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Justin Trudeau has described the Canadian parliament giving a standing ovation to a former member of the Waffen SS as “extremely upsetting”. “This is something that is deeply embarrassing to the Parliament of Canada and by extension to all Canadians,” the prime minister told reporters today. The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, Anthony Rota,…
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The Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons has issued an apology for commending an individual with a history of service in a Nazi unit during the Second World War. The recognition of Yaroslav Hunka, aged 98, as a “Ukrainian hero” and a “Canadian hero”, took place during a session attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
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Canada postponed its much-ballyhooed trade mission to India without explanation, but the prime ministers of the two countries clashed at the recent G20 Summit about Sikh separatist protests. On the Canadian federal government trade website, International Trade Minister Mary Ng had hyped the trip, scheduled for Oct. 9, as important in its strategy to expand…
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From Maryland to the Canadian capital, a monstrous cloud of smoke spewed by Quebec’s wildfires has forced children to stay indoors, grounded flights in New York City and left millions of residents at risk of breathing unhealthy air. More than 75 million people in the eastern US are under air quality alerts on Wednesday due…
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The European automaker Volkswagen announced that its battery company PowerCo will establish its first overseas “gigafactory” for battery cell making in St. Thomas in southwestern Ontario. Actual production is scheduled for 2027. Buildling the plant in Canada will grant Volkswagen access to both Canadian and US subsidies. Volkswagen has however not given many details about…
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Canada has appointed Jennifer May as its first female ambassador to China, taking over a role that has been vacant since December 2021 amidst diplomatic tensions between the two countries. In a statement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said May is a veteran diplomat with 30 years of experience, including recently serving as Canada’s ambassador to…
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Suspected Chinese hackers tampered with widely used software distributed by a small Canadian customer service company, another example of a “supply chain compromise” made infamous by the hack on U.S. networking company SolarWinds. U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike will say in an upcoming blog post seen by Reuters that it had discovered malicious software being distributed…
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A manhunt is underway for one of two brothers suspected in a mass stabbing that left 10 dead and 18 injured across multiple locations in Saskatchewan, Canada. Investigators with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said while there were reports that suspect Myles Sanderson may have been spotted at James Smith Cree Nation on Tuesday, further investigation found he…
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The Canadian Government has warned its nationals to avoid non-essential travels to Nigeria or completely avoid travelling to the country at the moment over terrorism, killings, kidnapping and general insecurity. The country gave the advice in the first part of a long publication on its website, saying, “Avoid non-essential travel to Nigeria due to the…
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday slammed the US Supreme Court decision to throw out the right to abortion in the United States. “The news coming out of the United States is horrific,” he said in a Twitter message. “No government, politician, or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do…
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Background Physical inactivity is common among Canadian women of varying ethnicities and immigrant status [1–4]. This sedentary lifestyle plays a significant role in the health status of those women who are further disadvantaged by low socio-economic status [5]. A 22 year Canadian cohort study recently identified women, and especially those disadvantaged with respect to income and…
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Canada will increase oil and gas exports by the equivalent of 300,000 barrels a day to help nations that are trying to shift away from Russian supplies, the country’s resources minister said. Energy producers can raise shipments of crude by 200,000 barrels a day and natural gas by the equivalent of 100,000 by year-end by…
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Canada is nowhere near to meeting its goal of welcoming 81,000 refugees by the end of 2021, according to numbers obtained by CBC News. Figures provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) show the department was about halfway to its refugee intake target on Oct. 31. As of that date, Canada had welcomed more than 7,800…
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If there’s one thing an incumbent candidate seeking re-election does not need, it is unwelcome news from the economic front. But with less than a week to go before Canadians cast their votes in a tight federal election race pitting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party against the Conservatives headed by Erin O’Toole, the latest readings on…
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Another aspect of qualitative vs quantitative is knowing when to use each. When deciding whether to use a quantitative or qualitative research approach, keep the following basic criterion in mind. Use quantitative research if you want to test or confirm something, for instance, a theory or a hypothesis. Use qualitative research if you wish to…
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