Canada to host International Student Information Sessions to support learners
Jan 26, 2022, at 06:03 am
Toronto/IBNS: International Student Information Sessions will be hosted virtually on Jan 29 from 10 AM-12:30 PM by the International Youth, a non-profit organization established three years ago by Jerin Raj, to provide programs to support international learners before, during, and after their studies in Canada.
Canada orders probe into foreign affairs department's cyber security threat
Jan 26, 2022, at 02:55 am
Ottawa/IBNS: A cyber security incident experienced by Canada’s foreign affairs department last week that has disrupted some internet-based services, and is still under investigation, the federal government has confirmed.
Canada advises its citizens against visiting Ukraine
Jan 25, 2022, at 09:36 pm
Ottawa/UNI/Sputnik: Canada has advised its nationals to cancel plans for non-essential trips to Ukraine as tensions run high and military builds up on either side of the Russian-Ukrainian border, according to an advisory issued by the country's ministry of foreign affairs.
Jan 25, 2022, at 05:35 am
Vancouver/IBNS: As a protest to in-person learning in the midst of British Columbia's fifth wave of COVID-19, students at Simon Fraser University (SFU) planneded a walk-out of class Monday.
Jan 25, 2022, at 04:38 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Hundreds of truckers left on Sunday from British Columbia for Ottawa to protest a federal vaccine mandate despite the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), the country's largest trucking federation, urging to comply.
About 60 pct of Canadians struggling to provide enough food for their families, a new poll says
Jan 22, 2022, at 05:22 am
Toronto/IBNS: A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute, released on Friday, shows that 57 percent of Canadians are struggling to feed their family recently, an increase from 36 percent in 2019.
Ontario's plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions not being followed by Quebec, Alberta
Jan 22, 2022, at 04:55 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario's plan to ease restrictions starting from Jan 31 will not be followed by Quebec and Alberta.
Canada: Quebec’s anti-corruption squad probes large number of fake vaccine passports
Jan 21, 2022, at 06:07 am
Quebec/IBNS: Various fraudulent schemes to make and distribute fake vaccine passports in the province of Quebec are being investigated by the province's anti-corruption squad with a warning that people involved could face serious criminal charges.
Canada welcomes over 200 Afghan refugees to Vancouver, British Columbia
Jan 20, 2022, at 04:47 am
Vancouver/IBNS: Sean Fraser, Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, Wednesday announced that over 200 Afghan refugees landed in Vancouver last night, marking the largest flight to date of Afghan nationals arriving in BC.
Canada's annual inflation rate rises to 4.8 pct in Dec, highest since 1991: says Statistics Canada
Jan 20, 2022, at 04:30 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The annual pace of inflation in Canada climbed to 4.8 per cent in December, the highest since 1991, says Statistics Canada.
Jan 19, 2022, at 04:51 am
Toronto/IBNS: The Beijing Olympic Committee's use of reportedly stricter than usual testing for COVID-19 has made it harder for Canadian athletes to pass tests upon arriving in China, especially those who have recently recovered from the virus.
Truckers coming into Canada from US must be fully vaccinated: Canadian govt
Jan 18, 2022, at 05:15 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The Canadian government has mandated truckers to be fully vaccinated when crossing into Canada from the United States effective Jan 14.
Canada: Most schools in Ontario and Quebec to be closed today due to severe snowstorm
Jan 18, 2022, at 05:01 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Most of the schools in the provinces of Canada's Ontario and Quebec have either been closed or been moved to online learning Monday due to a severe snowstorm.
Ontario launches virtual 2022 budget consultations
Jan 15, 2022, at 06:24 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ahead of the delivery of the budget in March 2022, an online budget consultation launch was announced by Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy enabling Ontarians to share their ideas for making Ontario the best place to build a career, a family, and a future.
Jan 15, 2022, at 04:47 am
Ontario/IBNS: Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, has said during a news conference that it is unclear if businesses ordered to close by the government last week will reopen on Jan 26.
Canada: Ontario Provincial Police investigates use of fake toonies in Hawkesbury
Jan 14, 2022, at 05:04 am
Toronto/IBNS: An investigation has been launched by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on counterfeit two-dollar coins after OPP discovered them being used to purchase items at a store in Hawkesbury, Eastern Ontario.
Ontario not to follow Quebec's proposal of taxing the unvaccinated: Premier Doug Ford
Jan 14, 2022, at 04:40 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford while touring a vaccination site at the Toronto Zoo has said that Ontario would not follow Quebec's policy of taxing unvaccinated people.
Canada: Unvaccinated Quebecers without medical exemptions to pay health tax, says Quebec Premier
Jan 13, 2022, at 05:35 am
Quebec/IBNS: Health tax will be imposed on Quebecers who refuse to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks, Premier François Legault has announced at a news conference.
Toronto Police Service Board unanimously approves 2.3 pct increased 2022 operating budget
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:21 am
Toronto/IBNS: The 2022 budget proposals for the Toronto Police Service (TPS) operating and capital budgets had been unanimously approved by the TPS Board's special meeting essentially allowing maintenance of its current staffing levels and promoting important police reform work for community safety.
Canada's international trade minister and Taiwan minister discuss foreign investments
Jan 12, 2022, at 05:33 am
Ottawa/ IBNS: Mary Ng, Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business, and Economic Development and Taiwan Minister John Deng discussed a possible foreign investment promotion and protection arrangement (FIPA) between Canada and Taiwan in a meeting.
Canada loses to US in first dispute under new Canada-US-Mexico Agreement on dairy imports
Jan 06, 2022, at 05:12 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada has lost to the US in the first-ever dispute case under the new North American trade agreement when a three-member panel agreed that Canada's imposition of complicated rules violated its promise to allow more dairy imports.
Canada: Quebec's imposition of curfew to protect healthcare system faces criticism
Jan 05, 2022, at 05:39 am
Montreal/IBNS: Quebec Premier François Legault alongside Health Minister Christian Dubé and public health director Horacio Arruda have announced in a news conference to impose a night curfew between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. effective Dec 31 amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Canada's Ontario announces new public health measures, restrictions amid rise of Omicron variant
Jan 05, 2022, at 04:27 am
Toronto/IBNS: A number of new public health measures were announced on Jan 3 during a news conference by the Ontario Premier Doug Ford joined by his ministers of health and finance, as well as Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, and Matthew Anderson, CEO of Ontario Health
Canada to resettle female Afghan judges
Jan 01, 2022, at 11:29 pm
Kabul/UNI: Canada will resettle the female Afghan judges currently residing in Greece, the spokesperson of the Immigration Minister of Canada said.
Western nations need to join together against China: Justin Trudeau
Dec 28, 2021, at 01:16 am
Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked the West to stand against China and argued that the East Asian country's communist leadership has often been "playing" Western countries against each other.
Canada registers first single-day increase of over 10,000 COVID-19 cases
Dec 21, 2021, at 03:44 pm
Ottawa/UNI/Xinhua: Canada reported 10,621 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the first increase of over 10,000 cases in a single day since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country in February 2020.
Canada announces diplomatic boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Dec 10, 2021, at 11:47 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: The Canadian government has launched a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
Hundreds with fake COVID-19 test results, vaccination proof tried to enter Canada: Border services
Dec 01, 2021, at 09:10 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Hundreds of suspected fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination records from people trying to enter the country have been intercepted by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Heavy rain in Canada's BC leads to flooding, evacuation of communities
Nov 17, 2021, at 05:18 am
Victoria (B.C.)/IBNS: Relentless rain in Canada's southern British Columbia (BC) on Monday caused the entire city and major highways to be washed away leaving many communities cut off from the rest of the province.
Canada-India Conclave celebrates India at 75- Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
Nov 11, 2021, at 04:16 am
Toronto/IBNS: To celebrate India @ 75- Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Bharat Centre of Canada-A policy Think Tank, in collaboration with the Consulate General of India in Toronto organised Canada-India Conclave, a panel discussion on the topic ,“Canada-India Partnership : Collaboration through Human Centric Approach" here.