Chinese officials accused Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland of “meddling” in China’s internal affairs Sunday and warned that Beijing’s response to ongoing protests in Hong Kong “brook no interference by any other country, organization or individual.” The warning by an…»
Highlights / protests
Hong Kong: Chinese-Canadian lawyer analyses ongoing protests
Huge crowds were on the streets of Hong Kong again last night protesting a proposed extradition law with China. Hong Kong chief executive, Carrie Lam, has said the proposal will become law and compared protesters to spoiled children. Andrea Chun…»
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Chinese Canadians react to Hong Kong extradition law
Huge crowds continue to demonstrate in Hong Kong over a proposal to enable extradition to China. Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents continue to protest over fears of the implications of the proposed bill. They say it could mean…»
Canada calls on Algeria to set a date for free elections ‘without delay’
Canada’s Global Affairs department has issued a statement saying it is “closely following ongoing developments in Algeria.” After weeks of protests, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika promised to not seek a fifth term that would have extended his 20 years in…»
Economy, Environment, Indigenous, International, Society
Pipeline protests continue: Second roadblock remains
The Wet’suwet’en First Nations continue their protest over plans to run a natural gas pipeline over their claimed territory in northern British Columbia. They continue to block an access road into the area A first barrier was taken down by…»
Moose cull in Nova Scotia questioned, and high cost
(public commenting open on all RCI stories- comments will be posted after moderating) Canada’s national parks service, Parks Canada is receiving some backlash for a moose culling programme. Called “Bring Back the Boreal” (forest), to pilot project involves a moose…»
Economy, Environment, International, Politics, Society
Major setback for pipeline project
Court rules original approval deeply flawed. Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal had dealt a major blow to the Trans Mountain Pipeline project. Long opposed by several Indigenous groups and environmentalists, the company had planned to build a second pipeline to…»
Canada calls for an end to violence in Nicaragua
Canada is calling for an immediate stop to the “violence, repression, arbitrary detentions and human rights violations currently taking place in Nicaragua,” Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday. Ottawa is also urging the government of President Daniel Ortega to…»
Economy, International, Politics
G7 protests: so far so good, but..
G7 leaders meeting near Quebec City, little damage from protesters Major political gatherings are typically the site also of major and often destructive protests. Given the possible threat of terrorist action, and the known violence of some groups of protesters,…»
Freeland joins Putin in congratulating Armenia’s opposition leader
There aren’t many things that Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Russian President Vladimir Putin seem to agree on but Armenia’s Velvet Revolution appears to be one of them. Hours after Armenia’s opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected prime…»
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Canadian architects commit to fighting climate change with new declaration
