Category Archives: Canada

Focus on vulnerable communities, improve data sharing before next pandemic: report
TORONTO - An expert panel of doctors and researchers say Canada needs to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and take action before the next health emergency strikes. One of the six experts, Dr. Fahad Ra...
Oct 16, 2024

Minister says Canadian Forces to help stranded Air India passengers in Iqaluit
IQALUIT - Canada's emergency preparedness minister says the passengers of an Air India flight that landed in Iqaluit due to a bomb threat remain stuck there, and he has approved a request for the mili...
Oct 15, 2024

Sikh groups calls for Indian consulates to be shut down in Vancouver, Toronto
Representatives of a British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was shot dead last year, as well as the Sikh independence group he was involved in, say their communities won't feel safe until India'...
Oct 15, 2024

Canadian soldier dies while off-duty in Latvia
OTTAWA - Latvian State Police are investigating the death of a Canadian soldier in the capital city of Riga. The Canadian Armed Forces said in a statement that Capt. Aaron Wideman died while off-duty....
Oct 15, 2024

Trudeau appoints Daniel Rogers new head of Canada's spy agency
OTTAWA - A veteran of Canada's national security systems has been named the new head of the national spy agency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Daniel Rogers as the new director of the Ca...
Oct 15, 2024

Bilingual Quebec communities lose bid to suspend application of language law rules
MONTREAL - Bilingual Quebec municipalities have lost their bid to have several parts of the government's French-language reform suspended while their case makes its way through the courts. The communi...
Oct 15, 2024

Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter challenge
VANCOUVER - The founders of a Vancouver "compassion club" that sold heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine bought on the dark web and tested for contaminants, have filed a court challenge arguing their C...
Oct 15, 2024

Quebec government imposes measures to address 'toxic climate' at Montreal school
MONTREAL - Corrective measures are underway to address a "toxic climate" of fear and intimidation at a French-language Montreal primary school. Quebec's Education Department has appointed two monitors...
Oct 15, 2024

Canada and U.S. list Samidoun as terrorist group, U.S. adds Canadian to terror list
OTTAWA - Canada is listing the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun as a terrorist group, while the U.S. has added a Canadian citizen affiliated with the organization to its counter-terrorism list. Public S...
Oct 15, 2024

Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based milk seems to be over: PHAC
The Public Health Agency of Canada says a Listeria outbreak linked to several plant-based milks appears to be over with no additional cases reported since August. The federal agency says its investiga...
Oct 15, 2024