Canada: Ontario curbs auto theft, organised crime with expanded new joint Air Support Unit
Jul 31, 2024, at 05:08 am
Toronto/IBNS: Aiming to curb car thieves and organized crime in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Ottawa, the Ontario government is investing $134 million to purchase five new police helicopters equipped with the latest technology to safeguard highways and roadways from violent carjackings, auto theft, street racing and impaired driving.
Mar 09, 2024, at 03:01 pm
At least six people of Sri Lankan origin, including four children, died in a stabbing incident in Canada's Ottawa city on Wednesday.
Canada: 2 die during shooting at Ottawa wedding reception
Sep 04, 2023, at 03:31 pm
At least two people died and six others were injured in a shooting incident at a wedding reception in Ottawa city of Canada on Saturday.
Aug 12, 2022, at 03:41 am
Toronto/IBNS: A legislation dubbed the ‘Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act’, was introduced by the Ontario government on Thursday that would give the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa more responsibility to deliver on shared provincial-municipal priorities including the power to hire and fire department heads, single-handedly propose the municipal budget, and veto bylaws related to matters of provincial authority, approved by council.
Canada: Some gas stations in Ottawa running out of fuel amid high demand, long lineups
May 25, 2022, at 04:45 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Damage to some gas stations in the Ottawa-Gatineau region in Canada was caused due to storms, fatal windstorms and power outages during the weekend.
Ottawa Police bar vehicles in downtown during weekend demonstration
Apr 27, 2022, at 03:48 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Protesters of the ‘Rolling Thunder Ottawa’ demonstration this weekend will not be allowed to drive into the downtown core, Ottawa Police reportedly said.
Canada could be first country on Earth to pay international oil royalties: Reports
Apr 22, 2022, at 03:13 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada could be reportedly the first country on Earth to pay international oil royalties of millions of dollars due to the Bay du Nord megaproject in Newfoundland and Labrador (N.L.)'s offshore.
Canada: Ontario Provincial Police investigate officers for donating to freedom convoy
Feb 24, 2022, at 03:51 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has launched an internal review of some of its officers who have donated to the recent convoy protests in Ottawa and throughout the province.
China slams Canada over Hong Kong, Ottawa protests
Feb 23, 2022, at 03:16 pm
Ottawa/UNI/Sputnik: China's diplomatic mission in Canada slammed Ottawa for the "stark double standard" in the way the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau portrayed the Freedom Convoy in Canada and the violent protests in Hong Kong.
Canadian police planning to take ‘imminent’ action against protesters
Feb 18, 2022, at 02:47 pm
Toronto/UNI/Sputnik: Canadian law enforcement agencies are preparing to take "imminent" action against participants in the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa, who demand the government scrap COVID-19 vaccine mandates, interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell said.
Ottawa Police arrests 23 during freedom convoy stay: Statement
Feb 09, 2022, at 02:22 pm
Toronto/UNI/Sputnik: Law enforcement agencies in Ottawa have made 23 arrests and issued more than 1,300 tickets related to the anti-mandate and anti-government protests in Canada's capital, the municipal police service said.
Feb 08, 2022, at 04:22 am
Ottawa/IBNS: A state of emergency was declared in Canada's Ottawa on Sunday night by Mayor Jim Watson as the truckers convoy of estimated 5,000 people and 1,000 trucks and personal vehicles continued to disrupt the normal life of the Canadian capital during the weekend.
Ottawa police set up a hotline to probe hate crime, assaults amid truckers' demonstrations
Feb 02, 2022, at 03:28 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Ottawa Police Tuesday said it is setting up a hotline to investigate hate crimes related to the demonstrations in the Canadian capital's downtown area.
Protesters block Ottawa as Canada's vaccine mandate pits truckers against Trudeau
Feb 01, 2022, at 05:25 am
Ottawa: A vaccine mandate on cross-border truckers that intensified Canada's food shortage problem has triggered a massive protest against the Justin Trudeau government as thousands of demonstrators joined the so-called Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, bringing the capital city to a standstill for two days in a row.
Ottawa, Beijing spar over China’s treatment of Uyghurs
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:22 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Ottawa and Beijing sparred over human rights issues in the others’ countries, with Canada pushing China at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting for free access to Xinjiang province to investigate alleged human rights violations against the Uyghur people.
Air Canada, Ottawa strike $4.68bln financial aid deal
Apr 13, 2021, at 02:43 pm
Toronto/Sputnik: Air Canada and the federal government have struck a deal that will see the country’s flag carrier be given access of up to $4.68 billion in liquidity through a federal COVID-19 stimulus program for large businesses, the airliner said.
Health Canada approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, to receive 500,000 doses by March-end
Feb 27, 2021, at 04:30 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Health Canada has approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca on Friday morning after reviewing two-dose vaccines for safety and efficacy since October, Health Canada reported.
Canada's top defense Admiral Art McDonald voluntarily steps aside amidst investigation
Feb 26, 2021, at 04:56 am
Ottawa/IBNS: With just over two years into the job, Admiral Art McDonald, Canada's new top military commander has voluntarily stepped aside amid investigation by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service due to unspecified allegations levelled against him.
Merit not seniority will lead to hiring in schools: Ontario Education Minister
Oct 16, 2020, at 04:36 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce on Thursday announced in a news conference in Vaughan that all school boards in the province will hire teachers based on merit repealing the old policy of following the seniority.
Canada Conservatives skeptical if Liberals meet target to end First Nations' boil water advisories
Sep 30, 2020, at 05:09 am
Ottawa/IBNS: COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized some of the Liberal government's key deadlines of its reconciliation agenda including a promise to end all long-term boil-water advisories on First Nations by March 2021, media reports said.
Erin O'Toole, Canada's new Conservative Party leader, gets 57 pct votes on final ballot
Aug 25, 2020, at 03:41 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Erin O'Toole became the new Canada's Conservative Party leader Aug 24 by getting 57 per cent of the votes on the third and final ballot, compared to 43 per cent for second-place contender Peter MacKay, media reports said.
Canada: Ottawa police hate crime unit investigates a man's vulgar abuses at McKenna's office
Aug 12, 2020, at 03:57 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Investigation by the Ottawa police hate crimes unit is underway after a man screamed last week vulgar abuses outside Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna's constituency office, media reports said.
Canada announces vital initiatives to procure vaccines, therapies to prevent COVID-19
Aug 07, 2020, at 05:13 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Anita Anand, Canada's Public Services and Procurement Minister has announced during a news conference in Toronto that the Government of Canada has entered into agreements with Pfizer and Moderna to secure millions of doses of potential COVID-19 vaccines.
Canada recognizes First Nations leadership in conservation with $600,000 fund for IGPP
Jul 25, 2020, at 05:23 am
Ottawa/IBNS: A sum of $600,000 was announced by the government of Canada on Thursday to fund 10 new indigenous projects across the country for the period 2020–2021 in the First Nations tier 1 stream under the Indigenous Guardians Pilot Program ( IGPP), media reports said.
Canada: Complaints raised against Gov Gen Payette over harassment, verbal abuse at Rideau Hall
Jul 23, 2020, at 05:43 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Multiple sources have complained to CBC News about a toxic atmosphere of harassment and verbal abuse created by Canada's Governor General Julie Payette at Rideau Hall, Payette's official residence, media reports said.
Canada ill-prepared for second wave of COVID-19, says Senate Committee
Jul 11, 2020, at 05:31 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The Liberal Party of Canada had been asked by Canada's Senate Committee to deliver by Labour Day a contingency plan to contain the potential second wave of COVID-19, for which Canada is ill-prepared, media reports said.
Canada: RCMP arrest an armed man who gained access to Rideau Hall grounds in Ottawa
Jul 03, 2020, at 12:06 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Police on Thursday morning arrested an armed man who had gained access to the grounds at Rideau Hall, the Governor General's official residence in Canada's Ottawa, 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.
Two wounded in shooting in Ottawa
Oct 21, 2019, at 10:24 am
Ottawa (Xinhua/UNI) Two men were wounded in a shooting in the western part of Canadian capital city of Ottawa Sunday morning, according to Ottawa Police.
Canada: Ottawa bus crash kills three, injures 23
Jan 12, 2019, at 11:41 am
Ottawa, Jan 12 (IBNS): A bus crash in Canada's capital city Ottawa, which is located in Ontario province, killed three people and left 23 others injured on Friday.