian refugees arrived in Canada's Saskatchewan when a plane carrying them flew direct from Warsaw in Poland and landed at Regina airport on the evening of July 4.
Jul 06, 2022, at 04:16 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada’s Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Robert Oliphant, is on a two-day visit to Lugano in Switzerland and London in the United Kingdom, to discuss Ukraine's recovery.
Canada: Toronto changes hours for COVID-19 vaccine at clinics in summer
Jul 05, 2022, at 05:58 am
Toronto/IBNS: A notification reportedly posted to social media by Toronto public health said it will be changing hours at the city-run immunization clinics during the summer.
Ontarians pessimistic of Doug Ford govt’s ability to tackle inflation, healthcare, housing: Survey
Jul 01, 2022, at 03:45 am
Toronto/IBNS: As Doug Ford’s Conservative government gets ready to get back to work with a new cabinet appointed on June 24, the majority of Ontarians reportedly are sceptical and pessimistic about the ability of the government to tackle the problems of inflation, healthcare, and housing affordability.
Canada: Quebec sees spike in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations
Jun 30, 2022, at 03:09 am
Montreal/IBNS: The province of Quebec witnessed an increase in infections related to COVID-19, with reportedly 1,226 hospitalizations in the last 24 hours and five more deaths.
Canada: Ontario Premier Doug Ford shields decision to name nephew minister of multiculturalism
Jun 30, 2022, at 02:53 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford shielded his decision earlier this week to name his nephew Michael Ford as minister of citizenship and multiculturalism, professing the newly elected senator has represented for many years one of the most diverse communities in the province.
Calgary to host 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games
Jun 29, 2022, at 04:50 am
Calgary/IBNS: Calgary has been selected to host the 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games, Mayor Jyoti Gondek said in a release.
Canada pledges to grant a $200-million loan to Ukraine as G7 summit ends
Jun 29, 2022, at 03:51 am
Munich/IBNS: Canada pledged a $200-million loan through the International Monetary Fund to help the government in Ukraine to meet its urgent liquidity needs as the leaders of the G7 meeting in Germany's Munich ended their annual summit on Tuesday.
Almost 100,000 mail ballots were uncounted in federal election: Elections Canada
Jun 25, 2022, at 03:35 am
Ottawa/IBNS: It has been revealed by Elections Canada, the country's federal agency in charge of elections and referendums, that almost 100,000 mail-in ballots were not counted in the federal election, as they either arrived after the deadline, were not filled in properly or lacked a signature.
Canada: ACISA hosts South Asian culture festival Vibrant Brampton
Jun 24, 2022, at 03:40 am
Brampton/IBNS: Downtown Brampton in Canada is once again set to come alive to the sights and sounds of South Asian culture with Vibrant Brampton on Thursday and Friday.
Canada: Toronto observes National Indigenous Peoples Day with Sunrise Ceremony
Jun 23, 2022, at 02:39 am
Toronto/IBNS: Organized by the city of Toronto, National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD) was observed by Mayor John Tory at Nathan Phillips Square on Tuesday following a Sunrise Ceremony honouring Indigenous traditions and culture.
Canadian employers more inclined to hire workers with soft skills without experience, says survey
Jun 21, 2022, at 03:47 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canadian employers are willing to hire workers without experience related to the job due to a labour shortage, a new study by Censuswide on behalf of Indeed, an employment website for job listings reported.
Canada: Manitoba's heat warning cancels Marathon, two players hospitalized
Jun 21, 2022, at 03:32 am
Winnipeg/IBNS: Canada's Manitoba Marathon was cancelled on Sunday by the organizers after two participants were hospitalized due to the sweltering heat and an extreme heat wave.
Canada: Retired priest arrested over indecent assault in Manitoba residential school RCMP probe
Jun 18, 2022, at 05:18 am
Winnipeg/IBNS: In a decade-long RCMP investigation, charges have reportedly been laid against Manitoba's retired priest Arthur Masse, 92, in connection with the sexual assault on a 10-year-old girl, who was a student at the Fort Alexander residential school, northeast of Winnipeg.
Canada: FIFA names Toronto as one of the host cities for FIFA World Cup 2026
Jun 18, 2022, at 05:13 am
Toronto/IBNS: The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has named Toronto in Canada as one of the host cities for the FIFA World Cup 2026 along with Vancouver and 14 other cities in Mexico and the United States.
Canada’s defence minister Anita Anand to provide more military aid to Ukraine
Jun 17, 2022, at 05:04 am
Brussels/IBNS: Canada’s Minister of National Defence Anita Anand, during her participation in the United States-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting, announced that her country would provide military aid valued at approximately $9 million to Ukraine with 10 replacement barrels to enable the sustainment of M777 howitzer artillery guns.