Minister said ‘hundreds’ of Canadians might use Gaza visa, but more than 7,500 applied
May 8, 2024
An immigration lawyer in Toronto says new figures from the federal government show just how “grudging” Ottawa’s efforts have been to rescue Canadians’ family members from the war in the Gaza Strip.Figures obtained by The Canadian Press through an access to information request show Canadians filed 7,549 initial visa applications for their family members in Gaza from the day the program opened on Jan. 9 to April 1.Debbie Rachlis, who represents dozens of applicants in the multi-step process, says many of those applications are for entire families – sometimes up to 10 people – who have Canadian connections and are trying to escape Gaza.
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A mall in central Alberta was locked down while police say they responded to reports that two people were displaying a handgun.RCMP say in a news release they arrived Bower Place shopping center on Saturday evening after receiving two separate complaints about weapons, and with the help of mall security, they locked down the centre and secured the public in various stores.Officers arrested two youths without incident.
May 19, 2024 - 20:50 | | The Globe and Mail
The speed at which this year’s fire near Fort McMurray chewed through the path of the 2016 inferno as it approached the city surprised those fighting the blaze, according to a senior official managing the emergency.Gavin Hojka, an Alberta Wildfire incident commander assigned to this year’s Fort McMurray crisis, said the fire was more raucous than anticipated, given that it is burning in the same area its predecessor mowed through eight years prior. The extended drought made up for the lack of fuel available to the fire, known as MWF-017.
May 19, 2024 - 20:30 | Carrie Tait | The Globe and Mail
The driver of a vehicle upside down in a field Sunday evening had to be extricated by Ottawa firefighters. Read More
May 19, 2024 - 20:07 | Doug Menary | Ottawa Citizen
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