Canada opens new immigration streams for Ukrainians, revokes Russia, Belarus as trading partners
Mar 04, 2022, at 05:23 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The Canadian government will be opening new immigration streams for Ukrainians, taking major trade action against Russia, and sending more lethal aid to Ukraine.
Canada's new sanctions against Russia could also damage our economy: Finance Minister Freeland
Mar 03, 2022, at 05:42 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday said that the country's additional sanctions against Russia might end up hurting Canadian economy.
Canada bans import of Russian crude oil, bars Canadian banks' transactions with Russian Central Bank
Mar 02, 2022, at 05:33 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced additional sanctions against Russia and Russian-backed organizations including barring Canadian banks from conducting any transactions with the Russian Central Bank, a move aligned with a host of G7 and NATO allies.
Canada announces humanitarian assistance of $100 million to Ukraine
Mar 02, 2022, at 05:21 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada Tuesday announced $100 million additional humanitarian support for Ukraine in response to immediate needs arising from the Ukraine crisis at the virtual joint launch of the Humanitarian Flash Appeal and the Regional Refugee Response Plan.
Ontario to introduce legislation to raise minimum wage of gig workers to $15
Mar 01, 2022, at 05:50 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario government is proposing new legislation on Monday to raise the minimum wage of app-based gig workers or digital platform workers such as those who offer rides or deliver food and other items for companies like Uber, Lyft, Door Dash, and Instacart to $15 allowing them to keep their tips on top of that base pay.
Mar 01, 2022, at 04:56 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada has announced dispatching $25 million worth of defensive equipment including helmets, body armour, gas masks, and night-vision gear in aid of Ukraine's defence against Russia's attack to be routed through Poland with the first aircraft to depart for Europe.
Justin Trudeau ends emergency act in Canada after 'improvement in situation' over truckers' protest
Feb 25, 2022, at 05:14 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday revoked the emergency actwhich was deployed as a powerful legislative tool just over a week ago in response to the ongoing trucker convoy blockades and protests in Ottawa and at border crossings over recent weeks.
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.
Canada's House of Commons passes Emergency Act motion by a vote of 185 to 151
Feb 23, 2022, at 03:48 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's House of Commons has passed a motion by a vote of 185 to 151 to approve the Emergencies Act, invoked last week by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end blockades in Ottawa and at several border crossings.
Canadia truckers' protest: Police arrest 47 'violent' agitators in Ottawa
Feb 20, 2022, at 04:10 pm
Ottawa/UNI: The Canadian Police has arrested at least 47 'Freedom Convoy' protesters in Ottawa as they continued to be "aggressive and assaultive on officers"
Canada's Ontario govt to invest $300,000 for promoting Black history curriculum in schools
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:05 am
Toronto/IBNS: Stephen Lecce, Ontario Minister of Education, Friday announced an investment of $300,000 by the government to support the development of Black history curriculum-aligned resources to assist educators in teaching about the community's experiences and contributions to Canada.
Canada truckers' protests head into 4th weekend, Ottawa police pledge action in the coming days
Feb 18, 2022, at 05:25 am
Ottawa/IBNS: After all border crossings between Canada and the United States (U.S.) opened for the first time in more than two weeks of unrest, a few refused to budge from their spot and defiantly ripped up warnings issued by the police.
Canada's annual pace of housing starts lower in January: CMHC
Feb 16, 2022, at 06:01 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's annual pace of housing starts in Jan 2022 slowed compared with Dec 2021, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp (CMHC) reportedly said.
Feb 15, 2022, at 04:49 am
Vancouver (BC)/IBNS: An online petition has been reportedly signed by more than 18,000 people opposing the cutting of dozens of trees on the University of British Columbia (UBC)'s campus to clear the way for two new buildings.
Ambassador Bridge connecting Canada, US reopens after week-long blockade
Feb 15, 2022, at 03:35 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The Ambassador Bridge connecting Canada and the United States, one of the busiest border crossings, reopened after a week-long blockade, the Detroit International Bridge Company announced in a statement late Sunday.
Canada police to remove protesters from international crossing
Feb 13, 2022, at 06:49 pm
Ottawa/UNI: To bring an end to the six-day blockade of North America's busiest international crossing, Canadian police has tried to clear protesters from Ambassador Bridge across from Detroit.
Canada: British Columbia's opioid overdose death toll in 2021 increases by 26 pct compared to 2020
Feb 12, 2022, at 04:56 am
Vancouver (B.C.)/IBNS: The Canadian province of British Columbia experienced a 26 per cent increase in its opioid crisis death toll than the previous year's record, B.C.'s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said at a news conference.
Canada: Ontario declares state of emergency amid truckers' convoy protests
Feb 12, 2022, at 04:35 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday announced a state of emergency in the Canadian response amid the truckers' convoy protests against public health measures meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Canada: Truckers' convoy protests disrupting country's supply chain, ministers warn
Feb 11, 2022, at 04:18 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Serious disruption of the flow of Canada's supply chain has been caused by anti-vaccine mandate protests at the Canada-U.S. border, the country's Federal ministers warned Wednesday.
Feb 10, 2022, at 04:21 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's population growth rate almost hit 37 million last year, almost twice the pace of every other G7 country from 2016 to 2021, mostly due to new arrivals of approximately 1.8 million people from around the world, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday.
Trucker protest 'has to stop': Justin Trudeau
Feb 08, 2022, at 02:32 pm
Toronto/UNI/Sputnik: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the trucker protest taking place in Ottawa must come to an end, citing disruptions it has caused to the economy and the local residents.
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.
Feb 05, 2022, at 05:24 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Executives of the Fundraising website GoFundMe have been called to testify at Canada's House of Commons Public Safety and National Security Committee over releasing nearly $10.1M of funds raised for the truckers' convoy.
Canada: Ontario eases long-term care visitor restrictions after COVID-19 hospitalizations drops
Feb 05, 2022, at 04:42 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Visitor restrictions at Ontario long-term care homes are being eased as public health indicators are starting to improve and the rate of hospitalizations of people with COVID-19 continues to follow a downward trend of 2,634.
Feb 04, 2022, at 05:46 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Amid Ottawa residents' frustration with six days into a protest around Parliament Hill in the Canadian capital, the police has said that there is no clear indication when the agitation would end.
Canada: Candice Bergen named interim Conservative leader after Erin O'Toole removal
Feb 04, 2022, at 05:20 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Manitoba MP Candice Bergen has been named as interim leader of the Conservatives in Canada following a private vote late Wednesday evening after the removal of Erin O’Toole.
Canada truckers' protest: Alberta Premier calls on protesters to end blockade after collision
Feb 03, 2022, at 05:07 am
Alberta/IBNS: Convoy of truck protesters in Canada's Alberta has been called by the province's Premier Jason Kenney to end their demonstration in Coutts, after some protesters reportedly breached police barriers to join the demonstration Tuesday followed by a head-on collision resulting in an assault.
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.
Canada's Conservative leader Erin O'Toole faces internal revolt, party MPs oppose his leadership
Feb 02, 2022, at 03:18 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is facing internal revolt as the party's Members of Parliament (MPs) are opposing his leadership, indicating enough support to trigger a caucus leadership review.
UK joins US, Canada in imposing new sanctions against Myanmar officials
Feb 01, 2022, at 11:21 pm
London/UNI/Sputnik: The UK marked the first anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar on Tuesday by joining the US and Canada in imposing new sanctions against three government officials that they said "have been instrumental in suppressing democracy and stifling opposition voices."