Canada: London Humane Society warns of serial animal killer in London, Ontario

Dec 24, 2016, at 09:50 pm

Toronto, Dec 24 (IBNS): Pet owners had been warned about a possible serial animal killer on the loose by a southwestern Ontario humane society after it received several news of hideous crimes regarding mutilated animals, media reports said.

Western University researcher creates world's 'smallest snowman'

Dec 24, 2016, at 04:04 am

Toronto, Dec 23 (IBNS): A research scientist at an Ontario University has created a microscopic figure of a snowman, a few days before Christmas, media reports said.

Canada: CBC's Sounds of the Seasons & Unifor's grant brings cheer to Windsor-Essex County’s food banks

Dec 19, 2016, at 05:17 am

Toronto, Dec 18 (IBNS): For many families in Windsor-Essex, near Toronto, access to healthy food is out of reach, media reported.

Toronto: Peace activist Audrey Tobias remembered

Dec 19, 2016, at 04:27 am

Toronto, Dec 18 (IBNS): Audrey Tobias, a long-time peace activist who died on Dec 1 at the age of 92, was remembered on Saturday for her drive and determination at a funeral service held at a church in Toronto.

Toronto: Heroic efforts of 2-year-old child to raise $500 for Brain Cancer Research

Dec 17, 2016, at 02:31 pm

Toronto, Dec 17 (IBNS): After two-year-old Bentley Davidson, also known as “Mini Gord Downie” became a social media star overnight, his parents decided to give back to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on Gord’s behalf.

Extreme cold weather alert in Toronto

Dec 17, 2016, at 05:19 am

Toronto, Dec 16 (IBNS): A man found outdoors covered in snow with his fingers turned blue in the early hours of Friday morning was transported to hospital, media reported.

University of Toronto’s fundraising campaign exceeds previous targets

Dec 14, 2016, at 01:53 pm

Toronto, Dec 14 (IBNS): University of Toronto’s collection of $2.4-billion Thursday towards its Boundless fundraising campaign had exceeded the limit of $2-billion in the last five years, media reports said.

Toronto hit by the first severe winter snow storm

Dec 13, 2016, at 01:39 pm

Toronto, Dec 13 (IBNS): Warning of 15 centimetres of snow between morning of Dec. 11 and afternoon of Dec. 12, as was issued on Dec. 11 by Environment Canada for the Greater Toronto Area, and much of southern Ontario.

Canada’s food guide should be more influential with consumers in mind

Dec 11, 2016, at 01:34 pm

Toronto, Dec 11 (IBNS): The Canadian Food Guide is considered by public institutions, schools, universities and community-based organizations as an image of our basic and essential nutritional values, said Sylvain Charlebois dean of the faculty of management and professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University, reported on Tuesday by The Globe and Mail.

Ottawa Police ‘CopShop’ event unfurls Christmas spirit

Dec 11, 2016, at 04:20 am

Toronto, Dec. 10 (IBNS): Ottawa Police visited the Carlingwood Shopping Centre, mid week, as part of thir ‘CopShop’ event to spread the Christmas warmth and spirit in a festive way.

Canada constantly ranks 4th globally in Science education: reports

Dec 11, 2016, at 04:04 am

Toronto, Dec. 10 (IBNS): The latest survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISAA) ranks Canada fourth internationally in Science, maths and reading.

Canada: Ottawa Police’ 'CopShop' plan brings Christmas spirit to local kids

Dec 10, 2016, at 02:26 pm

Toronto, Dec. 10 (IBNS): With the aim of spreading Christmas cheer in Ottawa, the capital of Ontario, Ottawa Police appeared on Carlingwood Shopping Centre Wednesday, CTVNEWS reported.

Canadian economy enhances with OPEC’s plans to cut oil production

Dec 03, 2016, at 02:20 am

Toronto, Dec 2 (IBNS): Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)’s decision to cut oil production and the consequent rise in oil prices lead to the strengthening of Canadian dollar against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, reported Global News.

Homicide cases in Canada's Alberta region rises high

Nov 30, 2016, at 02:18 am

Calgary, Nov 29(IBNS): The latest Report of Statistics Canada depicted a very scary picture of law and order situation in Alberta.

Canada: Justin Trudeau will not attend Fidel Castro’s funeral

Nov 29, 2016, at 11:27 pm

Toronto, Nov. 29 (IBNS): Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau will not attend late Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s memorial or funeral services due to his busy schedule, said Trudeau’s office, 680News reported.

New changes in Canadian Immigration system to obtain PR

Nov 19, 2016, at 06:58 am

Calgary Nov 17 (IBNS): The Citizenship & Immigration Canada would bring about new changes in electronic immigration selection process, effective from November 19, to improve chances of international foreign students and some selected categories of high skilled workers, to have permanent residential status more smoothly than before.

Trudeau focuses on Canada-Argentine business in Argentina trip

Nov 19, 2016, at 04:52 am

Toronto, Nov 18(IBNS): The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, presently in Buenos Aires, Argentina, made a direct pitch to the businesses to make investments in the Argentine- Canadian trade.

Graffiti attacks on religious places in Ottawa, rises hate crimes in Canada

Nov 19, 2016, at 03:47 am

Ottawa, Nov 18(IBNS): The Parkdale United Church and the Ottawa Mosque on Northwestern Avenue, faced a new slur of graffiti attacks on Thursday night, raising the hate crimes, racist attacks in Ottawa.

Canadians averse to face reality owing to joblessness

Nov 17, 2016, at 03:10 pm

Calgary, Nov 17 (IBNS): Many Canadians were not prepared to face the consequences in the wake of job loss, though they were well aware of the fact that job market had been worsening day by day in Canada.

Future of US-Canada relationship under the Trumpian Regime

Nov 17, 2016, at 02:45 pm

Calgary, Nov 16 (IBNS): The future of Canada USA Bilateral relationship would be under big question mark, as it was a well known fact that Donald Trump’s deep antipathy to NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)which during the campaign for presidency he had made one of the prime election issue and had been fiercely vitriolic towards Mexico but said nothing against Canada.

Ban welcomes Canada’s announcement of donation to UN Palestine refugee agency

Nov 17, 2016, at 12:30 pm

New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed Canada’s announcement that it was resuming support to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) by donating CDN $25 million for the agency’s essential health, education, relief and social services and humanitarian programmes that benefit 5.3 million Palestine refugees.

Bridging the cultural gaps in Toronto: Heritage Beyond Borders

Nov 15, 2016, at 09:19 am

Toronto, Nov 14 (IBNS): Heritage Beyond Borders, a not for profit organization, planned an annual gala dance and dinner event along with a beauty pageant contest on November 19 at the Grand Palace Convention Centre in Scarborough, Toronto.

Toronto pageants go global with IPEN

Nov 15, 2016, at 08:41 am

Toronto, Nov 14 (IBNS):  The International Professional Entertainment Network (IPEN) which nurtures the beauty industry in Toronto, organized a send-off program on November 12, to wish good luck to five of its Beauties and Gents who would be leaving for their respective international pageants in the coming days.

National opioid strategy called by CAMH experts in Canaada

Nov 13, 2016, at 01:00 am

Toronto, Nov. 8 (IBNS): Addiction experts in Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) had been emphasizing the need for a national strategy to control the over prescribing of opioids and to reduce number of deaths in Canada by over dosage of powerful narcotics.

Community groups in Quebec help Syrian refugees in settlement in Canada

Nov 11, 2016, at 02:09 am

Montreal, Nov 10 (IBNS): The refugees, Dania Saad and her husband, Samir Altabra have been continuously receiving monthly cheques of $1,000 from their private sponsors, eight months since arriving in Montreal as Syrian refugees, a media report said.

Donald Trump victory takes Canadians by shock

Nov 10, 2016, at 05:59 am

Toronto, Nov. 9 (IBNS): Canadians were shocked on Wednesday morning when they woke up to learn that Donald Trump had been elected as the next President of the United States.

Missing vehicle and 2 dead bodies recovered from Toronto pond

Nov 10, 2016, at 02:23 am

Mississauga, Nov. 9 (IBNS): Peel Police confirmed Tuesday evening that the car found in Mississauga pond is the same vehicle with two missing brothers which were last seen operating.

Canada adds 44,000 new jobs in October but unemployment rate remains constant

Nov 05, 2016, at 03:39 pm

Ottawa, Nov. 04 (IBNS): Statistics Canada released a report on Friday confirming that to counterbalance the loss in full-time positions, 44,000 new part-time jobs had been created, yet the employment rate remained steady at 7 percent.

Canada-EU free trade deal gets signed

Oct 31, 2016, at 04:12 am

Brussels, Oct 30 (IBNS): After seven long years of negotiations, Canada and EU Finally signed a free trade agreement, on Sunday.

UN expert panel warns of systemic anti-Black racism in Canada’s criminal justice system

Oct 22, 2016, at 12:41 pm

New York, Oct 22 (Just Earth News): A group of United Nations human rights experts on Friday expressed serious concerns about systemic anti-Black racism in the criminal justice system in Canada.