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Canada makes major announcement at COP29 - Yahoo News …
1 day ago · Wed., November 13, 2024, 4:37 p.m. PST · 3 min read. Canada makes major announcement at COP29. One of the focal, and divisive, points of this year's COP29 summit so far has been finance, and on Tuesday, Canada pledged a significant initiative to help countries most affected by climate change. The main objective for the almost 200 countries at ...
Proposed class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at …
22 hours ago · A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous children removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."The Federal Court lawsuit filed this month in Vancouver says children across the country were forcibly removed from ...
Thousands gather in Ottawa for Remembrance Day tribute to …
4 days ago · Thousands of veterans, military personnel and their supporters gathered at Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa to remember those who have fought and died to protect this country and its freedoms.Monday's grey and gloomy weather conditions — and the threat of rain — did little to dent the crowd size as many Canadians, some from points faraway, were eager to be in the nation's capital ...
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Canada has just 6 years to achieve 'the greatest share of emission ...
Nov 7, 2024 · Canada's environment watchdog issued another reality check Thursday, warning that the country has just six years to slash the lion's share of its emissions to reach its climate goals."To meet the 2030 target, the greatest share of emissions reductions will need to occur in the next six years," says a new report from Canada's commissioner of the environment and sustainable development.Thursday ...
How much does Canada owe in climate aid? A trillion-dollar …
4 days ago · Under the existing goal, Canada in 2021 doubled its international climate finance pledge to $5.3 billion over five years. A coalition of Canadian aid groups has pushed the government to at least triple that number, to $15.9 billion, for the next five-year period ending in 2031. Naomi Johnson, co-chair of the Canadian Coalition on Climate Change ...
Gun violence is on the rise in Canada. In parts of the Greater …
Nov 7, 2024 · Melanie Ward remembers the moment she learned her son was dead with haunting clarity."I just dropped to my knees and screamed," she said.Her son, Alexander Circiumaru, was on his way to an appointment in downtown Hamilton earlier this year but never made it.The 19-year-old was shot multiple times in broad daylight on March 6 in what Hamilton police believe was a targeted attack. Circiumaru was ...
Ottawa has been preparing for next U.S. president 'for months,' …
Nov 5, 2024 · Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian preparations for the next U.S. president have been in the works for months as American voters decide who will replace Joe Biden in the White House."We've been preparing for this for months through our diplomatic network across the U.S., but also around the world," Joly told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday."This government is going to be able ...
Recent Ontario appeal court ruling on youth-led climate case …
4 days ago · Seven Ontario children and youth recently scored a legal victory that brings Canadians a step closer to holding their governments accountable for aggravating the climate emergency that poses “an existential threat to human life in Canada and around the world.”. On Oct. 17 the Ontario Court of Appeal reversed a lower court decision and reinstated a lawsuit brought by seven young Ontarians ...