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‘No’: Prime Minister Trudeau rejects Quebec request for full powers over immigration
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2024
MONTREAL – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has rejected Quebec’s request for full powers over immigration to the province. Trudeau made the comments today following a meeting in Montreal with Premier François Legault, adding that Quebec already has more control over newcomers than any other province or territory. The prime minister’s statement is a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Funeral for Sri Lankan family slain in Ottawa suburb to be held this weekend
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – The funeral for the victims of what Ottawa’s mayor has called one of the city’s most shocking incidents of violence will be held this weekend. The Buddhist Congress of Canada says a multi-faith service will be held at a convention centre Sunday and that the funeral will be open to the public. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Suspect in Ottawa killings being held in protective custody
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Suspect in Ottawa killings in protective custody The 19-year-old charged with killing six people in an Ottawa suburb last week is being held in protective custody, his lawyer said Thursday. Febrio ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How the 2019 Fridays for Futures strikes inspired a wave of Canadian climate leaders
By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2024
As they marched through the streets in 2019, Ashley Torres and Louis Couillard did not expect a protest would alter the trajectory of their lives. Then 23 and 22 years old, the student organizers did not expect tens of thousands of people would turn up in Montreal for the youth-led global climate strike. They did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!International students face growing mental distress in Canada, advocates warn
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – When Gobindbir Singh describes the stress international students are under, he remembers a young man who called in tears. Unable to pay his tuition for the upcoming semester, the student said his parents were selling their home in India and it still wasn’t enough. He had asked friends to lend him money and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctors urge myth-busting, education to counter misinformation as measles cases rise
By Camille Bains, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2024
A troubling rise in measles cases has a Toronto doctor remembering a little girl who became blind, noncommunicative and incontinent after contracting the virus. Dr. Barry Goldlist was a medical student in 1973 when he saw the child, who was about 10, at the Hospital for Sick Children. She had developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What you need to know about measles as cases rise, along with misinformation worries
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2024
Public health officials are encouraging parents to ensure their children get routine childhood vaccines as measles continues to spread around the world. Here are some facts about one of the most contagious but preventable diseases. WHY IS VACCINATION BEING URGED IF CANADA DECLARED MEASLES ELIMINATED IN 1998? Measles is making a comeback globally due to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Plan in advance’: Eclipse glasses are hot sellers ahead of rare celestial event
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2024
MONTREAL – These days, Mylene Gamache-Tremblay spends her evenings and weekends taking orders for solar eclipse glasses, and packing and shipping them around the eastern part of the country. The Montreal-area online toy retailer says fulfilling orders is taking up every waking moment: “All of it. Every living hour.” Eclipse glasses are a hot commodity ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. law to recover health costs from companies behind harmful products: AG Sharma
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on March 14th, 2024
VICTORIA – British Columbia introduced proposed legislation Thursday that would allow it to sue for health-related costs over damages by companies like social-media giants and energy drink manufacturers whose products could cause harm. The Public Health Accountability and Cost Recovery Act is modelled on previous B.C. legislation that allows the province to seek recovery of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say woman murdered at home near University of B.C. campus, two arrested
By The Canadian Press on March 14th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Police say a woman has been murdered at a home on the edge of the University of British Columbia campus, and two people have been arrested. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said in a statement that police had been called to a residence on the University Endowment Lands near midnight Wednesday after a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. boy, 9, loves hockey, his rabbit and pi, which he has memorized to 2,030 digits
By The Canadian Press on March 14th, 2024
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. – Nine-year-old Lucas Mason Yao loves the Vancouver Canucks, his pet bunny Chomp and pi, the mathematical constant that’s celebrated every March 14 around the world. Yao, from Pitt Meadows, B.C., has memorized the ratio between a circle’s circumference and its diameter to 2,030 digits, far beyond the 3.14 that’s close enough ... Read More »
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