PM Trudeau to be in isolation after wife tests positive for coronavirus Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are in self-isolation after she fell ill and was tested for the new coronavirus, while school was canceled in Ontario to limit the spread of the outbreak. In a major blow to hockey-obsessed Canadians, the National Hockey League (NHL) suspended the rest of the season due to the outbreak. Health authorities also … Read More
Trudeau says rail barricades ‘need to come down now,’ rules out sending in soldiers to restore rail service Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday demanded aboriginal groups lift damaging rail blockades but the protesters at the heart of the standoff remained defiant, saying their conditions had not yet been met. “The situation as it currently stands is unacceptable and untenable… the barricades need to come down now,” Trudeau told reporters after some two weeks of stoppages that have … Read More
A Canadian government-chartered flight carrying Canadians evacuated from the Diamond Princess A Canadian government-chartered flight carrying Canadians evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in quarantine near Tokyo due to coronavirus has landed at the military base in Trenton, Ontario. The plane is part of a repatriation effort by several countries – including the United States, Australia and Hong Kong – for hundreds of foreigners aboard the Diamond Princess. The cruise, … Read More
Canada protesters mount fresh rail blockade, PM Trudeau says disruptions unacceptable Demonstrators opposed to a Canadian energy project on Wednesday started blocking a western rail line, adding to pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to solve a two-week protest that is harming the economy. Trudeau, who insists his government will not use force against the protesters, toughened his language on Wednesday, calling the disruptions unacceptable. A group of around 20 people … Read More
Wife of Canada’s first coronavirus patient confirmed as country’s second case The wife of Canada’s first novel coronavirus patient has tested positive for the virus at a public health laboratory, the province of Ontario’s health ministry said in a release on Monday. The patient has been in self-isolation and is being monitored, the ministry said. “Given the fact that she has been in self-isolation, the risk to Ontarians remains low,” said … Read More
Canada’s 1st ‘presumptive’ case of coronavirus found in Toronto Canada on Saturday declared the first “presumptive” confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus in a resident who had returned from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of the viral disease. Ontario health officials told a news conference the patient is a male in his 50s, who arrived in Toronto on Jan. 22 and was hospitalized … Read More
Canada dismisses as ‘nonsense’ Iran’s claim few crash victims were Canadian Canada on Tuesday dismissed as “nonsense” Tehran’s insistence that only a few Canadians died last week when Iran shot down an airliner and demanded full accountability for what it called a horrible crime. The remarks by Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne were some of the toughest from a Canadian official since the disaster in which 176 people died, 57 of them … Read More
Trudeau attends Alberta vigil for victims of Flight PS752 Canadian PM tells Iran disaster vigil he will pursue justice. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told hundreds gathered on Sunday at an Edmonton memorial for victims of this week’s air disaster outside Tehran that Canada stands united in grief. “Thank you all for gathering here in this moment of national pain,” Trudeau said at the event at a packed sports centre … Read More
Trudeau says Iran must take ‘full responsibility’ after admitting its missiles brought down PS752 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday that Tehran must take full responsibility for downing Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board, including 57 Canadians. Trudeau said he is both “outraged” and “furious” over the incident and expects full co-operation from Iranian authorities in investigating the circumstances that led to … Read More
Canada’s victims of Flight PS752 One hundred and thirty-eight of the people killed on the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran were connecting to Canada. Most of the passengers were headed to Canada. They were dentists and doctors, whole families with small children, newlywed couples and students returning from holidays. Here is what we know so far about Canada’s victims of Flight PS752. We … Read More