Tag: Canada

• 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.

• Monday, April 10th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Mercosur, Canada to resume trade deal talks

  

  Negotiations for an agreement between Mercosur and Canada to eliminate tariffs on industrial and agricultural goods, services, intellectual property, and government purchases are to resume after more than three years, CNN Brazil reported. The initiative had been halted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 09:06 UTC

  Canada agrees to compensation for abuses of Indigenous peoples at the hands of the Catholic Church

  

  Canada has reached a settlement agreement worth US$2.09 billion, (€1.93 billion) with representatives of Indigenous peoples, abused for nearly a century by Church residential institutions. The sum will be placed in a not-for-profit trust aimed at financing Indigenous education, culture, and language, the Canadian government announced.

• Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  China/Canada incident in Bali: Xi “reprimands” PM Justin Trudeau

  

  An ill tempered Chinese President Xi Jinping reprimanded on Wednesday Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau allegedly over media leaks of the two leaders' meeting, during an encounter on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Fiona causes havoc in Canada

  

  Hurricane Fiona has left unprecedented damage after making landfall throughout five provinces in eastern Canada, it was reported.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Pope asks for forgiveness for atrocities against native Canadian children

  

  Pope Francis has apologized in Canada for the deaths and abuses against children from native communities at Catholic residential schools.