Massive wildfire moving closer to capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, CanadaReuters A huge wildfire in northern Canada is creeping closer to the capital of the Northwest Territories and could reach the outskirts of Yellowknife by the weekend unless rain comes, the territorial government said on Wednesday. Canada is enduring its worst-ever wildfire season with more than 1,000 active fires burning across the […]
As Canada mourns 15 killed in road crash, investigators review video footage
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Flags flew lowered in the Canadian province of Manitoba on Friday following a deadly crash between a bus carrying mostly elderly passengers and a truck, as investigators identified the injured and reviewed video footage from a camera mounted on the truck. Fifteen people were killed and another 11 people were injured in the […]
After immigrant deaths at border, calls to end US-Canada asylum pact grow louder
Toronto, CanadaReuters Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Canadian Public Safety Minister office in Toronto on Tuesday demanding an end of an asylum treaty between Canada and the United States after eight people died by drowning as they tried to cross into country. The deaths come less than two weeks after the Safe Third […]
Canada immigration: Why record asylum seekers are crossing border from US
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY and TED HESSON, of Reuters, report on how a sharp increase in asylum seekers entering Canada through unofficial crossings is intensifying pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reach an agreement with President Joe Biden to close off the entire land border to most asylum seekers…
Economy, energy row and drugs loom at North American summit
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters North American leaders aim to give new impetus to strengthening economic ties at a meeting this week, even as a major dispute grinds on over Mexico’s energy policies which has distracted from cooperation on other issues like immigration. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will host his US counterpart Joe Biden […]
Flag raised in Canada to honour residential school survivors
Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaAP The Canadian Government raised the Survivors’ Flag on Parliament Hill on Monday as a way to honour Indigenous peoples forced to attend the country’s notorious residential schools. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was joined by survivors of residential schools from across the country. More than 150,000 native children in Canada were forced to […]
Canada leaders tell Pope of horrors of Indigenous schools
Updated: 10:50am (AEST)Quebec City, CanadaReuters Canada’s leaders on Wednesday pointedly told Pope Francis of the horrors of church-run residential schools for Indigenous and the pontiff lamented that many were still living in poverty in one of the world’s richest countries. Francis flew east across the country from Edmonton in the prairies of Alberta to Quebec […]
Pope arrives in Canada on tour of “penance” for Indigenous abuse
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Reuters Pope Francis landed in Canada on Sunday to kick off a week-long trip that will centre around his apology on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for the abuse that Indigenous children endured at mostly church-run residential schools. “This is a trip of penance. Let’s say that is its spirit,” the […]
Canada emergency powers still needed, PM says, citing signs of new blockade
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said his government still needed temporary emergency powers in the wake of a truckers’ blockade, citing “real concerns” about threats in the days ahead. Trudeau told a televised news conference there were signs some truckers were regrouping outside the capital Ottawa and might come back to […]
Canada province expects death toll to rise after 500-year flood
Abbotsford, British Columbia, CanadaReuters The death toll in Canada from massive floods and landslides that devastated parts of British Columbia is set to rise, with the province declaring a state of emergency on Wednesday. Authorities have confirmed one death after torrential rains and mudslides destroyed roads and left several mountain towns isolated. At least three […]