Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed to 3.8 per cent in September as prices for a range of goods and services rise more slowly, including durable goods and grocery prices. Statistics Canada released its latest consumer price index report on Tuesday, which showed inflation resumed its decline, after rising during the summer to four per cent in August. The report shows […]
Air Canada Halts Flights To Israel Until End Of October
Air Canada says it’s cancelling all direct flights to and from Tel Aviv through the end of the month. The suspension, which extends one in place since Oct. 8, comes after Hamas’s attack on Israel last weekend that sparked retaliatory airstrikes and fears the fighting could escalate into a regional war. Canada’s largest airline says it’s monitoring the […]
WHO Releases $16m To Tackle Cholera
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released 16 million dollars from the WHO Contingency Fund for Emergencies to tackle cholera. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said this during an online news conference. Ghebreyesus said that the organisation was providing essential supplies, coordinating the on the ground response with partners, supporting countries to detect, prevent and treat cholera, and […]
Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark Resigns Amid Greenbelt Land Swap Controversy
Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark has resigned from cabinet after weeks of pushback from political opponents, First Nations leaders and residents following multiple investigations into his ministry’s handling of the Greenbelt land swaps. His resignation comes after Ontario’s integrity commissioner investigated his conduct and recommended Clark be reprimanded, saying he failed to properly oversee the process that […]
Trudeau To Visit Indonesia, Singapore And India Next Week As Canada Seeks Trade Deals
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Asia next week for a whirlwind tour of Indonesia, Singapore and India. The trip involves the G20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi, and a focus on economic ties in booming regions of Southeast Asia, as Canada seeks alternatives to a rising China. In Jakarta, Trudeau will attend a meeting of the Association of […]
Canada Confirms It Changed Land Claim Process, Mulls Indian Act Changes
Canada changed the way it settles First Nation land claims, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada confirmed Friday. The department is also mulling over possible amendments to the Indian Act and the Specific Claims Tribunal Act, though it didn’t say what those changes would be. The response came after The Canadian Press obtained briefing materials prepared for the deputy minister […]
Canada, Ontario Reach Historic $10-billion Proposed First Nations Treaty Settlement
Leaders of the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund say they’ve reached a proposed $10-billion settlement with the governments of Ontario and Canada over unpaid annuities for using their lands. The fund, which represents the 21 Robinson Huron First Nations, announced Saturday that the proposal will resolve claims only tied to past unpaid annuities which stretch back more than 170 […]
Canada’s Population Reaches 40M People
Canada hit a major milestone on Friday, with the country’s population hitting 40 million. According to Statistics Canada’s population clock, which follows trends in births, deaths, and migration in real time, the milestone came just before 3 p.m. ET. “This is an exciting milestone for Canada,” says Chief Statistician Anil Arora in […]
Canada, Saudi Arabia Restore Full Diplomatic Ties, Appoint Envoys After 2018 Spat
Canada and Saudi Arabia are normalizing diplomatic relations and appointing ambassadors five years after the Liberal government’s public comments on women’s rights led Riyadh to expel the top Canadian envoy.l In 2018, Global Affairs Canada tweeted that it wanted Saudi Arabia to “immediately release” human-rights activists who had been detained. Both countries maintained their embassies, but Saudi Arabia downgraded its […]
99% Of Ontario Nursing Homes Now Have Air Conditioning In Residents’ Rooms: Minister
Nearly 99 per cent of nursing homes in Ontario now have air conditioning in residents’ rooms, almost a year after the province set a deadline for the requirement. Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra said only nine of the 625 nursing homes in Ontario remain without air conditioning in resident rooms. Three of those are expected to have units installed by […]