Page 17 - Canada

Border residents rejoice as US says it will lift travel ban after 19 months

Travel across land borders from Canada and Mexico has been largely restricted to workers whose jobs are deemed essential.

Canada to allow direct flights from India, lifts ban after 5 months

Canada will allow direct flights from India from Monday, lifting the ban on them after a gap of more than five months. Announcing the decision, Transport Canada on Saturday in a tweet said: "Beginning at 00:01 EDT on September 27, direct flights from India can land in Canada with additional public health measures in place." "Travellers must have proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular test from the approved Genestrings Laboratory at the Delhi airport taken within 18 hours of the scheduled departure of their direct flight to Canada," it added. In April, Canada banned all direct flights to and from India when the second Covid wave hit India. The date of reopening has been postponed many times. Welcoming the decision, India's high commissioner to Canada Ajay Bisaria described it as a "decisive step towards normalising air mobility" between the two nations. "@airindiain and @AirCanada are now set to run daily flights between Delhi and Toronto/Vancouver from 27 September. Working with .

China welcomes Huawei executive home, but silent on freed Canadians

Chinese state media welcomed telecoms giant Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, back to the "motherland" on Saturday

Justin Trudeau's Liberals win Canada election, but miss majority

Canadians gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party a victory in Monday's parliamentary elections, but his gamble to win a majority of seats appeared to have failed.

Non-stop flights to Canada resume

Canada required travellers from India to do a RT-PCR in a third country before giving them access.

Canada's Trudeau may cling to power in election but likely to lose majority

Trudeau has a minority administration, forcing him to rely on other parties and make policy compromises to govern

Sun Pharma gets exclusive right to commercialise Winlevi acne cream in US

Sun Pharma and specialty pharma firm Cassiopea SpA announced consummation of their exclusive licence and supply agreements for Winlevi cream used for treatment of acne vulgaris

IT major Infosys to set up new digital development centre in Canada

IT services major Infosys on Wednesday said it will set up a new digital development centre at its largest Canadian office in Mississauga

Canada to evacuate its citizens from war-torn Afghanistan: Report

Canada is preparing to evacuate its citizens from war-torn Afghanistan through its military as the Taliban is worsening the situation in the Asian nation, a media report said on Thursday.

'Unacceptable': Trudeau condemns China's sentencing of Canadian citizen

Canada's Spavor, who was detained by China in 2018, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court on charges of espionage.

New Covid-19 cases rise in Canada as it eases health restrictions

Canada reported 1,203 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, raising the cumulative total to 1,442,087 cases, including 26,678 deaths, according to CTV.

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Britons nervous as UK heralds 'Freedom Day'

Canada surpasses US in vaccinations after initial lag, Indonesia's daily infections higher than India and Brazil, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Consulates chip in as Indian students' gear up to travel for new semester

Most visa centres shut during the second wave in India have resumed work to ensure timely arrival of Indian students to their destinations.

Canada to donate 17.7 mn AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to other countries

Canada announced its decision to donate 17.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to low- and middle-income countries

Cases of Lambda Covid-19 variant found in Canada: Chief health officer

Canada's chief public health officer says there are cases of the latest Covid-19 variant of interest in the country, but it's too early to know how widespread it is or what impact it could have

Hundreds believed dead in heat wave in Canada despite efforts to help

Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm labourer was found in an Oregon nursery

Canadian province sees unprecedented 195% spike in deaths amid heatwave

The western Canadian province of British Columbia has registered an unprecedented 195 per cent rise in sudden fatalities within the past five days amid the heatwave, Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said

World's outlook about China unfavourable despite Covid gains: Pew research

Some 76% of Americans said they viewed the world's most populous nation unfavorably

Canada sees record 49.5 degrees, scores dead in gruelling heat wave

Coroners are now gathering information to determine the cause and manner of deaths and whether heat played a role

Unprecedented Northwest heat wave builds, breaking all-time records

Intense. Prolonged. Record-breaking. Unprecedented. Abnormal. Dangerous. That's how the National Weather Service described the historic heat wave hitting the Pacific Northwest.