Indigenous groups are welcoming news that Pope Francis plans to visit Canada this summer following his apology last month for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools. The Vatican said Friday that the pontiff is to stop in Alberta, Quebec and Nunavut, and that the capital cities of Edmonton, QuebecContinue Reading
Mike Lanzillotta remembers the first ball he took home from a Blue Jays game. He was 12 years old and reached over the railing, before netting was around, to grab a slow-rolling foul ball. “My grandfather held my legs as I grabbed the ball. And then he pulled me back in,” heContinue Reading
A Mississauga man has won two lottery prizes in the last four years. The stars aligned for Satnam Banwait when he won $250,000 playing MAXMILLIONS on April 1. He also won $2 on his ENCORE selection. Banwait said when he checked his ticket at the store and thought he wonContinue Reading
As Canada’s sixth wave of COVID-19 continues, hospitals caring for the country’s youngest patients are facing both high patient volumes and high levels of staff off sick. This time of year, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa normally sees up to 150 daily patients in its emergencyContinue Reading
6:30 p.m.: Ottawa police found themselves patrolling increasingly empty downtown streets on Sunday as the “Rolling Thunder” protest made good on plans to decamp from Canada’s capital, but the force did open an investigation after the scene of the day’s only formal event was defaced with graffiti targeting demonstrators. Unlike inContinue Reading
Since early April, health officials around the world have been on alert for healthy, young children suddenly developing severe cases of hepatitis with no known cause. According to the latest estimates by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), there are atContinue Reading
In the month since Russia’s retreat from Ukraine’s north, the capital Kyiv has seen a frenzy of high-profile visitors: 11 prime ministers, Austria’s chancellor, the U.S. secretaries of state and defence, its House speaker, the UN secretary-general — even Hollywood star Angelina Jolie. Canada has not sent even a cabinet minister. Ukraine has noticed.Continue Reading
It will become a tad more expensive to move to Canada with permanent residency come May. On April 5, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated on their website that Canada was increasing fees for all permanent residence (PR) applications, including economic, permit holder, family and humanitarian classes. The change will come intoContinue Reading
On Tuesday, April 5, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-18, the Online News Act, which would ensure that major digital platforms fairly compensate news publishers for their content and enhance fairness in the Canadian digital news marketplace, including the sustainability of independent local news businesses. Eligibility criteria The legislation wouldContinue Reading
Today, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodriguez, introduced Bill C-18, the Online News Act, which would establish a new legislative and regulatory framework to ensure fairness in the Canadian digital news marketplace and for independent local news businesses, including rural and remote news organizations, by ensuring that news media andContinue Reading
