Canada: Cannabis will be legal in October, says PM Justin Trudeau
Ottawa, Jun 21 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said cannabis will be legal in the country on Oct 17, media reports said.
Canada: Liberal MP Karina Gould breastfeeds son in House of Commons; colleagues support
Ottawa, Jun 21 (IBNS): Canada's Liberal MP Karina Gould has received applauds for breastfeeding her son in the House of Commons, media reports said.
Canada: ​Consulate Gen of India, Toronto hosts Interactive Open House Session
Toronto, Jun 21 (IBNS): An Interactive Open House Session was held by the Consulate General of India, Toronto with the Indian and Indo-Canadian community organizations on 19 June 2018 at Etobicoke, Ontario.
Canada: Liberals rejecting Senate amendments to impaired driving bill
Ottawa, Jun 20 (IBNS): The Liberals are not accepting the amendments brought by the Senate to the impaired driving bill, media reports said.
Canada legalises use of recreational marijuana
Ottawa, Jun 20 (IBNS): After years of debate, the Canadian parliament has passed a nationwide law legalising the use of recreational marijuana or cannabis, reports said on Wednesday.
Canada: Marijuana will be legalised in Sept if bill passes by this week, says Blair
Ottawa, Jun 18 (IBNS): Canadian MP Bill Blair has said the use of marijuana will be legalised in September if the bill passes by the end of this week, media reports said.
Over 1,200 Canadian children abused by school staff in 20 years: Study
Toronto, June 15 (IBNS): The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) has released the most comprehensive study of child sexual abuse by school personnel ever done in Canada.
Canadians embrace indigenous goods to protest against US' trade tariffs imposition
Ottawa, Jun 14 (IBNS): Hitting back at US President Donald Trump's imposition of trade tariffs, Canadians have started to boycott the US goods and also launched several campaigns on social media.
Canada to co-host FIFA World Cup 2026
Ottawa, Jun 14 (IBNS): Canada will host the FIFA World Cup jointly with the US and Mexico in 2026, media reports said.
Freeland to promote Canada's multilateralism and oppose U.S.tariffs
Ottawa, Jun 13 (IBNS): During her two-day visit to Washington, Chrystia Freeland, Canada's foreign affairs minister, would be promoting Canada's support for multilateralism, and its opposition to recently imposed tariffs by United States (U.S.), media reports said.
Canada Foreign Minister Freeland to promote Canada's multilateralism & oppose U.S.tariffs
Ottawa, Jun 13 (IBNS): During her two-day visit to Washington, Chrystia Freeland, Canada's foreign affairs minister, would be promoting Canada's support for multilateralism, and its opposition to recently imposed tariffs by United States (U.S.), media reports said.
Canada: Quebec to offer loans to steel and aluminium companies hit by U.S. tariffs
Ottawa, June 12 (IBNS): Quebec, a Canadian province, offered on Monday C$100 million ($77.1 million) in loans and guarantees on loans to steel and aluminium companies hit by recent United States (U.S.) tariffs, media reports said.
Trudeau's comments will cost Canadians a lot of money, says Donald Trump
Singapore, Jun 12 (IBNS): Even after a historic US-North Korea talks on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump did not spare Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from his attacks for the latter's comment post-G7 Summit, media reports said.
Donald Trump attacks Canada, European allies over trade issue
Singapore City, June 11 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Monday continued to attack Canada and European allies over the issue of trade.
‘We face a global emergency’ over oceans: UN chief sounds the alarm at G7 Summit event
New York, June 10 (IBNS): Unless there is a change of course, the amount of plastic waste in the world’s oceans will outweigh the fish that live in them, by 2050, said the United Nations Secretary-General on Saturday, declaring that the world now faces a “global emergency” over the oceans.