May 03, 2023, at 04:44 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau to leave for London to attend King Charles’ coronation on May 6
May 03, 2023, at 03:41 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will head next week to the United Kingdom to attend King Charles’s coronation, according to an official in his office.
Canada to no longer offer evacuation flights from Sudan over deteriorating security situation
May 02, 2023, at 02:45 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Evacuation flights out of crisis-hit Sudan would no longer be offered by Canada’s federal government due to Sudan’s deteriorating security situation.
Canada urges UN to include Afghan women in decision-making talks
Apr 29, 2023, at 04:39 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's ambassador for women, peace and security, Jacqueline O'Neill, Thursday, endorsed in a letter calling for inclusion of women in UN talks of decision-making about the future.
Western Canada receives warning about dangerous avalanche condition
Apr 29, 2023, at 04:36 am
Vancouver/IBNS: With dramatic rising temperatures due to winter transitioning to spring, backcountry users across western Canada have been warned of dangerous avalanche conditions.
Canada completes first evacuation flight from war-torn Sudan, says defence minister Anita Anand
Apr 28, 2023, at 05:28 am
Ottawa/IBNS: First evacuation flight to get Canadians out of crisis-hit Sudan has been conducted, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced Thursday.
Canada's public servants' strike drags on, more labour unrest likely: Experts
Apr 27, 2023, at 05:55 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's largest public sector union represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)'s strike is still continuing, with more labour unrest likely this year, experts say.
Canada: Ontario scraps tuition fees, post-secondary education requirement for new police recruits
Apr 27, 2023, at 05:26 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The Ontario government is boosting police recruitment numbers by eliminating tuition fees of police training, and scrapping a post-secondary education requirement to be hired as an officer.
Apr 25, 2023, at 04:23 am
Ottawa/IBNS: With the formal coronation of King Charles on May 6 less than two weeks away, a new poll from the Angus Reid Institute reportedly suggests that the new monarch could have a tough road ahead when it comes to winning over Canadians with even lesser support for his wife, Camilla.
Canada suspends work of embassy in Sudan: Foreign Ministry
Apr 24, 2023, at 02:25 am
Ottawa/Khartoum: Canada has decided to suspend the work of its embassy in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Canadian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
Toronto expands Traffic Agents Program to increase road safety
Apr 21, 2023, at 04:50 am
Toronto/IBNS: Traffic Agents Program of the City of Toronto is being expanded to increase road safety and better to manage traffic congestion, a news release has said.
Canadian federal workers to go on strike today as govt fails to finalise any deal over their demands
Apr 20, 2023, at 03:34 am
Ottawa/IBNS: With failure of the Canadian government to come to an agreement by its Tuesday night deadline, approximately 155,000 Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) workers are reported to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. EDT. the largest federal public-service union said
Acclaimed Canadian author Joan Clark passes away at 88
Apr 18, 2023, at 03:55 am
Halifax/IBNS: Joan Clark, acclaimed Canadian author and Order of Canada recipient, has passed away at 88.
Canada: Ontario to invest over $180 million to help students build maths, reading, writing skills
Apr 18, 2023, at 03:44 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario’s Education Ministry is investmenting over $180 million for classroom and at-home support to boost students’ math, reading and writing skills.
Canada sanctions 14 Russian individuals, 34 entities: Justin Trudeau
Apr 12, 2023, at 11:53 pm
Washington: Canada is imposing sanctions on 14 Russian individuals and 34 entities, including a firm owned by Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday.
Canada: Over one million Hydro-Quebec customers still without power after ice storm
Apr 07, 2023, at 05:31 am
Montreal/IBNS: Over one million customers were still without power on Thursday morning, and some of them are likely to stay without it for days after an ice storm hit southern Quebec with falling trees and causing flooding.
Canadians to hold off on getting another COVID booster for now:Experts recommend
Apr 06, 2023, at 04:34 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canadian health officials are echoing the message of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) to no longer recommend follow-up of COVID-19 boosters for people with a medium or low risk of developing severe illness from the virus.
Mar 30, 2023, at 06:01 am
Ottawa/IBNS: A federal budget tabled by Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday addressed inflation, GST rebate for low-income Canadians, and multi-billion-dollar tax credits to stimulate the clean energy sector.
Canada, US kept their Safe Third Country Agreement a secret. Know why?
Mar 29, 2023, at 06:16 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden jointly announced last week a revised Safe Third Country Agreement to control cross-border migration, media reports said.
2023 Canada's federal budget to offer grocery rebate for lower-income groups: Sources
Mar 28, 2023, at 03:26 am
Toronto/IBNS: A ‘grocery rebate’ that will be offered to Canadians with lower incomes who may be struggling with the rising cost of food, has been included by the 2023 federal budget, media reports said.
Two teachers stabbed by student in Canadian Province of Nova Scotia: Law Enforcement
Mar 21, 2023, at 11:00 pm
Ottawa: Halifax Regional Police said a student was taken into custody after stabbing two teachers at the Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford in Canada’s Province of Nova Scotia.
Train derails in Canada’s Ontario province: Authorities
Mar 19, 2023, at 03:50 pm
Ottawa/UNI: A train has derailed in the city of Port Colborne, located in the south of Canada’s Ontario province, the city authorities inform.
Newfoundland and Labrador families receive $10 per day for childcare
Mar 17, 2023, at 04:46 am
Clarenville/ IBNS: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Andrew Furey, jointly announced that N&L families are now benefitting from $10-a-day regulated childcare, and are now saving an estimated $6,300 per year for each child in care, a news release has said.
Canada international trade minister announces expansion of CAN Health Network to Quebec, other parts
Mar 07, 2023, at 03:09 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Mary Ng, Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, announced the expansion of Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network to Quebec and remote communities, a news release has said.
Mar 01, 2023, at 04:22 am
Toronto/IBNS: Toronto Public Health (TPH), Unity Health Toronto and the University Health Network (UHN) have jointly announced a partnership to expand frontline healthcare services to respond to the escalating drug poisoning crisis, a news release has said.
Canada: Ontario identifies new land for manufacturing investments to create job
Feb 28, 2023, at 05:34 am
St. Thomas/IBNS: The Ontario government has passed legislation that, if passed, will strengthen the provinces' competitiveness by consolidating a new investment-ready mega site in St. Thomas, a news release has said.
China trying to interfere in Canada’s democracy for years, Justin Trudeau claims
Feb 21, 2023, at 04:37 am
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said China is trying to interfere in the country's democracy for years.
Canada, Manitoba announce investment for easy access to childcare in rural areas
Feb 18, 2023, at 04:42 am
Manitoba/IBNS: Governments of Canada and Manitoba have announced to invest of $94 million in two phases of the child-care project to ensure easy access to affordable child care by Manitoba families in rural and First Nations communities.
Netflix unveils new fees in Canada for password sharing
Feb 10, 2023, at 05:20 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada is unveiling its new system to crack down on Netflix password sharing charging customers who share their accounts across multiple locations to pay an extra $8 a month.
Canada: Toronto City Council extends deadline for tax declaration of vacant homes
Feb 10, 2023, at 03:48 am
Toronto/IBNS: Toronto City Council has officially approved the extension of the deadline to Feb 28 instead of Feb 2 for residential property owners to declare their property’s occupancy status for the Vacant Home Tax, a news release has reported.