Canada: Toronto Public Health reminds families to update student immunization records
Oct 29, 2022, at 04:34 am
Toronto/IBNS: Toronto Public Health has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of child-age immunizations for diseases including Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Meningococcal Disease, Pertussis (whooping cough) and Varicella (chickenpox.
Canada: 3 men of Punjabi origin arrested in drug bust
Oct 28, 2022, at 10:29 pm
Ottawa: Three Punjab-origin people were among six people charged in the Peel municipality in Toronto, in connection with an international drug trafficking enterprise, media reports said on Friday.
Canada freezes sales, purchase, transfer of handguns
Oct 22, 2022, at 04:43 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canadian federal government’s promise to freeze the national sale, purchase, and transfer of handguns takes effect Friday.
Quebec is challenged by spread of viruses, thousands of students miss classes
Oct 20, 2022, at 04:50 am
Quebec/IBNS: There has reportedly been a jump in absences of Canada's Quebec students in recent weeks with approximately 4,000 of them missing classes during the week of Oct 12 due to illness.
Japan, Canada to begin intelligence-sharing talks amid growing threats from China, Russia
Oct 14, 2022, at 05:39 am
Tokyo: Japan and Canada have agreed to formally start talks toward signing the military intelligence information sharing accord as the foreign ministers of these two countries on Tuesday adopted an action plan to strengthen cooperation on defence, economic security, and other areas amid growing threats from China and Russia.
Canada braces for Hurricane Fiona after a week of lashing wind and rain in Caribbean
Sep 24, 2022, at 07:24 pm
New York: After lashing parts of Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands with 140 kilometres-per-hour winds, Hurricane Fiona is expected to make landfall in Canada late Friday and Saturday, the UN said.
Hurricane Fiona approaches Atlantic Canada, officials urge Nova Scotians to be prepared
Sep 23, 2022, at 03:07 am
IBNS: With Hurricane Fiona reportedly advancing toward Atlantic Canada and landfall expected later this week, preparations for the storm by the officials across the province are underway and residents are being urged to do the same before it hits.
Sep 06, 2022, at 03:38 am
Saskatchewan/IBNS: A dangerous person alert across Canada's Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba has been issued by RCMP following a stabbing spree early Sunday morning in 13 different locations.
Canada: Stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan leaves 10 dead, police searching for two suspects
Sep 05, 2022, at 02:55 pm
At least 10 people were killed in a stabbing rampage in Canada's central Saskatchewan province on Sunday, media reports said on Monday.
Nearly 8 pct of Ontario's construction workers died due to opioid crisis from 2017 to 2020: Report
Aug 30, 2022, at 03:37 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario's men working in the construction industry have been most affected by the opioid crisis, accounting for nearly eight per cent of all opioid-related deaths in the province between 2017 and 2020 a new report suggests.
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: Ontario court settlement reclassifies volunteers as employees, sets new precedent
Aug 12, 2022, at 03:33 am
Ottawa/IBNS: An Ontario court has approved a settlement between the organizations that ran student travel excursions and former trip leaders who argued they were not paid as employees after more than four years after the class action lawsuit was launched.
Canada: Privacy commissioner calls for stronger laws at RCMP use of spyware's 2nd day hearing
Aug 10, 2022, at 05:25 am
IBNS: During the second day of hearings into RCMP’s use of spyware, Canada’s privacy commissioner reportedly said that he wants Parliament to strengthen and modernize privacy laws adding that it was through the media that his office learned about the RCMP’s use of spyware.
Canada public health agency urges gay, bisexuals to practice safe sex due to monkeypox outbreak
Jul 29, 2022, at 05:19 am
Canada’s gay and bisexual men have been urged by the Public Health Agency of Canada to practice safe sex and limit the number of their sexual partners due to the monkeypox outbreak.
Canada: 3, including suspect, die in Langley shooting
Jul 26, 2022, at 03:15 pm
Langley,Canada: At least three people, including the shooter, were killed in a six-hour shooting rampage early Monday morning in the suburban Vancouver-area community of Canada's Langley city, media reports said.
Canada: Report of multiple shootings in Langley, BC; RCMP issues emergency alert
Jul 26, 2022, at 03:06 am
Langley (B.C.)/IBNS: An emergency alert has been reportedly issued by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Langley, B.C. on Monday morning, warning residents about multiple shootings
Canada’s Conservative Party to hold third leadership debate over Erin O’Toole's successor
Jul 23, 2022, at 04:32 am
Toronto/IBNS: The Conservative Party of Canada announced that it will hold a third leadership debate for the candidates looking to succeed Erin O’Toole as the party’s official leader.
Canada proposes a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon emissions 40-45 pct by 2030
Jul 22, 2022, at 05:20 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada is aiming to cut emissions across all sectors by 40 to 45 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 by using use an industry-specific cap-and-trade system or a modified carbon pricing system to set a ceiling for emissions from the oil and gas sector.
Montreal offers Canadian camp experience to hundreds of Ukrainian refugees
Jul 22, 2022, at 05:10 am
Montreal/IBNS: Canadian camp experience for hundreds of Ukrainian refugees’ children and their parents is being offered by a new summer camp in Montreal.
Canada: Freedom Convoy leader Pat King gets bail after being in jail since February
Jul 20, 2022, at 05:07 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Following the Ottawa court decision reportedly on Monday, Pat King, a key figure of the Freedom Convoy protest was granted bail, after being in jail since Feb, on conditions that Justice Anne London-Weinstein read out.
Jul 20, 2022, at 04:52 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada’s Parliament Hill protesters called on the government to “be brave like Ukraine” and uphold economic sanctions against Russia.
Alberta universities urge Canada to regulate tuition increases for international students
Jul 19, 2022, at 05:09 am
Calgary/IBNS: Alberta’s two largest university student groups are reportedly calling on the provincial government in Canada to introduce regulations on tuition fees international students pay.
Canada: Ontario NDP issues rules for leadership contest for new party head in March 2023
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:55 am
Toronto/IBNS: Rules for a leadership contest, that will see a new party head in place by the first week of March 2023, have reportedly been mapped out and issued late Friday by Ontario’s New Democrats.
Canadian Sikh leader, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing case, shot dead
Jul 15, 2022, at 02:35 pm
Ottawa,Cannada: Canada-based Sikh leader and businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing case, was shot dead in Surrey city of British Columbia on Thursday morning.
Jul 14, 2022, at 04:21 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canada's Rogers Communications has said it would credit its customers for five days of service following its massive network outage across the country last week that affected cellular and internet service for millions of Canadians.
Jul 13, 2022, at 04:12 am
Toronto/IBNS: Applications for more than 15,000 temporary paid positions to help deliver the 2022 municipal election are being accepted starting Jul 11 by Toronto Elections.
Canada imposes sanctions on Russian oil, gas manufacturers, prohibits some gold products import
Jul 12, 2022, at 04:30 am
Ottawa/IBNS: A new round of Canada’s sanctions against Russia has been announced by foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, including industrial oil and gas manufacturing in an effort to limit Moscow’s ability to wage war in Ukraine
Canada: Ontario officially enters seventh wave of COVID-19, province's chief medical officer says
Jul 08, 2022, at 03:41 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario chief medical officer Kieran Moore has claimed that driven by the Omicron BA.5 subvariant, the province has officially been hit by its seventh wave of COVID-19.
Toronto apologises over 'no-beard' policy, to reinstate terminated Sikh security guards
Jul 07, 2022, at 06:21 am
Toronto/IBNS: The city of Toronto has formally apologized to the World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) for “any delay” in reinstating the Sikh security guard whose services were terminated over a “no-beard” policy.
Canada: Saskatchewan officials undertake efforts to settle newly-arrived Ukrainian refugees
Jul 07, 2022, at 05:20 am
Regina/IBNS: A total of 230 Ukrainian refugees arrived in Canada's Saskatchewan when a plane carrying them flew direct from Warsaw in Poland and landed at Regina airport on the evening of July 4.