Canada’s Niagara region declares state of emergency out of caution ahead of rare eclipse
Toronto, Canada Reuters Canada’s Niagara region has proactively declared a state of emergency ahead of a rare total solar eclipse on 8th April that is expected to gather massive crowds to areas in and around the region’s popular waterfalls. The Niagara region said in a statement on Thursday that Regional Chair Jim Bradley had declared […]
Border closure: Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More refugees came anyway
WA LONE and ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY, of Reuters, report…
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, US amend decades-old pact after surge in irregular asylum seekers
Reuters Canada and the United States on Friday changed a two-decade-old refugee agreement as part of their attempts to reduce the record influx of asylum seekers entering Canada via unofficial border crossings. The deal was the news highlight of US President Joe Biden’s first visit to Canada as president and could provide some relief to […]
Border-crossing asylum-seekers hit six-year high in Canada
Toronto, CanadaReuters The number of asylum-seekers entering Canada between formal border crossings has surged to the highest point since the government started tracking them in 2017, as dropped pandemic restrictions enable more travel and conflict and catastrophe displace people in many parts of the world. In the first eight months of 2022, Royal Canadian Mounted […]
Cross border smuggling: In fighting gun crime, Canada has an American problem
STEVE SCHERER and ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY, of Reuters, report on the cross-border trade in illegal guns…