Posts Tagged ‘Canada’

Canadian Supreme Court Allows Extradition Of Refugees To Homelands

AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The Canadian Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Ottawa could still extradite foreigners to their homeland even if they had been granted refugee status. The conditions for extradition are that conditions in the country of origin have changed and no longer prosecute people based on their ethnicity, religion [...]

Ottawa Rejects Expo Funding Proposal To Celebrate Canada’s 150th Founding Day

AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ottawa rejected Tuesday a request by Edmonton to help finance the city’s bid to host the 2016 World Fair to celebrate Canada’s 150th founding day. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty explained Ottawa is going through a tough time with a record-high budget deficit, so the government could [...]

Appeals Court Decision Due Saturday On Canadian Prostitution Laws

AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Marc Rosenberg said Monday he would likely decide by Saturday whether continue for another 60 days a stay of a lower court’s ruling to strike down Canadian prostitution laws. The current stay order expires Nov. 27. Rosenberg said if the ruling is [...]

Ottawa Plans Spending Cuts To Give Economic Recovery A Big Push

AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ottawa is planning to put in place massive spending cuts in a bid to give Canada’s economic recover a big push. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was scheduled to outline the new economic policies in a speech Monday in Oakville, Ontario. Ahead of his speech, Flaherty hinted [...]

Manitoba Plans To Hike Truancy Age To 18

AHN News Staff Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (AHN) – Manitoba Education Minister Nancy Allan announced Thursday the province will push for a new law that would increase the truancy age to 18. That means young residents would be required to acquire an education or training until they reach 18. Allan said the change was necessary because [...]

Labor Arbiter Orders Pay Raises For 17,000 Ontario Nurses

AHN News Staff Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ontario Labor Arbiter Kevin Burkett ordered Tuesday the province to hike the salaries of nurses and other staff by four percent over two years. The decision would favor about 17,000 unionized nurses and other medical staff in over 60 Ontario hospitals. Burkett issued the favorable ruling to [...]

Poor people are most hard-hit by TB, COPD and tobacco

Delhi, India (Citizen News Service) – Tobacco use, tuberculosis (TB), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are all burgeoning problems in resource poor settings. The evidence of their potentially devastating effects on global public health is increasing and they require a coordinated approach for control. These diseases all occur in predominantly resource-poor countries. They are [...]

Norway Tops UN 2010 Quality Of Life Index

AHN News Staff New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Norway topped the United Nations’ 2010 Quality of Life Index released Thursday. Norway was followed by Australia, New Zealand, United States and Ireland. The European nation, which has been number one on the list since 2001 except for two years, is rich in oil resources [...]

Canadian stocks founder on Fed easing views

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Canadian stocks fell Wednesday, led by gold mining and energy stocks, as investors pared expectations for the size and speed of an expected monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve. The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 145.85 points, or 1.15%, to 12,538.83. A report in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal saying the Fed’s purchase of [...]

UAE Landing Rights Issue Divides Canadians

AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadian Transport Minister Chuck Strahl cited the divided opinion among Canadians Thursday as the reason behind Ottawa’s refusal to grant the United Arab Emirates more landing rights. Strahl said even Canadian premiers do not agree on the issue. However, Strahl did not name a specific poll or [...]

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