Tag: Canada
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Canada issues Level 2 travel advisory as monkeypox continues its global spread
[ad_1] Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles (green) cultivated and purified from cell culture. Image date – May 24, 2022. Source – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), CC SA 2.0. Canada’s public health agency (PHAC) has issued a travel notice as the monkeypox virus continues to spread globally. CBC Canada News is…
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Canada handgun sales soar after Trudeau proposes freeze
[ad_1] Jen Lavigne (R), co-owner of That Hunting Store in Ottawa, Canada, shows a customer a Ruger GP100 Magnum 357 – Copyright AFP Sergei CHUZAVKOV Michel COMTE Aman Sandhu checked store after store for a handgun in Canada’s British Columbia, hoping to make a purchase before a freeze on sales takes effect, but struggled to…
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Canada province to decriminalize hard drugs in small amounts
[ad_1] A heroin user illustrates how to draw heroin or fentanyl into a clean syringe at a Vancouver safe injection site in December 2016 – Copyright AFP ARIS MESSINIS Michel COMTE Canada announced Tuesday the decriminalization of hard drugs in small quantities in a British Columbia pilot project aiming to tame an opioid crisis that…
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Canada province to decriminalize hard drugs in small amounts
[ad_1] A heroin user illustrates how to draw heroin or fentanyl into a clean syringe at a Vancouver safe injection site in December 2016 – Copyright AFP ARIS MESSINIS Michel COMTE Canada announced Tuesday the decriminalization of hard drugs in small quantities in a British Columbia pilot project aiming to tame an opioid crisis that…
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Trudeau announces Canada handgun ‘freeze’
[ad_1] Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced plans to freeze handgun ownership, after mass shootings in the US – Copyright AFP Sergei SUPINSKY Michel COMTE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday a proposed freeze on handgun ownership in Canada that would effectively ban their importation and sale, following recent mass shootings in the United…
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Trudeau announces Canada handgun ‘freeze’
[ad_1] Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced plans to freeze handgun ownership, after mass shootings in the US – Copyright AFP Sergei SUPINSKY Michel COMTE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday a proposed freeze on handgun ownership in Canada that would effectively ban their importation and sale, following recent mass shootings in the United…
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New measures to curb handguns to be introduced in Canada
[ad_1] Two confiscated handguns and two assault-style rifles. Source – US Army/SGT BRIAN THOMPSON. Public Domain New measures to curb handguns are expected to be a central feature of federal legislation tabled this afternoon, making this the Liberal government’s boldest actions thus far to control access to firearms in Canada. The bill will be presented…
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US files formal trade complaint against Canada over dairy
[ad_1] Washington has requested dispute settlement consultations under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, saying the changes to the dairy quota system announced last week do not resolve the long-standing complaints and violate the trade agreement – Copyright AFP/File Daniel SLIM The United States on Wednesday filed a second formal trade complaint against Canada over Ottawa’s dairy import…
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‘Derecho’ storm leaves at least nine dead in Canada, along with extensive damage
[ad_1] Derecho storms are extremely powerful and can uproot large trees, as shown by this image of an uprooted tree in the August 2020 Midwest derecho in :Shellsburg, Iowa. Credit – National Weather Service (Quad Cities Office) /Glenn Rushworth. Public Domain Powerful thunderstorms over the weekend in Ontario and Quebec killed at least nine people…
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Canada celebrates political icon ‘Hurricane Hazel’, aged 101
[ad_1] McCallion was recently reappointed to the board of Canada’s largest airport, after serving as mayor of a major city for 36 years. — © AFP Anne-Sophie THILL Hazel McCallion, 101, was recently reappointed to the board of Canada’s largest airport as she forges ahead with a career that has included being a city mayor…