Ottawa, November 20 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that Canada’s hospital system could be overwhelmed by a possible quadrupling of new COVID-19 cases by year end as its biggest city Toronto prepared to impose a lockdown. Trudeau implored Canadians to stay home as much as possible as aRead More

Toronto, November 21 A Canadian university will soon return to India a unique statue of Hindu goddess Annapoorna that was stolen from a shrine in Varanasi over a century ago and found its way to the varsity’s art gallery, in an attempt to “right historical wrongs” and help overcome theRead More

New Delhi, November 20 Canada visa applicants who have submitted online applications for family class priority—spouses, partners and children category—can enroll biometrics at the Canada Visa Applications Centres in six cities from November 25, it was announced by VFS Global on Friday. The cities are Delhi, Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Mumbai, AhmedabadRead More

An Indigenous-owned solar farm in remote northeast Alberta, branded the largest project of its kind in Canada, celebrated its grand opening this week, bringing increased renewable energy independence to a community long reliant on diesel fuel. The project is owned by Three Nations Energy, a joint venture of the MikisewRead More

While the vast majority of the hundreds of new COVID-19 cases being reported every day in B.C. are concentrated in Metro Vancouver, all five of the provincial health regions are contributing to the growing total. With British Columbians now in the middle of the pandemic’s second wave, it is understandableRead More

Ontario is reporting 1,487 new cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours. It represents an increase on the 1,248 new infections reported yesterday. It is to be noted that the cases reported are up 30 per cent compared to this time last week with additional 10 deaths reported onRead More

November 12, 2020—Ottawa—Immigration is a key driver of Canada’s economic growth, and Canada continues to welcome the best and brightest from around the world, who help create jobs for Canadians. As we focus on accelerating our recovery, Canada will continue to be the world’s top destination for talent, capital, andRead More

A group of more than 430 Alberta physicians and three major health-care unions will send a letter to Premier Jason Kenney Thursday endorsing the idea of a “circuit-breaker” lockdown as cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in the province. “There is no more time. We have to act now,” saidRead More

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE today announced their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, against SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated evidence of efficacy against COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, based on the first interim efficacy analysis conducted on November 8, 2020 by an external, independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) fromRead More

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the result of the U.S. presidential election: “On behalf of the Government of Canada, I congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their election as the next President and Vice President of the United States of America. “Canada andRead More