Tag Archives: Canada

After being grounded for almost four months due to COVID-19 pandemic, Air Transat is planning to resume flights to domestic and international destinations from July 23. To begin, Montreal-based Air Transat will be operating flights to over 23 destinations across Europe, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Canada. “This is a first step towards getting healthy operations back on track, from ...

Democracy is at your fingertips in this richly illustrated Virtual Experience of the Parliament. Scroll through Parliament and watch as the building emerges around you, its walls filled with voices from Canada’s past. It is accessible from any mobile or desktop device for you to see the Senate, the House of Commons, and the Library of Parliament come to life ...

The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights is planning to challenge the constitutionality and logic behind the Liberal government’s recent ban of many assault-style guns.  The coalition says such rifles have been used by shooters for decades for hunting and sporting purposes. The coalition is seeking the court to strike down new regulations as unlawful and beyond the scope of the ...

Meng Wanzhou lost the first round in her bid to avoid extradition to the United States on Wednesday as the B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled the extradition case against her would continue, bringing Meng a step closer to facing fraud charges in the US. The 48-year-old Meng is the oldest daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei and serves as the ...

As a major relief to international students applying for their Study Permits and Post-Graduation Work Permits (PGWP), Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will be accepting even incomplete applications. Due to Coronovirus pandemic, many applications centers are either close or are operating with very limited resources and hence some students are unable to complete three essentials components of their application ...

The Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau, has announced that Canada and United States have agreed to extend their border closure for another 30 days. The Canada–United States border is the longest international border shared between Canada and the United States. Nearly 200,000 people cross the border daily in normal times. Canada sends 75 per cent of its exports ...

As the, White House officials discuss the possible deployment of troops to the Canadian border, Justin Trudeau and other Canadian ministers have made it clear that  they don’t support any such plans. During his press address, Mr Trudeau said “Canada and the US have the longest unmilitarised border in the world, and it is very much in both of our ...

The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, and Dr. Beat Nobs, Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada and the Bahamas, officially signed the Open Skies-type air transport agreement between Canada and Switzerland. This agreement, which builds on the 1975 agreement, provides airlines with maximum flexibility in terms of routes and frequency of service. The signing is an important step in the ...

Diplomatic feud between Canada and China that started with the arrest of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou is bound to escalate further with China detaining third Canadian citizen After the arrest of Meng on 1 December, Chinese security had earlier detained Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat and the businessman Michael Spavor, both Canadians. Beijing has earlier threatened Canada with “grave consequences” if ...