Air Canada CEO says finally 'encouraged' by Airline industry bailout talks with Government
Feb 13, 2021, at 02:51 pm
Toronto/Sputnik: Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu said he is finally seeing encouraging signs emanating from discussions with the federal government concerning a bailout package for an industry decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Canada Housing First program provides safety to homeless people in the pandemic, say advocates
Feb 10, 2021, at 04:29 am
Canada/IBNS: Canadian provinces and cities including Regina, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Hamilton, and Fredericton, experiencing frigid temperatures are being provided with an essential lifeline right now by the Housing First program in providing safe permanent housing to homeless people, without preconditions, addiction, and mental health challenges, media reports said.
Canada extends ban on large cruise ships until February 2022
Feb 05, 2021, at 02:02 pm
Toronto/Sputnik: Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra extended the ban on large cruise ships in Canadian waters until the end of February 2022, the Transport Ministry said in a statement.
Canada-based miner claims China trying to steal Xinjiang gold mine
Feb 03, 2021, at 04:37 pm
Vancouver: A Vancouver-based gold mining company has rejected claims that it used forced labour in its open-pit mine in China’s Xinjiang region.
Aviation sector pleads for sector-specific aid as Canada considers new travel restrictions
Jan 30, 2021, at 05:10 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has been considering all week to announce new travel restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus variants.
Canada needs upgraded masks for better protection against new strains of COVID-19, experts say
Jan 29, 2021, at 05:25 am
Canada/IBNS: Although new COVID-19 infections are showing signs of slowing down in Canada, the presence of a new variant of the virus known as B117, estimated to be more deadly, as well as 56 per cent more transmissible, requires the masks used to be upgraded for additional protection, Canada's health experts say.
Marc Garneau hopes Canada would consider invoking federal Emergencies Act to limit travel
Jan 26, 2021, at 05:58 am
Ottawa/IBNS: As the federal government is actively discussing further measures to limit travel owing to the rise in COVID-19 cases, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said that he hopes that the federal government would consider invoking the Emergencies Act to limit travel.
Jan 26, 2021, at 05:25 am
Canada/IBNS: Hundreds of websites selling illicit edibles with packages designed to resemble all types of candy and chocolate bars were found by Go Public, an investigative news segment on CBC-TV, radio, and the web after concerns were raised in Canada about a spike in poisonings.
Canada: Former Captain of Maple Leafs George Armstrong passes away at 90
Jan 26, 2021, at 03:24 am
Canada/IBNS: The Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday mourned the death of George Armstrong, one of the first players of indigenous descent, to play professional hockey. He was 90.
Canada's Covid-19 cases mark one year since first virus detection
Jan 26, 2021, at 01:18 am
Canada/IBNS: It is exactly one year on Monday that the first case of virus causing COVID-19 was confirmed in Canada when a patient came to Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital after returning from Wuhan, China.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau discusses delay in Pfizer doses with CEO by phone
Jan 23, 2021, at 04:16 am
Ottawa/IBNS: After learning from Pfizer on Thursday that delays to COVID-19 vaccines' shipments are going to be even worse than previously thought, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, spoke to the biopharmaceutical's CEO-Albert Bourla by phone on Thursday.
Jan 23, 2021, at 02:58 am
Canada/IBNS: Canada's Gov. Gen. Julie Payette and her secretary, Assunta di Lorenzo on Thursday resigned following the revelation of a devastating 'toxic' workplace environment at Rideau Hall by the review of the completed report done by an independent consulting firm, which the Privy Council Office hired.
Sixth of Canadian small businesses consider closing for good, 2.4mln jobs at risk: Study
Jan 22, 2021, at 02:44 pm
Toronto/Sputnik: A sixth of Canadian small businesses impacted by the COVID-19-related restrictions are contemplating closing for good, potentially putting 2.4 million jobs in jeopardy, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) said in a report.
FIBA sanctions Canada Basketball, levies $227K fine
Jan 22, 2021, at 06:00 am
Canada/IBNS: Canada Basketball President and CEO Glen Grunwald was fined up to $227,138 for the sport by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and also threatened by it for docking Canada's national team a point in the standings for having chosen not to attend a FIBA AmeriCup qualifier in November on the advice of medical experts amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
First Nations in Western Canada hit hard by COVID-19
Jan 22, 2021, at 03:10 am
Canada/IBNS: Canadian federal officials are alarmed by the rising curve of COVID-19 outbreaks in people of First Nations in Western Canada, making up half the number of hospitalizations in some provinces.
Baloch, Sindhi human rights groups demand international investigation into death of Karima Baloch
Jan 22, 2021, at 02:33 am
Islamabad: Baloch and Sindhi human rights and political organisations have demanded an international investigation into the death of activist Karima Baloch in Canada last month.
Pfizer cancels Covid-19 vaccine delivery to Canada for next week
Jan 21, 2021, at 03:02 am
Canada/IBNS: Pfizer-BioNTech cancelled its delivery of Covid 19 doses to Canada for the next week, said Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander leading vaccine logistics for the federal government.
Canada: Quebec changes its vaccination campaign
Jan 21, 2021, at 02:36 am
Quebec/IBNS: Canada's Quebec will make changes to its vaccination plan, the province's health minister Christian Dubé has announced.
Canada: Saskatchewan ranks 5th in rate of Covid-19 testing
Jan 21, 2021, at 01:53 am
Saskatchewan/IBNS: Saskatchewan ranked fifth among provinces, behind Alberta, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec in its rate of testing, Health Canada said, with its testing rate per one million people being 274,535 on Monday, compared to the national average of 441,939.
Canada to lobby Biden administration at the highest level in a bid to save Keystone XL
Jan 20, 2021, at 02:50 pm
Ottawa/Sputnik: The Canadian government will lobby the "highest levels" of the incoming Biden administration in a bid to salvage the Keystone XL oil pipeline extension, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Tuesday.
What does Joe Biden's plan of Keystone XL cancellation mean to Canada?
Jan 19, 2021, at 08:14 am
Canada/IBNS: U.S. president-elect Joe Biden's plan to cancel Keystone XL, after he officially becomes the U.S. President, was reacted differently by the different political parties of Canada, media reports said.
Ontario extending emergency orders to protect vulnerable populations
Jan 19, 2021, at 03:44 am
Ontario/IBNS: In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is extending most orders currently in force under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 (ROA) for additional 30 days, with the exception of drinking water systems and sewage works.
Jan 16, 2021, at 02:11 am
Canada/IBNS: An investigation by CBC's 'Marketplace' of the factories of Malaysia producing some of the life-saving equipment including Personal Protective Equipments (PPE)s Canadian health-care workers are using revealed appalling, unhealthy, and inhuman conditions of workers.
Montreal anti-government website promoting armed protests in US shuts down
Jan 15, 2021, at 02:45 am
Montreal/IBNS: An anti-government website promoting armed protests in the United States ahead of the presidential inauguration was shut down on Jan 13 morning by the company after CBC News revealed its cloud servers were located in Montreal, media reports said.
Candian physician calls for travel ban following surge in Covid-19 cases
Jan 14, 2021, at 05:19 am
British Columbia/IBNS: After seeing a surge in the number of Covid patients from Ontario and Quebec after the holidays, Dr. Annie Gareau, an emergency physician at Whistler Health Care Centre told Radio-Canada about her concern and called on the B.C. government to contain travel from other provinces.
Canada: Ontario issues stay-at-home order amid spike in Covid-19 cases
Jan 13, 2021, at 06:36 pm
Ontario/IBNS: Canadian province Ontario has issued a provincial stay-at-home order and fresh restrictions in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases.
Canada: RCMP investigates COVID-19 related massive death in Alberta meat plant outbreak
Jan 12, 2021, at 03:49 am
Alberta/IBNS: A criminal investigation has been launched by the RCMP in Canada's Alberta into a COVID-19 death due to a massive meat plant outbreak in the province, media reports said.
Quebec to be under curfew for 4 weeks to curb COVID-19 case count
Jan 09, 2021, at 01:39 am
Quebec/IBNS: In an attempt to lower its alarming increase of COVID-19 case count, Quebec would be placed under curfew, the first of its kind in Canada since the declaration of the coronavirus pandemic, for four weeks effective tomorrow from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. during which time residents in much of Quebec will be prohibited from going outside at night, Quebec health officials said.
Jan 08, 2021, at 04:27 am
Ontario/IBNS: Ontario is reporting a rapid surge of new single-day record of 3,519 COVID-19 cases and 89 deaths, which has pushed the seven-day average of new daily cases to a new high of 3,141, with a test positivity rate of 6.1 percent, Ontario's health officials said.
Demonstrators protest outside Canadian Embassy in Paris to demand justice for Karima Baloch
Jan 07, 2021, at 04:14 am
Paris: Several protesters assembled outside the Canadian Embassy in Paris and demanded justice for activist Karima Baloch.