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Trudeau listening to ‘concerns’ assault-style gun definition covers hunting rifles
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is listening to concerns that some of the firearms his government is looking to ban are in fact used more for hunting. The remarks at a press conference in Ontario today suggest Trudeau is shifting his tone on a piece of gun-control legislation being studied by members ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa calls for project proposals that help internationally trained health workers
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2022
HALIFAX – The federal government says that in order to address major labour shortages in health care, it will put $90 million toward projects that remove barriers preventing qualified new Canadians from working in their field. Minister of Immigration Sean Fraser says the federal government is calling for proposals for projects that offer Canadian work ... Read More »
1 responsePolytechnique announces 2022 Order of the White Rose scholarship recipient
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2022
MONTREAL – A Quebec environmental engineering student intent on researching solutions to the global climate crisis is the latest recipient of a $30,000 prize established in honour of the 14 women killed 33 years ago at Montreal’s École Polytechnique. The engineering school announced Sophia Roy is this year’s winner of its Order of the White ... Read More »
1 responseCanada imposes more sanctions in Haiti, targeting country’s wealthiest people
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada is imposing more sanctions on Haitian elites it accuses of empowering gangs in the Caribbean country. The new sanctions freeze Canadian assets held by three of the country’s wealthiest people. They include Gilbert Bigio, who is often called the richest person in Haiti, as well as Reynold Deeb and Sherif Abdallah. Foreign ... Read More »
1 responseIn The News for Dec. 5: Can Ottawa be compelled to repatriate 19 Canadians from Syria
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 … What we are watching in Canada … A Federal Court is slated to begin two days of hearings today into ... Read More »
1 responseFederal Court set to hear case about repatriating Canadians detained in Syria
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2022
OTTAWA – A Federal Court is slated to begin two days of hearings today into the Liberal government’s refusal to repatriate 19 Canadian women and children who are being held in northeastern Syria. Family members for the six women and 13 children are expected to argue that the government’s refusal to help them, as well ... Read More »
1 responseCanada, China set to co-host global nature talks even as diplomatic tensions persist
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2022
OTTAWA – A major UN conference on biodiversity will get underway in Montreal Tuesday with a lofty goal to get every country to agree to protect almost one-third of the world’s land and oceans before the end of this decade. But the environment may be the easy part of a meeting that is being co-hosted ... Read More »
1 responseGirl Guides of Canada announces two potential new names for Brownies program
By The Canadian Press on December 4th, 2022
TORONTO – Girl Guides of Canada is asking its members to vote on two new name options for its Brownies program – comets or embers. Last month the national organization told members it would be changing the name of the program for girls aged seven and eight because the name has caused harm to racialized ... Read More »
1 responseVeterans’ cases raise fresh concerns about expanding assisted dying law
By The Canadian Press on December 4th, 2022
OTTAWA – Revelations that some Canadian veterans have been offered assisted deaths while seeking help from the federal government are adding to concerns about Ottawa’s plans to expand such procedures to include mental-health injuries and illnesses. While medical assistance in dying was approved in 2016 for Canadians suffering from physical injuries and illness, the criteria ... Read More »
1 response‘Paris moment:’ COP15 conference in Montreal seeks hard targets on biodiversity
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on December 4th, 2022
If global biodiversity – the subject of a huge international meeting in Montreal this week – is too much of a mouthful, try thinking instead about the white-throated sparrow. Their cheerful “Dear Sweet Canada, Canada, Canada” song brightens backyards and parks across the country. Except not so much anymore. “It’s a classic case in point,” ... Read More »
1 responseChinese immigration to Canada record high from 2015, as some flee zero-COVID strategy
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on December 4th, 2022
VANCOUVER – China’s zero-COVID lockdowns have been linked to a rare wave of protests across the country in recent weeks, and immigration industry experts say the strict pandemic rules are also fuelling a surge in requests to live in Canada. Immigration from China hasbounced back from pandemic lulls to hit a new peak, according to ... Read More »
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