Tag: Canada

• Thursday, April 11th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

  Nationals from US, Australia, and Canada granted visa-free entry into Brazil for yet another year

  

  Brazilian authorities announced that a visa requirement for nationals of Australia, Canada, and the United States was postponed until April 10, 2025, Agencia Brasil reported. The measure was to become effective on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.

• Thursday, April 4th 2024 - 23:43 UTC

  Brazil: Travelers from US, Australia, and Canada will need a visa starting next week

  

  Holders of US, Australian, and Canadian passports will be required a tourist visa to enter Brazil by air, land, or sea, effective next Wednesday (April 10), Agencia Brasil reported. Under Decree 11.875/2024, the initial Jan. 10 deadline was extended for three months to avoid the negative consequences for Brazil's tourism industry during peak season.

• Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Canada picks first black House of Commons Speaker

  

  Following last week's resignation of Anthony Rota after inviting and honoring the 98-year-old Nazi war veteran Yaroslav Hunka who had fought for the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, or the SS 14th Waffen Division, the Quebec Liberal lawmaker Greg Fergus has been appointed as the new Speaker of Canada's House of Commons.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2023 - 09:17 UTC

  Canada's House of Commons Speaker steps down after honoring Nazi soldier

  

  Anthony Rota Tuesday turned in his resignation as Speaker of Canada's House of Commons following the recognition as a hero of a former Ukrainian member of Germany's Nazi SS Waffen. He said he would leave his position at the end of Wednesday’s session.

• Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 07:03 UTC

  Fearing forest fires and bad air quality, Canada cancels fireworks display.

  

  Persistently bad air quality over North America and worries about sparking more fires has led to the cancellation of some Canada Day firework displays. There were also concerns over air quality around next week's Fourth of July celebrations in the US.

• Thursday, June 22nd 2023 - 11:02 UTC

  Brazilian Gov't picks Bolsonaro's last FM for Ottawa embassy

  

  With the endorsement of Acting President Geraldo Alckmin, Brazil's Government Wednesday sent the name of former Foreign Minister Carlos França to the Senate to be appointed ambassador to Canada, it was published in the Diário Oficial da União (DOU - Official Gazette).

• Monday, June 19th 2023 - 16:00 UTC

  Submarine carrying tourists to Titanic Wreckage reported missing

  

  A submarine transporting tourists to explore the remains of the Titanic, which sank in 1912, has disappeared off the coast of Terranova, Canada, according to the BBC. One crew member and four tourists are missing and a search operation has been launched, the U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed.

• Saturday, June 10th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Canada wildfires smoke reducing solar power and New England summer heat

  

  Solar power generation in the northeast United States is tumbling by more than 50% as a result of the smoke from eastern Canada wildfires. On Thursday ISO New England, the operator of the grid, said solar power generation in New England was 56% below last week during times of peak demand.

• Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Canada, Saudi Arabia resume full diplomatic ties after 5 years

  

  Five years after Saudi Arabia expelled Canada's ambassador from Riyadh over Ottawa's remarks on women's rights activists, both countries agreed Wednesday to restore full diplomatic relations, Global Affairs Canada (Canada's foreign ministry - GAC) announced in a statement.

• Friday, May 12th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  On Brazil's lead, Canada and Mercosur advance trade negotiations

  

  Brazil is leading efforts to increase its own and Mercosur interests in closer trade and investment relations with Canada. This week the Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary from the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, MDIC, Tatiana Prazeres received the Canadian ambassador in Brasilia, Emmanuel Kamarianakis and special representatives, with the purpose of strengthening trade relations between both countries and the regional block Mercosur.