National Identity
A country in Southern Africa has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany over a row about conservation.
It comes after Germany’s environment ministry suggested there should be stricter limits on importing trophies from hunting animals, with Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi claiming this would impoverish people in the country.
He added that elephant numbers have risen thanks to conservation efforts, with hunting keeping the numbers in check.
Speaking to German newspaper Bild, Mr Masisi said Germans should “live together with the animals in the way you are trying to tell us to”.
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Read MoreAccording to a Wednesday afternoon press release from Veterans Affairs Canada, “a delegation will follow in the footsteps of Frederick Hardy, who was sentenced to hard labour in 1916 for charges relating to his sexuality.”
Frederick was tried by a court martial for “an act of gross indecency with another male person.”
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Read MoreThe need to decarbonize energy generation while maintaining reliability and dispatchability has positioned the nuclear sector for significant growth in Canada. The size and modularity of small modular reactors (SMRs, or nuclear reactors of between 5-300MW), promise to expand nuclear energy’s applicability and siting potential, while addressing the risk of cost overruns.
Canada stands to benefit from its over 70 years of technological leadership, well-developed regulatory system, robust domestic supply chains, and globally significant uranium production. Despite these advantages, the potential for deployment of SMRs in regions of Canada where nuclear energy has not previously been generated poses new challenges for industry, government, and regulators.
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Read MoreToronto police are looking for a suspect after an officer was assaulted during a Pro-Palestinian demonstration in the city.
The incident happened at Gerrard Street East and Parliament Street around 5:20 p.m. on March 30, a Toronto Police Service (TPS) news release said.
“During the demonstration, the suspect assaulted an officer then fled the area,” the release said.
The man is described as clean-shaven, wearing a grey T-shirt, blue button-up shirt, black zip-up sweater, black jacket, black pants, and white Adidas shoes. Police say he was between 25 and 35 years old.
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Read MoreCanada’s elections watchdog waited years to investigate allegations that a 2021 Liberal candidate benefitted from undisclosed donations from individuals with ties to China, according to evidence raised in the foreign interference inquiry.
The federal elections commissioner was “less interested in the issue,” according to evidence submitted during the March 28 hearing on alleged Chinese election interference.
Weeks before the 2021 federal election day, members of the Chinese community were invited through social media platform WeChat to a free banquet held in Vancouver’s Chinatown Plaza, as first
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Read MorePrime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the housing crisis in Canada while making an announcement in Nova Scotia, stating that the issue is not with permanent immigration, but rather with the spike in temporary immigration over the past few years.
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Read MorePrime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged a $1 billion investment over five years into a new national school food program amid a rising cost of living crisis and increase in hungry Canadian children.
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Read MoreCanadian election monitors spent four years prosecuting Rebel News Network over signage but did not put the same effort into investigating allegations of foreign interference, an inquiry into election interference was told.
Rebel News was issued two notices of violation over lawn signs promoting a book titled “Librano$: What The Media Won’t Tell You About Justin Trudeau’s Corruption,” authored by Rebel co-founder Ezra Levant and released around the time of the 2019 federal election.
The signs featured a heading that said “The Liberanos.com” and “Buy the Book,” accompanied by an image of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau surrounded by Liberal ministers, in a style similar to the TV drama “The Sopranos.” The Rebel News logo was printed in the bottom right-hand corner of the signs.
Rebel News was fined a total of $3,000 in administrative penalties by the Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections (OCCE), the commission on foreign interference was told during its March 28 session, which was first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
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Read MoreThree-in-five Canadians believe in some sort of life after death—a belief that has mostly held steady over the past decade, according to a new survey.
While roughly 40 percent of those polled believe life beyond their current existence isn’t likely, only 13 percent of Canadians were sure life after death was impossible, found the survey, conducted by the Angus Reid Institute in partnership with Cardus.
Roughly 60 percent of the 2,000 respondents believe in the afterlife, but just what that entails varies by religion.
Evangelical Christians were the most likely to believe in life after death, at 92 percent, while those of the Jewish faith expressed the most skepticism. Only 40 percent of Jews polled believe in life after death, according to the survey.
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Read MoreSeveral federal and provincial lawmakers as well as veterans are condemning Veterans Affairs for calling Easter “March holiday season” in a social media post. The move follows the controversy that erupted last year when the Defence Department told military chaplains they can’t use the word “God” during official ceremonies.
In a March 29 post on X, Veteran Affairs Canada (VAC), the department responsible for pensions, benefits, and services for war veterans, commemorated the weekend as a holiday season rather than Easter—a Christian event that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
“We want to wish Veterans, current members of the @CanadianForces and @rcmpgrcpolice and their families a happy March holiday season!” VAC wrote.
The post drew a barrage of criticism the following day. Many Conservative MPs condemned it.
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