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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. While Canada is monitoring a severe Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda, the federal health authority …
Read More »Manitoba Health Minister says banning paid plasma an option after 2 deaths
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Paid plasma could be banned in Manitoba, the province’s health minister said after two fatal adverse …
Read More »Ukraine on track to withdraw from Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree on the country’s withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which bans the production and use of anti-personnel mines, the presidential website said on Sunday. Ukraine ratified the convention in 2005. “Support the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to withdraw Ukraine …
Read More »Italy passes law banning surrogacy abroad that activists say targets LGBTQ+ couples
Italy’s parliament made it illegal on Wednesday for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy — a pet project of Prime Minister’s Giorgia Meloni party that activists say is meant to target same-sex partners. Since taking office in 2022, Meloni has pursued a highly conservative social agenda, looking to promote …
Read More »Some provinces are banning cellphones in classes. Here’s where and when
School is almost out for many students in Canada, but though the first day of the new year is months away the classroom may look different when it comes as more provinces announce restrictions on cellphone use in schools that are expected to start this fall. As of June, there …
Read More »Ontario is banning cellphones in classrooms. What’s changing and how will it work?
The Ontario government says a provincewide approach to banning cellphones in classrooms will bring uniformity to the rules on devices and improve student concentration as it leans on parents to make the new policy possible. On Sunday, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced new rules for vaping and cellphones that will …
Read More »Banning Iranian regime members from entering Canada could extend to family members: minister
Measures to block members of the Iranian regime from entering Canada that the federal government says it intends to pursue could include their family members, the immigration minister says. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week that his government is taking steps to use provisions under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) …
Read More »The final countdown to banning some single-use plastics in Canada begins today
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada will ban companies from importing or making plastic bags and Styrofoam takeout containers by the end of this year, their sale by the end of next year and their export by the end of 2025. The move to ban exports will be a welcome …
Read More »What is 5G, and why is Canada banning Huawei from its telecom networks?
The federal government is banning China’s Huawei Technologies from involvement in Canada’s 5G wireless network. Here’s a primer on what led up to this decision and what you need to know about this next-generation wireless technology: What is 5G? 5G technology gives Canadians faster phone and internet connections and provides …
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