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Ottawa reveals plan to welcome 500,000 immigrants per year by 2025
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser revealed the new plan on Tuesday. It puts a heavy emphasis on admitting more permanent residents with needed work skills and experience, alongside more-modest targets for family members and refugees. This is a massive increase in economic migration to Canada,” Fraser told The Canadian Press. “In each of the last two years, we have resettled more than one-third of the total number of refugees who were settled globally,” he added. Kmiec noted officials within the immigration department have 2.6 million applications sitting on their desks waiting to be processed.
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November 02, 2022 06:26 UTC
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Miro Heiskanen noticeably returns to the lineup, contributes across the ice in Stars’ win
Matthew DeFranks. Matt began covering the Stars for SportsDay in 2018-19, and previously covered the Florida Panthers for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He's also covered college football, the Miami Marlins, the Kansas City Royals and the Los Angeles Angels for a variety of outlets. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame.
Source:thestar
November 02, 2022 05:25 UTC
India’s PM visits site of deadly bridge collapse
Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the town of Morbi in his home state of Gujarat where a suspension bridge collapsed Sunday, killing more than 130 people. Modi said those behind the tragedy would be held accountable. CBC News published this video item, entitled “India’s PM visits site of deadly bridge collapse” – below is their description. It frequently collaborates with its French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info, although the two are organizationally separate.
Source:CBC News
November 02, 2022 03:17 UTC
WATCH | Scoring the Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Finale
SPOILER WARNING: Discussions for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3's finale to follow! Composer Chris Westlake walks us through scoring Star Trek: Lower Decks — from the choice to not have individual character themes, the emotional vocal performances from the cast, and writing for the big moments in the series. Star Trek: Lower Decks streams exclusively in the United States and Latin America on Paramount+, and is distributed concurrently by Paramount Group Content Distribution on Amazon Prime Video in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Japan, India and more, and in Canada on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.
Source:thestar
November 02, 2022 02:01 UTC
Special committee of MPs will see secret documents on firing of two Winnipeg infectious disease scientists
Special committee of MPs will see secret documents on firing of two Winnipeg infectious disease scientistsThe federal government and the three main opposition parties have agreed to set up a special committee of MPs that will have unfettered access to all national security documents related to the firing of two infectious disease scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. Government House Leader Mark Holland said Tuesday that his Conservative, Bloc Québécois and NDP counterparts have signed a memorandum of understanding that will allow MPs on an ad hoc committee to learn why Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, were dismissed in January, 2021. The committee will also see all secret documents involving the transfer of Ebola and Henipah viruses, overseen by Dr. Qiu, to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology in March, 2019.
Source:CBC News
November 01, 2022 20:33 UTC
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Chrystia Freeland sent graphic death threat, Emergencies Act inquiry hears as 'Freedom Convoy' organizers testify
Gibbs then pulled up an emailed death threat to Freeland on Feb. 16 — two days after the Emergencies Act was invoked — titled “Prepare for Blood and War!! It wasn’t anything that couldn’t have been managed.”Barber also noted there were tensions with another protest group called Take Back Our Freedoms, but did not provide details. Barber was the first of the organizers of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests that gridlocked the capital and inspired border blockades across Canada to testify Tuesday at the federal Emergencies Act inquiry. Barber is among the organizers arrested after the convoy protest turned into a three-week occupation around Parliament Hill. Charland was a core organizer with a Quebec far-right group called La Meute before he became a key figure with Farfadaas, according to anti-hate researchers.
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November 01, 2022 20:21 UTC
Russia high on agenda at Nordic Council meeting
“The growing Nordic membership in NATO also creates the possibility of strengthened Nordic co-operation,” he said. In addition to the war in Ukraine, energy security and multilateral Nordic cooperation are also on the agenda. Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the Nordic countries must become energy independent from Russia and strengthen supply contingencies. “We have Nordic solutions for the rest of the world,” said Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said on Twitter. “At the moment, people find it too difficult to use digital public services in other Nordic countries.”The Nordic Council meeting runs until November 3.
Source:CBC News
November 01, 2022 20:00 UTC
Kenya: January-August horti exports down 10 percent
The value of horticulture exports Kenya shipped between January and August 2022 declined 9.9 percent as compared to a similar period in 2021. In these eight months, Kenya exported vegetables, fruits, and cut flowers worth 84.1 billion shillings (717 million U.S. dollars). This was down from 769 million dollars from 427,697 tons in a similar period in 2021, said the Central Bank in its latest data. Kenya has moved to expand the market by starting the sale of avocados to China. In 2021, Kenya's exports stood at 1.39 billion dollars after rising 5 percent compared to the previous year.
Source:thestar
November 01, 2022 19:23 UTC
If you live in Ontario, you'll pay less for electricity, effective today
The Ontario Energy Board announced a decrease in the cost of electricity for residential and small business customers, taking effect Nov. 1. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has announced a decrease in the cost of electricity for residential and small business customers, which takes effect Tuesday. Ontario Energy BoardPrices for both time-of-use and tiered plans will go down, according to the province's electricity and natural gas regulator. He credits these meters for lowering the amount of electricity Ontarians have used since their introduction. "So it's either they buy groceries or pay their energy bill," said Bonilla, who coordinates the organization's energy assistance program.
Source:CBC News
November 01, 2022 19:05 UTC
Rob Shaw: B.C.’s long-awaited doctor pay model plan leaves patients waiting for results
Health Minister Adrian Dix’s new plan to fix the family doctor system is as expensive as it is ambitious. But what’s not in the new deal with Doctors of BC is just as interesting: A promise that those without a family doctor will actually get one. “So if you’re asking, this agreement, does this mean X number of new patients will be attached to a family doctor? Still, it’s unclear whether the one million British Columbians currently without a family doctor will buy into this deal. By then, all of the talk of complex medical pay models must translate into one tangible thing: More family doctors accepting more patients.
Source:CBC News
November 01, 2022 18:27 UTC
Week 9 Trending Waiver Wire Pickups & Projections: Three Defenses To Stream!
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November 01, 2022 17:40 UTC
Folk singer Alex Krawczyk reflects on Sherman murder case in album about healing
Folk singer Alex Krawczyk reflects on Sherman murder case in album about healingTORONTO — Alex Krawczyk says music has been the route to healing from the shocking and unsolved murder of her parents Barry and Honey Sherman nearly five years ago. Last month, the album helped her earn anomination for new/emerging artist of the year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Krawczyk never sings directly about her family, but her lyrics explore feelings of love, loss and grief, providing consoling reassurance and optimism. Roth and Krawczyk went through their process of songwriting together, with Roth handling melodies and Krawczyk penning the lyrics, sometimes vice versa. With the help of her friends, namely Roth and Canadian vocalist Dione Taylor, “Le Olam” came to fruition.
Source:CBC News
November 01, 2022 16:57 UTC
Over 300 Young Researchers Selected For Support Under SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellowship
A total of 301 young researchers have been selected for support under SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF), to work for 2 years in frontier areas of science and engineering, the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Tuesday (1 November). Applications were received from 3,833 researchers against the invitations for proposals, according to the ministry. The names of the 301 awardees were announced by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body working under the umbrella of Department of Science and Technology (DST). The support which includes a monthly fellowship, an annual research grant and overheads for the host institution is broadly given in five thematic areas, namely Chemical Sciences, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Life Sciences, and Physical and Mathematical Sciences. The fellowship, initiated in 2015 to tap the young budding researchers and support them to graduate to an independent scientist, has received around 23,000 applications in last eight years, out of which around 3,500 fellows have been benefitted so far.
Source:National Post
November 01, 2022 16:38 UTC
‘Isn’t about fed-bashing for kicks’: Saskatchewan aims to assert autonomy with bill
‘Isn’t about fed-bashing for kicks’: Saskatchewan aims to assert autonomy with billREGINA — The Saskatchewan government introduced a bill Tuesday to unilaterally amend parts of the Canadian Constitution, signalling the province is gearing up for a fight with Ottawa over its environmental policies. The Saskatchewan Party government is leaning on Section 45 of the Constitution Act, 1982, which "permits provincial legislatures to amend the constitution of the province" — in this case, the Saskatchewan Act. It also wants to amend the Saskatchewan Act to reassert that it has exclusive jurisdiction over its natural resources. "It will give us those tools that we will need to take that case forward to the courts," McAdam said. Eyre pointed out that Alberta does not yet have a bill, and that the Saskatchewan first act is unique.
Source:CBC News
November 01, 2022 15:28 UTC
The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals New Secrets Hidden Within the Pillars of Creation
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November 01, 2022 15:02 UTC