Canada: Parminder Singh named Ontario Liberal Party candidate for Brampton East
Mar 10, 2018, at 07:27 pm
Toronto, Mar 10 (IBNS): Parminder Singh, the founding host of CBC’s former Hockey Night in Canada in Punjabi broadcast, was elected on Friday as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate for Brampton East (Ontario), media reports said.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau accepts Randeep Sarai's resignation from party chair
Mar 01, 2018, at 06:04 pm
Ottawa, Mar 1 (IBNS): Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, accepted Liberal MP Randeep Sarai's resignation as chair of his party's Pacific Caucus after Sarai accepted responsibility for his error in judgment, media reports said.
Quebec's top court upholds kirpan ban at provincial legislature
Feb 22, 2018, at 03:14 pm
Montreal, Feb 21 (IBNS): Quebec's top court on Feb 20 upheld kirpan ban at National Assembly, media reports said.
Canada not ready for driverless cars yet, Senate report says
Feb 09, 2018, at 05:09 pm
Ottawa, Feb 9 (IBNS): Senate Committee on Transportation and Communication reported last week that Canada was not prepared for the driverless cars, media reports said.
87 more grocery stores in Ontario to have access to beer and cider from April
Feb 05, 2018, at 05:07 am
Ottawa, Feb 4 (IBNS): Ontario is improving convenience and choice across the province by giving 87 more grocery stores access to selling beer and cider starting from April 2018, media reports said.
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to fund 6,900 supportive housing units
Jan 24, 2018, at 06:49 pm
Toronto, Jan 24 (IBNS): Ontario is collaborating with the City of Toronto's health care providers, shelter operators, the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) and city staff to improve access to health services for homeless people or those using shelters, media reports said.
OSAP application process becomes more transparent for Ontario students
Jan 18, 2018, at 08:34 pm
Toronto, Jan 18 (IBNS): Ontario has decided to allow students -- who had applied for Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) for their college or university studies -- to see OSAP amount and net tuition fees online for each of the programs they have applied so that they can plan, budget and pay for their college or university education, media reports said.
Ontario investing in innovation of auto industry
Jan 17, 2018, at 05:21 pm
Toronto, Jan 17 (IBNS): Brad Duguid, Ontario Minister of Economic Development and Growth, and Navdeep Bains, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development announced in Guelph recently that Ontario and Canada are partnering with Linamar -- a leading name in Ontario’s manufacturing sector -- to boost Research & Development and help create up to 1,500 new jobs and retain about 8,000 others in the province, media reports said.
Canada Police arrest driver of van who attacked policeman, Islamic State connection not ruled out
Oct 02, 2017, at 02:01 am
Edmonton, Alberta, Oct 1 (IBNS): Canadian police arrested the driver of a van who allegedly drove at high speed near a stadium hosting a Canadian Football League game and hit a policeman, according to media reports on Sunday. Police are treating it as a terror attack with an Islamic State angle.
Sep 22, 2017, at 04:59 pm
New York, Sept 22(Just Earth News): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the podium at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday with condolences for those affected by recent successive natural disasters, including the earthquakes in Mexico and hurricanes in the Caribbean, saying his country is ready to a “lend a helping hand in whatever way it can.â€
Aug 28, 2017, at 06:26 pm
Toronto, Aug 28 (IBNS): The Ontario Science Centre is holding an interactive science exhibition called the Power of Ideas (PIE) until August 31, 2017.
With legality, sale of recreational marijuana receives more restrictions
Aug 15, 2017, at 07:48 am
Ottawa, Aug 15 (IBNS): As the sale of recreational marijuana is getting legalised by next July, several strict restrictions will be imposed on it, media reports said.
Is cashless society now becoming a reality in Canada?
Aug 14, 2017, at 05:33 am
Ottawa, Aug 14 (IBNS): One of the recent trends in Canada widely visible is none other than going cashless.
New Zealand firefighters to combat BC Wildfire in Canada
Aug 06, 2017, at 06:54 am
Ottawa, Aug 6 (IBNS): New Zealand firefighters have extended their helping hands to Canada with an aim to combat the ongoing wildfire in British Columbia.
Canadian economy gets big boost in last fiscal year with 4.6% GDP growth
Jul 29, 2017, at 06:55 am
Ottawa, July 29 (IBNS): With a jump in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 4.6% in the last fiscal year till May 2017, Canada gets a big boost in the economic sector, media reports said on Friday.
GTA home sale plunges, touches lowest point since 2010
Jul 18, 2017, at 05:04 am
Ottawa, July 17 (IBNS): Following the plunge of the Greater Toronto market, the home sale in Canada touched its lowest point last month since 2010, media reports said.
Skills for the Future of Work: WYSD’s theme for this year
Jul 17, 2017, at 08:25 pm
Toronto, July 17 (IBNS): World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) was celebrated on July 15 throughout the world, with this year’s theme being “Skills for the Future of Work’, media reports said.
Former Alberta politician becomes oldest Canadian to summit Mount Everest
Jun 14, 2017, at 07:09 pm
Toronto, June 14 (IBNS): An ex-Alberta politician, John Oldring, 64, from Calgary, has become the oldest Canadian to climb Mount Everest, media reports said.
Ontario forecasts creation of 94,000 new jobs
May 20, 2017, at 05:13 pm
Toronto, May 20 (IBNS): The Ontario government in Canada has forecasted that 94,000 net new jobs would be created in 2017 leading to upsurge in employment rate by 1.3 percent.
Canada: Government worries over security concerns surrounding passport offices
Apr 27, 2017, at 07:13 pm
Toronto, Apr 26 (IBNS): The Federal Government of Canada has been making changes to the passport offices on the security front as they believe these centres can be soft targets for attacks, especially by disgruntled people whose official document to travel abroad may have been revoked, media reported.
'Alberta hires Albertan first' getting popular among locals
Apr 21, 2017, at 06:12 pm
Calgary, Apr 20 (IBNS): The pilot project initiated by the provincial government in Alberta to encourage employers to hire Albertans on a priority basis has garnered much praise from the local populace, reports said.
Canada: Saskatchewan announces elimination of hearing aid plan from the budget
Apr 10, 2017, at 11:44 pm
Toronto, Apr 10 (IBNS): The Saskatchewan provincial government's announcement, made on budget day last month, about the elimination of hearing aid plan from the budget to save $3 million had been strongly protested by parents of deaf or hard of hearing children, media reports said.
Canada: Unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage
Apr 09, 2017, at 11:13 pm
Toronto, Apr 9 (IBNS): Employment in Canada has little changed in March (+19,000 or +0.1%), while the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 6.7% as more people searched for work, said Statistics Canada website.
Canada: Tookhar Tamasha Arts performance supports Project Udaan
Apr 08, 2017, at 09:28 pm
Toronto, Apr 8 (BNS): Performance of Tookhar Tamasha Arts earlier this week, to celebrate Canada’s 150 anniversary with local and overseas performers in their field and in support of Project Udaan (PU), was organized at Glenforest Secondary school in Mississauga, Ontario.
Ontario calls for equal pay for women
Apr 03, 2017, at 11:03 pm
Toronto, Apr 3 (IBNS): Indira Naidoo-Harris, Ontario’s Minister for the Status of Women, has said although women made up some 55 percent of the workforce within the public service, they take home about 12 percent less money than their male counterparts, media reports said.
Canada: Toronto celebrates April as the national poetic month
Mar 30, 2017, at 12:32 am
Toronto, Mar 29 (IBNS): To mark Toronto's proclamation of National Poetry Month in April and for the City's participation in a national Poetry City challenge, Anne Michaels, the City of Toronto's fifth Poet Laureate, read on Mar 28 her new poem "To Write" at the City Council, media reports said.
Wynne and Snyder reaffirm strong partnership between Ontario and Michigan
Mar 14, 2017, at 04:37 pm
Toronto, Mar 14 (IBNS): Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder in a meeting on Monday in Detroit released a joint statement in which they reaffirmed their strong partnership and discussed ways to advance their integrated economies to create jobs, a media reports said.
Canada: Ontario hydro rates to be reduced by 25 percent, says Premier Kathleen Wynne
Mar 02, 2017, at 06:31 pm
Toronto, Mar 2 (IBNS): Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government believes the reduction of financing costs of electricity generation contracts over longer periods would show immediate impact on reducing the hydro rates by 25 percent, thereby regaining the popularity of the Liberals, media reports said.
Canada: Three supervised injection sites approved in Montreal
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:15 am
Toronto, Feb 7 (IBNS): In the wake of upsurge of opioid crisis, Health Canada has authorized three supervised injection sites in Montreal, media reports said.
Canada: Dog dragged by car for nearly a kilometre
Feb 07, 2017, at 07:38 am
Toronto, Feb.6 (IBNS): Niagara Regional Police have charged two suspects after they received calls last Thursday that a small dachshund-beagle mix had been dragged about 800 metres by a car before it struck another vehicle, media reports said.