Toronto: Suspicious item found in garage turned to be bomb
Dec 08, 2016, at 05:26 am
Toronto, Dec.7 (IBNS): Suspicious item found in a children's toys box inside the home's garage turned out to be a bomb in Toronto, reported CP24.
Canada requires universal and all-inclusive pharmacare based on a 'defined model'
Dec 08, 2016, at 01:00 am
Toronto, Dec. 7 (IBNS): A citizen-driven panel investigating the idea of national pharma-care recommended that the drug coverage in Canada should be all-inclusive, free from any disparities between the provinces and territories in Canada, according to media reports.
Toronto: Suspicious item found in garage
Dec 07, 2016, at 12:32 am
Toronto, Dec. 6 (IBNS): Conducting a search warrant for drugs on Scarborough Golf Club, near Toronto, led the police to the discovery of a suspicious item in a children’s box in a garage, said Det. Andrew Lipkus, Monday around 7:20 p.m., reported CTVNews.
Syrian refugees in Canada face uncertainty as federal assistance to end
Dec 06, 2016, at 01:50 am
Toronto, Dec. 5 (IBNS): Uncertainty stares at the Syrian refugees settled in Canada as their monthly stipend provided by the federal government would be discontinued from the end of December since the first group of people who took refugee after fleeing the conflict in their country would complete their second year in the country.
Oakland warehouse fire toll likely to increase as search for victims continue into Monday
Dec 05, 2016, at 09:04 pm
Oakland (Califronia), Dec 5 (IBNS): Police and rescuers have recovered 33 bodies so far from the Oakland (California) warehouse that was engulfed by fire on Friday night live programme, according to media reports.
Donald Trump thanks Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen
Dec 03, 2016, at 06:45 pm
Washington, Dec 3 (IBNS): US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday thanked Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen for congratulating him on his win over Hillary Clinton last month.
Unemployment in oil-rich Alberta hits 9 per cent, highest in 22 years
Dec 03, 2016, at 05:19 pm
Calgary, Dec 3 (IBNS) November seemed to be the month when 10.3 per cent Albertans still remained jobless pushing the unemployment rate the highest since 1994, according to Statistics Canada latest labour survey.
Canadian economy enhances with OPEC’s plans to cut oil production
Dec 03, 2016, at 02:20 am
Toronto, Dec 2 (IBNS): Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)’s decision to cut oil production and the consequent rise in oil prices lead to the strengthening of Canadian dollar against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, reported Global News.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hoists World AIDS Day flag
Dec 02, 2016, at 11:59 pm
Toronto, Dec. 2 (IBNS): Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, wearing a red scarf given him by the AIDS Committee of Ottawa, hoisted World AIDS Day flag on Thursday at Parliament Hill, Global News reported.
Donald Trump names Gen. James Mattis as defence secretary
Dec 02, 2016, at 06:33 pm
Washington, Dec 2 (IBNS): US President-elect Donald Trump has named General James Mattis as the US Defence Secretary, media reports said.
Canadian economy costs billions of dollars due to lack of sleep
Dec 02, 2016, at 04:03 am
Toronto, Dec 1 (IBNS): A new study 'Why Sleep Matters — The Economic Costs of Insufficient Sleep' revealed that a lack of sleep among Canada's working population is costing the economy up to $21.4 billion (U.S.) a year — which is 1.35 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), reported the star.com
Canada: PM Trudeau approves long-pending pipeline projects
Dec 01, 2016, at 10:26 pm
Calgary, Dec 1 (IBNS Canada): Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government gave its approval to two much-awaited pipeline projects, one that of Kinder Morgan Pipeline to Vancouver and the other of Enbridge Inc's extension of Pipeline to Wisconsin, US, according to media reports.
Introduction of electric cars likely to reduce gasoline demand
Dec 01, 2016, at 10:04 pm
Calgary, Dec 1 (IBNS): The International Energy Agency believes that the demand for gasoline is now on a downward spiral and may even flatten over the next 25 years, according to media reports.
Canadian city mulling introduction of driver-less shuttle services
Dec 01, 2016, at 09:33 pm
Calgary, Dec 1 (IBNS): The Canadian city of Calgary has been trying to introduce a driver-less shuttle that would operate between Zoo LRT Station and Telus Spark Science Museum, according to media reports. The driver-less shuttle operation is expected to begin in 2018, media reported.
Toronto: RBC's annual profit witnesses record high despite 2% decline in 4th quarter profit
Dec 01, 2016, at 03:22 am
Toronto, Nov 30 (IBNS): RBC saw a record high net annual income of $10.46 billion, a four percent increase from last year's $10.03 billion, reported MetroNews on Wednesday.
Toronto: Video of a Russian daredevil performing dangerous stunts released
Dec 01, 2016, at 12:28 am
Toronto, Nov 30 (IBNS): Oleg Cricket and the Swiss watchmaker Bomberg released a video on Monday in which Cricket, a Russian daredevil was shown performing dangerous stunts at the edge of a rooftop in downtown Toronto, reported CBCNEWS.
Toronto: TTC’s new online store of transit-themed merchandise
Dec 01, 2016, at 12:23 am
Toronto, Nov 30 (IBNS): Following the success of major transit agencies in the world, Toronto Transit agency launched this week its online store and claims it has “something for everyoneâ€, reported CP24.
Canada: Torontonians approve road tolls on DVP and the Gardiner Expressway
Nov 30, 2016, at 04:48 am
Toronto, Nov 29 (IBNS): According to a new poll released on Monday majority of Torontonians said they approved of tolls being implemented on the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) and the Gardiner Expressway to pay for transit and infrastructure, CP24 reported.
Canada: Ontario participates in self-driving car pilot project
Nov 30, 2016, at 04:31 am
Toronto, Nov 29 (IBNS): Ontario became the first in Canada to open a pilot project to test the automated vehicles on public roads and self-driving vehicles are already on Ontario streets, reported CP24.
Homicide cases in Canada's Alberta region rises high
Nov 30, 2016, at 02:18 am
Calgary, Nov 29(IBNS): The latest Report of Statistics Canada depicted a very scary picture of law and order situation in Alberta.
Poverty costs Toronto billions: Report
Nov 30, 2016, at 01:29 am
Nov 29 (IBNS): According to a new report “The cost of Poverty†released by a group of social policy experts under the leadership of John Stapleton, shows that poverty in Toronto amounts to an estimated $4.5 billion to $5.5 billion a year.
Service sector crucial for Canadian economy, Bank of Canada says
Nov 30, 2016, at 12:46 am
Toronto, Nov 29 (IBNS): Stephen Poloz, governor of Bank of Canada said at the C.D. Howe Institute Monday that in the event of recovery of the Canadian economy since the global financial crisis in 2008-09 due to recent downturn in oil and other commodity prices, the service sector had continued to expand gradually, CP24 reported.
Canada: Justin Trudeau will not attend Fidel Castro’s funeral
Nov 29, 2016, at 11:27 pm
Toronto, Nov. 29 (IBNS): Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau will not attend late Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s memorial or funeral services due to his busy schedule, said Trudeau’s office, 680News reported.
Toronto annual cost of poverty more than $4.4B: Report
Nov 29, 2016, at 04:53 am
Toronto, Nov. 28 (IBNS): Toronto's new report released Monday by the non-profit group Social Planning stated that poverty costs Toronto city between $4.4 and $5.5 billion a year.
Canada’s debated topic no-fly list discussed in Toronto, Ontario
Nov 29, 2016, at 01:15 am
Toronto, Nov. 28 (IBNS): Canada’s no-fly list was the main topic in the conversation as Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Health Minister Jane Philpott and Immigration Minister John McCallum listened to citizens’ comments and recommendations in a high school cafeteria Sunday in Markham, near Toronto, reported Global News.
Toronto collision leaves a woman dead and a baby in critical condition
Nov 28, 2016, at 11:00 pm
Toronto, Nov.28 (IBNS): A two-vehicle crash west of Kitchener, near Toronto, killed a 30-year-old woman and left an infant in critical condition on Sunday night, reported CP24.
9th Annual DeClute Light Up The Beach Event held in Toronto
Nov 27, 2016, at 02:07 pm
Toronto, Nov. 27 (IBNS): Rick DeClute, a real estate agent and the co-ordinator of the Light Up The Beach event puts up 80,000 lights on 15 trees in the Beach, Toronto every holiday season to support The Michael Garron Hospital Foundation to help people struggling with mental health and addiction, CBC News reported.
Marineland in Niagara Falls accused of animal cruelty, counters charges
Nov 27, 2016, at 01:56 pm
Toronto, Nov.27 (IBNS): Marineland, a tourist attraction in Niagara Falls, Ontario had been accused of 5 counts of animal cruelty concerning peacocks, guinea hens and black bears by The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) on Friday, according to a news report in local media.
One among five prospective women's image to appear on next Canadian bank note
Nov 26, 2016, at 04:58 am
Toronto, Nov.25 (IBNS): The Bank of Canada released the list of five prospective women which included two activists, a poet, an engineer and an athlete whose image could appear on the next new series of Canadian bank notes due out in 2018, CP24 reported.
Toronto 12-year old basketball top player to compete for his high school
Nov 26, 2016, at 01:17 am
Toronto, Nov. 24 (IBNS): Elijah Fisher, 12-year-old and 6-foot-2 basketball phenom was considered as the top player to compete for the high school class of 2023, reported CBC News.