The Canadian government has reached a “milestone” $31-billion settlement to compensate indigenous children and families harmed by the “discriminatory underfunding” of the child welfare system on First Nations reservations. Two in-principle agreements – relating to compensation for more than 200,000 affected children dating back to 1991, and to future reform …
Read More »Unvaccinated to be banned from booze and marijuana in Canada – media
If taking away jobs and large gatherings isn’t enough to coerce some people into getting vaccinated against Covid-19, cutting them off from hard liquor and marijuana might do the trick. Canada’s Quebec province may soon find out. Quebec Prime Minister Francois Legault’s administration is expected to announce a new requirement …
Read More »Millions in Canada under Covid-19 curfew on New Year’s Eve
More than 8.5 million Canadians have been ordered to remain at home for New Year’s celebrations, with the provincial government of Quebec imposing a curfew and a ban on private gatherings amid the spread of the Omicron variant. Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced the policies on Thursday, saying they will …
Read More »Canada calls for ‘united front’ against China
In an interview with Global television aired on Saturday, Trudeau said that Western countries must “do a better job of working together and standing strong so that China can’t… play the angles and divide us one against the other.” “There’s been a bit of competition, amongst friends, because we are …
Read More »US, UK & Canada should station troops on Russian border – Ukraine
Speaking to Toronto’s The Globe and Mail on Sunday, Reznikov called on “the Anglo-Saxon allies” to provide assistance to Ukraine outside of NATO structures, including sending more military trainers to the country. “It would be nice if the Canadian instructors… would be deployed in Kharkiv, Mariupol, Kramatorsk, Odessa, and Zminiy …
Read More »Biden’s meeting with Canada & Mexico was more like a hostage scene than a summit
As someone who grew up near the Canada-US border in the last quarter of the 20th century, my country was directly dependent on a strong American economy and defense. Which is why I, like so many – particularly on the right side of the political spectrum – advocated in favor …
Read More »Canada checks whether its soldiers train Ukrainian neo-Nazis
In response to the bombshell accusations, defense department spokesman Dan Le Bouthillier revealed that an internal review had begun last month that will “look holistically at all missions” where the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are involved with foreign military personnel. However, he noted that some details would remain secret since …
Read More »Fire erupts on board of cargo ship off Canada’s coast after hazmat containers catch fire, sending toxic fumes in the air
The fire broke out on the MV Zim Kingston, the Malta-flagged container ship, on Saturday morning, prompting a partial evacuation of the vessel. As of Saturday evening, the fire spread to at least six containers, CHECK news reported, citing the Canadian Coast Guard. Two of the containers damaged by the …
Read More »Clubbers in Canada’s Quebec ask govt to lift ban on dancing & karaoke in ‘dance for the right to dance’ protest (VIDEOS)
A large crowd of people staged a dance party-slash-protest west of downtown Montreal on Saturday. The demonstrators, some of them wearing party costumes, held signs reading “open the dance floor” and “dance for the right to dance” as music blared from a loudspeaker. While Quebec eased many of the pandemic …
Read More »China says ‘US & Canada colluded to stir up trouble’ by sending warships through Taiwan Strait
American Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Dewey and Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg both sailed through the waterway that separates Taiwan from mainland China last week, triggering a blistering response from the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command. Chinese forces “always maintain a high level of alert and resolutely counter …
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