Quebec's top court upholds kirpan ban at provincial legislature

Feb 22, 2018, at 03:14 pm

Montreal, Feb 21 (IBNS): Quebec's top court on Feb 20 upheld kirpan ban at National Assembly, media reports said.

Toronto Transit Commission investing $500,000 to study subway air quality

Sep 07, 2017, at 06:29 pm

Toronto, Sep 7 (IBNS): The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is investing $500,000 for studying air quality in the subway system, after Environmental Science & Technology journal reported earlier this year that high concentrations of pollutants were found in the agency’s underground lines, media reports said.

Americas region adopts 'historic' disaster risk reduction plan at UN-backed forum in Montreal

Mar 10, 2017, at 02:13 pm

New York, Mar 10 (Just Earth News): Around 50 countries and territories of the Americas at a United Nations-supported conference in Montreal, Canada, agreed a Regional Action Plan on Thursday to better protect their citizens from the destruction caused by natural and man-made disasters.

UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:12 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): More than 1,000 delegates from across the Americas will meet this week at a United Nations-backed conference in the Canadian city of Montreal to agree a Regional Action Plan designed to reduce the loss of life due to disasters, both natural and man-made.

Canada: Three supervised injection sites approved in Montreal

Feb 08, 2017, at 02:15 am

Toronto, Feb 7 (IBNS): In the wake of upsurge of opioid crisis, Health Canada has authorized three supervised injection sites in Montreal, media reports said.

About 1400 people loose their Canadian PR for noncompliance every year

Jan 20, 2017, at 06:32 am

Toronto, Jan 19 (IBNS): According to a new media report, an average of 1400 Canadian immigrants are stopped at the border, and ordered removed from the country for not abiding by the residency obligations.