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Canada SLFNHA calls for public emergency for staggering mental health

Published on: January 24, 2024
17:08

Ottawa, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) Chiefs of First Nations in northern Ontario are calling for a public emergency and social crisis to be declared, emphasizing the disproportionate mental health and addictions issues facing their communities compared to the rest of the province.

Canada to decrease 35 percent cap in approved study permits

Published on: January 22, 2024
14:33

Ottawa, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) Canada has said it will cap the number of foreign students admitted to the country for two years in an attempt to address pressure on housing and healthcare in the country. The cap will result in a decrease of 35% in approved study permits.

Quebec premier asks Trudeau to curb influx of asylum seekers

Published on: January 18, 2024
18:57

Ottawa, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Quebec Premier Francois Legault is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to slow the influx of asylum seekers entering his province, which he said is nearing a "breaking point."

CMA calls for change ahead of Canada’s health-care crisis

Published on: January 11, 2024
15:55

Ottawa, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is calling on provinces and territories to rebuild the health-care system to provide more access for patients amid reports of overflowing emergency rooms across the country.

Canada: Thousands of IKEA USB charges recalled due to burn

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:29

Ottawa, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Swedish furniture giant IKEA has recalled a popular charger sold in Canada as it poses a burn and electric shock hazard.

Colombia grants geothermal energy project to Canadian company

Published on: January 10, 2024
12:14

Bogota, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian Ministry of Mines on Wednesday confirmed that the first geothermal energy and power generation project in the northeast of the country had been granted to a Canadian company.

Canada: 82 percent believe the nation is facing a recession

Published on: January 9, 2024
17:47

Ottawa, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) A new survey suggests that most Canadians are pessimistic about the outlook of the economy in 2024, as well as their own finances.

Canada issues weather statement ahead of extreme winter storm

Published on: January 8, 2024
17:56

Ottawa, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Waterloo Region and Wellington County are under a special weather statement ahead of what Environment Canada says is a “major winter storm” expected to hit a large swath of Ontario Tuesday.

Canada: Death toll surges to 7 from cantaloupe salmonella outbreak

Published on: December 23, 2023
12:19

Ottawa, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting another death from a salmonella outbreak involving cantaloupes, bringing the total to seven.

Canadian ambassador Gartshore tours Guantanamo province (+Photo)

Published on: December 7, 2023
17:05

Guantánamo, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Ambassador to Cuba John Geoffrey Gartshore concluded on Thursday a tour across sites of historical and tourist interest in the easternmost of Cuba's provinces, according to Venceremos newspaper.

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