The crossing of migrants into Canada that has now become a thorny issue on the U.S.’s northern frontier was certainly not on horizon until recently. As the new administration trumpeted its new ironfisted approach toward immigrants and refugees, the public and media attention focused on the wall to be built between the United States and Mexico, as well as the executive orders to keep Muslims out.
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Celebrate Canada funding
Beginning with National Aboriginal Day, and ending with Canada day, Celebrate Canada is a yearly eleven-day celebration that this year will take place from June 21 to July 1. Each year many different organizations plan events to celebrate specific days during Celebrate Canada. Those events assist those who attend to discover and appreciate the wealth and diversity of Canadian society.
Google.org has announced the 10 finalists for its first-ever Impact Challenge.
Google is asking for Canadians’ help to choose the best homegrown technology for solving problems around the world, as part of its $5-million Impact Challenge contest in Canada. Canadians are encouraged to vote on the project most likely to affect major change at home and abroad, with 10 options on the table.
Canada has adequate resources to deal with asylum-seekers: Goodale
Several federal agencies are planning for the possibility that warmer weather will bring even more people trying to cross the border A woman walks towards the border to cross at the U.S.-Canada border after arriving in a taxi with a group that claimed to be from Syria into Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada March 2, 2017. OTTAWA – Canada’s national police force and border watchdog say they have the resources they need – for now – to deal with the influx of people entering the country illegally in search of asylum, the federal minister in charge said Tuesday.
Aurvista Gold Corporation Announces Grant of Incentive Options
Aurvista Gold Corporation announces that the Board of Directors has approved the issuance of 475,000 incentive stock options to certain employees and consultants of the Company. The Options are exercisable at $0.40 per share for a period of five years from the date of grant.
Top 10 scams targeting Canadians in terms of number of complaints received
Alexa Gendron-O’Donnell, assistant Deputy Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, announces the Competition Bureau’s top 10 scams that targeted Canadians in 2016 during a news conference, Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson MONTREAL – The Competition Bureau, in conjunction with the Better Business Bureau, Quebec-based consumers group Option consommateurs and other fraud-prevention partners announced Wednesday the top 10 fraud scams targeting Canadians in 2016.
Dramatic photos show asylum seekers crossing into Canada
Heartbreaking photos show asylum seekers flooding into Canada from the US across unmanned borders every day amid fears of Trump’s crackdown on immigration As of February 13, some 3,800 people had made an asylum claim in 2017, up from the same period last year Heartbreaking photos show asylum seekers flooding into Canada across unmanned borders every day from the United States amid fears of a Donald Trump presidency. The number of asylum seekers crossing into Canada at isolated and unguarded border crossings has increased in recent weeks as many believe Trump will start expelling illegal immigrants.
Google, Facebook argue against ‘punitive’ tax proposal for digital media
Proposals for tax changes aimed at helping Canadian publishers fight for revenues with online news aggregators would result in a punitive “tax on advertisers,” executives from Google Canada and Facebook Canada told a Commons committee studying the country’s media industry. That’s because tax laws currently on the books designed to prop up the industry are archaic and simply don’t apply to the Internet age, Jason Kee, Google Canada’s head of policy and government relations, told the heritage committee Tuesday.
OPP charges driver after flying tractor-trailer wheel causes highway…
The OPP charged a driver and his employer after a set of wheels flew off a commercial tractor-trailer Friday morning, killing the driver of a van travelling in the opposite direction on Highway 417. Brianski’s son, Dennis, posted a heartfelt message on his Facebook account Friday night breaking the tragic news about his dad, who he described as “the kindest man I’ve ever met in my life.”
Addiction, Arctic and aerospace:how federal politics touched Canadians this week
Well, it’s been three weeks since Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president, and so far, nothing terrible has happened to Canada. That’s the nature of the strained attempt at optimism coursing through the national capital these days as policy makers muddle through the Trump-inspired confusion that is spilling around the world.
‘I think the community just needed this’ says vigil organizer
People seen holding lit candles during a vigil Feb. 1, 2017 at the courthouse in support of the local Muslim community. Kenneth Armstrong/SooToday A diverse crowd of Saulites braved the cold tonight in a show of support for the local Muslim community, who are grieving Sunday’s tragic Quebec City mosque shooting.
Where 14 Conservative leadership candidates stand on social issues
Leadership candidates prepare for the Conservative Party French language leadership debate, in in Quebec City, on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. When it comes to social issues, there are stark differences between the 14 different candidates running for the Conservative leadership, which will be decided May 27. While Kevin O’Leary and Rick Peterson support same-sex marriage, legal abortion and doctor-assisted death, Brad Trost and Peter Lemieux are on the opposite end of the spectrum.
Hate crimes spike in Montreal after Quebec City mosque shooting
There have been 14 reports of hate crimes in Montreal since the Quebec City mosque shooting Sunday, said Montreal police chief Philippe Pichet . From May to December last year, there were 55 reported hate crimes; a 20 per cent increase from 2015 to 2016.
Shock, security, concern: Winnipeggers react to Quebec City mosque shooting
Philippe Simon was watching a movie at home with his children when he looked on his phone and saw friends posting on social media about a shooting at a mosque located just down the road. The former Winnipegger lives in Quebec City’s Sainte-Foy neighbourhood where six people were killed and eight wounded after shots were fired inside the Islamic cultural centre of Quebec on Sunday evening.
Next-gen 911: CRTC braces for emergency video
It’s going to take a lot more than new regulations to allow all Canadians to send urgent, life-and-death text and video messages to emergency call centres, say advocates of so-called next-generation 911 services. Organizations, including the Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group, say a hearing this week by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission into expanding 911 service across the country is just the beginning of what’s needed to upgrade services to take advantage of new technologies.