Canada: Alberta RCMP fines 7 Americans for stopping to sightsee in Banff National Park
Jun 23, 2020, at 12:06 am
Alberta/IBNS: Seven tickets were issued by Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to Americans who stopped in Banff National Park in Alberta to see the sights last week despite Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)'s current rules which bans non-essential travel between Canada and the United States till July 21, media reports said.
Canada: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh gets expelled from House of Commons for calling Bloc MP a racist
Jun 19, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Expulsion of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) Leader Jagmeet Singh from the House of Commons for the rest of the day by Speaker Anthony Rota on June 16 resulted when Singh called a Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien racist, breaking a parliamentary rule by refusing to apologize and withdraw his comments, media reports said.
China charges two Canadians with spying
Jun 19, 2020, at 05:22 pm
Beijing/UNI: Prosecutors in China on Friday have officially charged two Canadian nationals working as business executives in the country with spying.
Canada: 6th International Day of Yoga to be virtually observed in Toronto on Jun 21
Jun 11, 2020, at 06:56 pm
Toronto/IBNS: The sixth International Day of Yoga will be virtually observed here on Jun 21, Consulate General of India, Toronto office reported.
Canada-US border closure extends further to late July: Reports
Jun 10, 2020, at 10:39 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: The Canada-US border closure, set to expire on June 21, is further extended till late July, media reports said quoting sources.
Jun 09, 2020, at 03:04 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: The second phase of reopening in Canada's Ontario will allow gathering of up to ten people besides resumption of more business activities later this week.
Canada: Quebec reports employment increase of 231,000 in May, the largest among the provinces
Jun 08, 2020, at 11:14 pm
Quebec/IBNS: Quebec's increase in employment by 231,000 (+6.5 per cent) from April to May was the largest gain among Canada's provinces and recorded a recovery of nearly 30 per cent of the cumulative losses witnessed in March and April, according to the Labour Force Survey, May 2020, reported by Statistics Canada on June 5.
Ontario observes National Indigenous History Month, takes steps to protect indigenous women
Jun 02, 2020, at 11:38 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: June 2020 is being observed as a National Indigenous History Month (NIHM) all over Canada, media reports said.
Canadians stranded in remote corners of world seek help to get home
Jun 01, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada may not be able to repatriate the last 10 per cent of Canadians stranded worldwide during a deadly pandemic, due to the complexity of their cases, media reports said.
Canada looking at reuniting families separated due to border closure: Justin Trudeau
May 30, 2020, at 10:55 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The reunion of the families separated due to the Canada-U.S. temporary border closure, is being looked into by Canada's federal government through a slight change in the directives for the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, media reports said.
US, three other allies target China over Hong Kong national security law
May 29, 2020, at 07:10 pm
Washington: China's decision to impose the new national security law on Hong Kong has earned criticisms from the United States and its three major allies.
Quebec, Ontario report highest Covid-19 cases in Canada
May 26, 2020, at 07:07 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Quebec and Ontario have reported the largest number of Covid-19 cases nationwide in Canada, media reports said.
Canada's House of Commons to debate additional COVID-19 sittings and summer Parliament sessions
May 25, 2020, at 10:25 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Liberal government's proposal to add an additional day to the current schedule of Parliament's special committee on COVID-19's one meeting a week in person would be debated in the House of Commons on Monday, media reports said.
Canada's conservatives say House of Commons should be considered an 'essential service'
May 24, 2020, at 01:44 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Amidst continuing discussion by Canada's political parties on bringing back Parliament, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that regardless of the decision by all parties, the parliament would continue to function with a reduced number of members physically present three times a week for some time, media reports said.
Canada ready to make COVID-19 contact tracing calls daily, Trudeau says
May 23, 2020, at 10:07 am
Ottawa/Xinhua/UNI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that his government is ready to track the contacts of those who test positive for COVID-19 by making tracing calls every day.
Canada Police reports 2,200 home quarantine checks due to stricter border issues
May 21, 2020, at 12:03 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Completion of nearly 2,200 home visits by police officers in Canada have been reported to ensure returning Canadians since the start of the pandemic are complying with the 14-day self-isolation rule, media reports said.
Canada-U.S. border for non-essential travel to remain closed for another month
May 20, 2020, at 02:36 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: An extension to the closure of the Canada-US border for non-essential travel for another month due to fear of COVID-19 Pandemic spread was announced by Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tuesday, media reports said.
Trudeau extends COVID-19 wage subsidy to August
May 16, 2020, at 01:37 pm
Ottawa/Xinhua/UNI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday that his government's wage subsidy program for employees in businesses hit hard by COVID-19 will last until the end of August.
Canada's free tax clinics go virtual
May 13, 2020, at 02:02 pm
Ottawa, May 13 (IBNS): Diane Lebouthillier, Canada's Minister of National Revenue, announced on Tuesday that free virtual tax clinics would be held in Canada on an interim basis while still following physical distancing guidelines due to COVID-19 pandemic, media reports said.
COVID-19: High Commissioner of India in Ottawa plans return of stranded Indians
May 07, 2020, at 12:17 pm
Toronto/IBNS: The phased return of nearly three lakh Indians, mainly students stranded in Canada due to COVID-19 pandemic, is being planned by the office of the High Commissioner of India in Ottawa (Canada), media reports said.
CIF appeals to Canada PM to include International students in the CESB prog
May 04, 2020, at 12:52 pm
Toronto/IBNS: An appeal was made by Canada India Foundation (CIF) in a letter addressed to Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to include international students in the Canada Emergency Student Benefits (CESB) program announced on 22 April, media reports said.
Canada to Fund Promising Research of Coronavirus Drug - Trudeau
May 04, 2020, at 11:01 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Sunday that his government would give a Vancouver pharma company an equivalent of $125 million to support research of a potential coronavirus cure.
Canada: Ontario allowing select businesses to reopen with strict safety measures
May 02, 2020, at 01:21 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: The Ontario government has granted permission to some workplaces to reopen on May 4 provided they follow strict public health and safety measures during the COVID-19 outbreak, media reports said.
Canada: Ontario allowing select businesses to reopen with strict safety measures
May 02, 2020, at 12:46 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: The Ontario government has granted permission to some workplaces to reopen on May 4 provided they follow strict public health and safety measures during the COVID-19 outbreak, media reports said.
Canadians lost more than $1.2 million to scammers in recent weeks
May 01, 2020, at 09:17 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Canadians have suffered a loss of more than $1.2 million in recent weeks to scammers, who had taken advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic, media reports said.
Canada’s Saskatchewan province to begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions May 4 - Premier
Apr 24, 2020, at 05:17 pm
Toronto/Sputnik: The Canadian province of Saskatchewan will begin phasing out on May 4 some of the restrictions implemented to fight the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Premier Scott Moe announced at a press conference.
Death toll from mass shooting in Canada's Nova Scotia rises to 23- Police
Apr 22, 2020, at 12:28 pm
Toronto/Sputnik/UNI: The death toll in the deadly shooting in Canada’s province of Nova Scotia has risen to 23, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement.
Death toll rises to 18 in Canada's worst mass shooting
Apr 21, 2020, at 01:34 pm
Ottawa/Xinhua/UNI: The death toll has risen to 18 in the mass shooting in the Canadian province Nova Scotia, the worst of its kind in the country's history, according the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Monday afternoon.
Trudeau calls on Canadians to avoid non-essential international travel
Mar 14, 2020, at 10:07 am
Ottawa/Xinhua/UNI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Canadians to avoid all non-essential international travel due to rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau tests positive for coronavirus
Mar 13, 2020, at 08:38 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau has tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Friday.