Reading Time: 3 minutes New Homelessness Prevention Program Helping Break the Cycle of Home InsecurityThe Ontario government is investing an additional $25 million annually in a new Homelessness Prevention Program to help more people experiencing or at…
Bill C-10 Receives Royal Assent In Canadian Parliament
Reading Time: 3 minutes Legislation to increase access to rapid testing across the country receives Royal AssentToday, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, welcomed the Royal Assent in Parliament of Bill C-10 – An Act respecting certain…
Russia Suspended From Council Of The Baltic Sea States
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Putin is isolating Russia from the rest of the world with his illegal warThe members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) – Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Swed…
Immediate Ceasefire Needed To Aid Civilians In Ukraine
Reading Time: 2 minutes Statement by Jan Egeland, Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council:Jessica Wanless Norwegian Refugee Council “We call for an immediate truce that can end hostilities and enable life-saving relief. This ceasefire must e…
Indian Act Enfranchisement Litigations On Hold With Government Of Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes First Nations families and Canada agree to put litigation on hold while working to end the legacy of “enfranchisement” under the Indian ActIn June 2021, on behalf of several First Nations families,16 individual plaintiffs launch…
CBSA and RCMP Seize 265 Kilos Of Meth and Heroin
Reading Time: 2 minutes CBSA and RCMP unravel alleged narcotics smuggling attempt and seize over 265 kilograms of suspected narcoticsThe Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Southern Ontario Region, in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Polic…
UK Backs Ambitious Global Action To Tackle Plastic Pollution
Reading Time: 3 minutes The UK provided support to kick start negotiations on a legally binding treaty on plastic pollution at the United Nations Environment Assembly.As the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Nairobi d…
Canada Announces $100 Million Humanitarian Assistance To Ukraine
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada has one of the largest Ukrainian community outside of UkraineToday, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, an…
Medusa – A Work Of Art Created From Plastic Waste
Share[(# “More share links”) Reading Time: 2 minutes Quebec artist Alex Côté highlights the duality between the illusion of plastic beauty and pollution. A huge, one-of-a-kind jellyfish is appearing at the Aquarium du Québec. Composed from waste and pl…
UK Cracks Down On Unregulated Cosmetic Procedures
The government announces its intention to introduce a licensing regime for non-surgical cosmetic procedures such as Botox and fillers.An amendment to the Health and Care Bill tabled tomorrow (Tuesday 1 March) would give the Secretary of State for Healt…