More than 200,000 homeless in Canada every year

Calgary Sept 10 (IBNS): According to a recent study conducted by the Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN) and the Canadian Alliance to end homelessness, at least 200,000 Canadians become homeless every year.

Canadians suffer from economic downpour

Toronto Sept 10 (IBNS): According to a recent pol half of the Canadians said they were able to save five percent or less from their earnings, and thirty-nine percent said that they were “overwhelmed” by their debt.

Canada's crime rate surges back after 12 years

Ottawa, Aug 29 (IBNS): The national crime rate in Canada has increased three percent in 2015, showing the first increase in 12 years.

‘Upskirt’ voyeurism charges against a man at the CNE

Toronto, Aug 27 (IBNS): Police charged and arrested 28-year-old, Daniel Alder, on account of allegedly using a hidden camera inside a toy owl to peek under women’s skirts at the 2016 Canadian National Exhibition.

BC elderly couple forced to separate, questions Canada’s seniors’ care

Toronto, Aug 27 (IBNS): A 83-year-old Wolfram Gottschalk and his 81- year- old wife Anita, who have been married for the past 62 years, have been forced to stay apart from each other for the past eight months in different healthcare facilities, owing to their health issues.

Proposed Montreal dog bylaw aims to euthanize dangerous dogs

Montreal, Aug 19 (IBNS): The city of Montreal has revealed its proposed new animal control bylaw to tackle the issue of dangerous dogs, according to media reports.

Ontario's University of Waterloo rushes to correct gender bias in salary

Ontario, Aug 10 (IBNS): A top notch university in Canada, University of Waterloo, through a recent email to its faculty notified that a task group of the university assigned to analyse faculty salaries has uncovered a “systemic gender anomaly” that was “consistent across the university,” and which is being rectified, according to media reports.

Glitz and glamour marked Toronto’s India Day celebration

Toronto, Aug 9 (IBNS): People of Indian origin in Canada, observed India’s 70th Independence Day, a week in advance, at the India Day festival organised by Panaroma India in association with the Indian Consulate Toronto and CIBC Bank, on Monday, at the Yonge Dundas Square of Toronto.

Go Goa in Toronto

Toronto, Aug 9 (IBNS): The Goan Overseas Association (GOA), a non-profit organisation, recently organised a two-day Viva Goa festival at Toronto's Father Kamber Croatian Recreational Park on Mississauga Road to highlight the unique culture of the Indian state.

In Canada, Ban applauds country's commitment to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees

New York, Feb 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS) During his fifth visit to Canada as United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon on Thursday applauded the country's commitment to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees, stressing that they "deserve opportunity, human rights protection and peace."

4 killed in Canada school shooting

Toronto, Jan 23 (IBNS) At least four people were killed in a shooting at Saskatchewan province in Canada on Friday, media reports said.