Canadian immigration asks medical worker fleeing Gaza if he treated Hamas fighters (kitchener.citynews.ca)
Kelly O’Connor, an immigration lawyer in Toronto, said she gasped out loud when she saw the text. Any medical worker who denies care to someone hurt in a war zone is committing a “serious breach of the Geneva Convention,” she said in an interview....
Canadian immigration asks medical worker fleeing Gaza if he treated Hamas fighters (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Immigration lawyers say the screening questions go ‘above and beyond what is asked in a normal immigration application’
Would you fight Alberta's wildfires for $22/hour? And no benefits? (www.cbc.ca)
It was early August 2022, when Michelle Wigmore was on her way back from leading a crew of wildland firefighters near Grande Prairie, Alta. They stopped for a coffee in Fox Creek, about 230 kilometres northwest of Edmonton....
3 teen girls expected to plead guilty in swarming death of Kenneth Lee in Toronto, court hears (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s standard of living on track for worst decline in 40 years (www.telegraph.co.uk)
The authors of the study said the figures should serve as a ‘wake-up call’ for the country’s Liberal government
In Canada, bodies go unclaimed as costs put funerals out of reach (www.reuters.com)
Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones’ remains....
Hundreds of Indian students in Canada face deportation, protest against new rule (www.indiatoday.in)
In Prince Edward Island, a province in Canada, hundreds of Indian students are facing deportation after it changed its provincial immigration rules. Around 300 students are protesting and have threatened to go on a hunger strike if the Canadian province doesn’t review its latest immigration policy.
Guy Maddin’s ‘Rumours’ Starring Cate Blanchett Gets Nearly Six-Minute Ovation In Cannes Debut (deadline.com)
Federal government clarifies the CRA won’t collect ‘any portion’ of a non-resident landlord’s unpaid taxes from tenants (www.thestar.com)
Why the U of A Protest Camp Raid Was a Disaster (thetyee.ca)
Almost a week after some of his officers violently cleared out a peaceful Palestine solidarity protest on the University of Alberta campus, Edmonton Police Chief Dale McPhee finally showed up Thursday to make his case at a police commission meeting....
Minister suggests Canada is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs following U.S. move (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s industry minister says Ottawa is “considering all measures” after the U.S. announced it would be hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other related goods....
Canada "committed to protecting our workers and industry from unfair trade", will not become back door for diverted Chinese steel and aluminum, government says (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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City scraps downtown pedestrian bridge project in Guelph Ontario. (www.guelphtoday.com)
Months after cancelling the construction contract for a new downtown pedestrian bridge in the face of “unforeseen challenges,” city officials have called off the project altogether....
Tenants don’t have to foot unpaid tax bills for foreign landlords: minister - National | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
“I want to reassure Canadians that the Canada Revenue Agency does not intend to collect any portion of any non-resident landlords’ unpaid taxes from individual tenants,” read a statement released by Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on X, formerly known as Twitter, Friday afternoon....
Ontario child under 5 dies of measles: provincial health agency (www.cbc.ca)
A child under five years old has died of measles in Ontario, according to the province’s public health agency, the first such death in more than a decade....
Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them (www.cbc.ca)
CBC has whitewashed Israel’s crimes in Gaza. I saw it firsthand ⋆ The Breach (breachmedia.ca)
Calls grow for University of Alberta president's removal after police intervention (rabble.ca)
Veteran TSN sportscaster Darren Dutchyshen has died (www.ctvnews.ca)
Veteran TSN broadcaster Darren ‘Dutch’ Dutchyshen, one of Canada’s best-known sports journalists, has died. He was 57. His family says ‘he passed as he was surrounded by his closest loved ones.’
Shoppers Drug Mart says job post looking for ‘volunteer’ to clean store was a mistake (www.thestar.com)
The job posting, which has since been removed, was advertising for a “volunteer” at Shoppers Drug Mart that would restock shelves and clean the store.
Canada’s living standards alarmingly on track to be the lowest in 40 years: study (nationalpost.com)
If per-capita gross domestic product does not recover in 2024, the decline since mid-2019 may be the longest in the last four decades
Immigration to Canada surges in April, worsening outlook for housing affordability (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Plus, BMO hikes target on the TSX