Tag: Canada

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Canadian rating agency praises Uruguay's fiscal consolidation and raises BBB- trend from stable to positive

  

  Canadian credit rating agency, DBRS Morningstar confirmed Uruguay's Long-Term Foreign and Local-Currency – Issuer Ratings at BBB-, and at the same time, elevated its prospect from stable to positive.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Pfizer's vaccine makes it through to Canadian and European children

  

  Canada Wednesday began vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19 in the French-speaking Quebec, while Ontario officially launched its campaign Thursday.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Wishful declarations after three-leader Summit in Washington

  

  Leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico have achieved little to no progress after their first three-part Summit in Washington this week. Nevertheless, there were some coincidences regarding arms trafficking, migration and the recovery from the pandemic.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Glencore sells Bolivian zinc operations to a Canadian company

  

  Swiss corporation Glencore has agreed to sell its zinc businesses in Bolivia to the Canadian company Santa Cruz Silver Mining, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2021 - 07:42 UTC

  Trudeau poised to remain Canada’s Prime Minister but still without Congressional majority

  

  Monday's elections in Canada seem to allow Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to form a new government after securing the most seats, albeit without the Congressional majority he coveted.

• Thursday, August 26th 2021 - 07:03 UTC

  A billion people suffering hypertension live in low and middle income countries

  

  The vast majority of people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, – a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases – live in low and middle-income countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Wednesday has revealed.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  US land borders to remain closed for yet another 30 days

  

  While Canada announced earlier this the reopening of its land border with the United States, there was no such thing as reciprocity, as the administration of President Joseph Biden Wednesday confirmed their mainland crossings north and south shall remain closed for yet another 30 days.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Canada to reopen land borders to vaccinated US nationals effective August 9

  

  The Government of Canada Monday announced it will reopen its land borders to US citizens who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of August 9.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 15:30 UTC

  Canada names first indigenous governor general at a critical moment for the country

  

  Canada named Mary Simon as its first indigenous governor general - Queen Elizabeth II's official representative in the Commonwealth country - as the nation faces a reckoning with its colonial history.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2021 - 00:00 UTC

  Two more Catholic churches burnt in Canada; probably linked to the discovery of mass graves of indigenous children

  

  Two more Catholic churches have been apparently set on fire in Canada's Pacific province of British Columbia, making it four that have been destroyed since the discovery of mass graves at two defunct boarding schools for First Nations children.