Tag: Canada

Over 3,300 Foreign Nationals Flagged as Security Risks Allowed Into Canada From 2014-2019: Audit

The federal Immigration Department between 2014 and 2019 allowed entry into Canada to over 3,300 foreign nationals flagged by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) as security risks, according to an internal federal audit. During the five-year span studied in the audit, Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) gave over 7,670 migration applicants a “non-favourable” recommendation, the…


NS Rolls out $10K Incentive for Doctors to Take on Sickest Patients From Wait List

Nova Scotia is offering doctors $10,000 to take 50 patients off the province’s registry of people waiting for family physicians. The wait list has about 150,000 people seeking a primary care provider. Health Minister Michelle Thompson made the announcement today in Halifax, adding that the government will prioritize moving people with the most pressing needs…


Unvaccinated Canadian Woman Denied Organ Transplant Finds US Hospital to Perform Surgery

An Alberta woman who was removed from a high-priority organ transplant list for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine has found a hospital in the United States that is willing to perform the surgery. Sheila Annette Lewis was diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2018 and was told she would not survive without an organ transplant. She…


Proposed Tory Legislation Threatens Jail for Animal Rights Protesters Trespassing on Farms

The federal Conservatives are proposing legislation that threatens jail for animal rights protesters who trespass on farmers’ private property and endanger their animals’ health. Bill C-275, or “An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms),” passed second reading in the House of Commons on June 21 after MPs voted almost unanimously…


RCMP to Release Names of Manitoba Crash Victims as City Gathers in Mourning

RCMP are set to release the names of the people who died in a fiery bus crash a week ago as a small western Manitoba community prepares to gather in mourning for the 16 lives lost. “Death happens but we never forget the ones who passed away. They will always be in our hearts. They…


Remotely Operated Vehicles Join Subsea Search for Missing Titanic Submersible

The United States Coast Guard says two more remotely operated vehicles have joined the search for a submersible that lost contact with surface vessels on Sunday as it was diving to reach the wreck of the Titanic with five people aboard. The First Coast Guard District in Boston confirmed this morning on Twitter that the…


Wife of OceanGate CEO Onboard Missing Tourist Submarine Is Descendant of Titanic Victims: Report

The wife of the OceanGate CEO on board the tourist submarine that went missing while surveying the Titanic shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean is a descendant of two passengers who died on the Titanic, according to a new report. OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61, founded the company in 2009 and also oversees its financial and engineering strategies, according…


Oxygen on Missing Titanic Sub Projected to Deplete by 7 am

The crew of five men aboard a missing submersible vessel on an expedition to explore the Titanic wreckage is projected to exhaust their oxygen supply by 7 a.m. EDT Thursday morning, according to U.S. Coast Guard projections. The vessel, named Titan and measuring 21 feet in length, vanished in the waters of Newfoundland on Sunday morning…


Oxygen on Missing Titanic Sub Projected to Deplete by Thursday Morning

The crew of five men aboard a missing submersible vessel on an expedition to explore the Titanic wreckage is projected to exhaust their oxygen supply by 7 a.m. EDT Thursday morning, according to U.S. Coast Guard projections. The vessel, named Titan and measuring 21 feet in length, vanished in the waters of Newfoundland on Sunday morning…


Political Negotiations on Inquiry Into Foreign Interference Nearing Agreement

The federal government appeared to be on the verge of calling a public inquiry on foreign interference Wednesday after months of resisting calls from the opposition to do so. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is leading what the government called ongoing and productive discussions with the Conservatives, NDP and Bloc Québécois about how to move…