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CEO of Canada pension fund forced to resign after trip to UAE for vaccination
Feb 27, 2021 06:52The head of Canada’s largest pension fund, Mark Machin, has resigned a day after a report said he traveled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and received a coronavirus vaccine shot there as millions of Canadians waited to receive a jab in their own country amid a slow rollout.
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US, Canada agree to join forces against China
Feb 24, 2021 09:06US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have agreed to work together to counter China's growing global influence.
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Biden has called S Korea, France, Canada, UK leaders but not Israel’s premier
Feb 17, 2021 08:04US President Joe Biden is yet to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu although he has already contacted several other allies in Europe and Asia.
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Iran advises Canada against falling for 'fake' audio recording on Ukraine plane crash
Feb 11, 2021 05:59The Foreign Ministry urges Canada to observe professionalism instead of making wrongful claims about the tragic incident early last year that featured the mistaken downing of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran.
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US far-right Proud Boys declared as terrorist group in Canada
Feb 04, 2021 11:35US white supremacist group, Proud Boys – one of the staunch supporters of former president Donald Trump – has officially been declared as a terrorist group in Canada.
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Facial recognition app Clearview engaged in mass surveillance of Canadians, probe finds
Feb 04, 2021 07:41US facial recognition technology firm Clearview AI illegally conducted mass surveillance in breach of Canadians’ privacy rights, Canada’s privacy commissioner said Wednesday following an investigation.
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Biden revokes Keystone XL permit, Canada disappointed
Jan 21, 2021 11:44US President Joe Biden has formally revoked the permit needed to finish the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a years-long project that would have carried oil sands crude from Alberta, Canada, to the American Gulf Coast.
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For COVID-19 vaccines, some are too rich — and too poor
Dec 31, 2020 09:44A few months from now, a factory in South Africa is expected to begin churning out a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine each day in the African country hardest-hit by the pandemic. But those vials will probably be shipped to a distribution center in Europe and then rushed to Western countries that have pre-ordered them by the hundreds of millions. None have been set aside for South Africa.
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Iran decides damages sum for victim families of Ukraine plane crash
Dec 31, 2020 07:02The Iranian government has decided the amount of compensation payable to families of victims of a Ukrainian plane crash days before the first anniversary of the incident that happened near Tehran in January this year at the height of military tensions between Iran and the United States.
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Is Canada’s ‘me first’ COVID vaccine policy hurting other nations?
Dec 23, 2020 10:21A recent report by the rights group stated that all of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccines and 96 percent of Pfizer-BioNtech’s vaccine doses have been secured by rich countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.