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An investigation by Indian officials that alleges dozens of Canadian colleges and universities might be linked to a scheme of illegally ferrying students across the Canada-U.S. border reveals the “staggering” extent to which holes in the immigration system can be exploited, some experts say. “If the allegations are true, it reveals shocking gaps in our integrity protocols.… This is deeply, deeply […]
Health Canada is asking Canadian families to check any stuffed animals that may have appeared under the tree this year, because there could be a choking hazard. The agency says Chinese-made Mother and Baby Plush Toys — including animals like pandas, elephants, lions, tigers and giraffes — don’t meet Canadian safety standards and hard plastic […]
There were tanking box-office numbers and shuttered theatres. There were Hollywood strikes. There was even Harold and the Purple Crayon. But alongside what looked like a cratering movie industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was actually a stunning ray of hope. Imax, the Canadian-created and owned technology, has been exploding in popularity, especially as dwindling attendance […]
Shohei Ohtani is keeping elite company. The Japanese superstar caps 2024 by winning The Associated Press male athlete of the year for the third time, tying him with basketball great Michael Jordan. He trails only four-time winners Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods and LeBron James. “I’m very honoured,” Ohtani said through translator Matt Hidaka in an […]
Article content More than 50 Liberal Party members of parliament from Ontario came to a “consensus” during a conference call that Justin Trudeau must step down as prime minister, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Article content That would represent about a third of the Liberal caucus, which has 153 seats in Canada’s House of Commons. […]
World·New Nabil Hawara was 40 years old when he was finally released from Syria’s infamous desert prisons after spending half his life at that point facing constant torture under the Assad family regime. Nabil Hawara lived in constant fear of death, torture after being locked up as a student Sara Jabakhanji · CBC News · […]
French President Emmanuel Macron faced widespread frustration and anger from residents of Mayotte during his visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is still reeling from the damage of the strongest cyclone to hit the region in nearly a century. On Friday morning, Macron visited a neighbourhood in Tsingoni, on Mayotte’s main island, where people […]
Canadian anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson won’t be extradited to face Japanese charges | CBC News
Denmark has rejected a Japanese request to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson over criminal charges dating back more than a decade, a Danish lawyer representing Watson said on Tuesday. Watson, 74, a U.S. Canadian and founder of the Sea Shepherd conservationist group and of the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, has now been released from detention in […]
The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido could be “several hundred” and may be close to 1,000, the island’s top government official told the local broadcaster Sunday. Mayotte Prefect François-Xavier Bieuville told TV station Mayotte la 1ere, “I think there are some several hundred dead, maybe we’ll get close to […]
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline for a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or banned to take effect, rejecting the company’s request to halt enforcement of the law until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge. Attorneys for TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, are expected to appeal to […]