Canada breaks record by welcoming over 400,000 immigrants in 2021
“Last year, we set an ambitious goal. Today, we achieved it,” Canada’s Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser said in a statement. “This is a historic moment for our country, as we welcome the highest number of newcomers in one year in our history.”
N.S. place names containing derogatory word will have new names early in 2022
“The final selections will be tallied in the new year and will then go to the municipalities of Shelburne and Barrington, along with the local MLA, to receive their support,” Blaise Theriault of the Department of Service Nova Scotia told CBC.
Trudeau says China ‘playing’ democracies against each other, urges ‘united front’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Chinese government is using its economic weight to “very cleverly” play democratic countries off one another.
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Archbishop of Canterbury uses his Christmas sermon to urge worshippers to support refugees and ‘show great kindness’ to those who ‘risk everything to arrive on the beaches’
The Archbishop of Canterbury has used his Christmas sermon to preach a message of support to volunteers helping refugees.
The Most Rev Justin Welby preached the sermon at the Christmas Day Eucharist at Canterbury Cathedral at 11am.
He said that the Christmas story of Joseph and Mary searching for shelter demonstrates the need to treat those ‘who risk everything to arrive on the beaches’ with compassion.
Germany’s Reaction To The Energy Crisis Could Be Catastrophic
The European gas crisis has hogged energy headlines for months. But that hasn’t stopped Germany from retiring half of its nuclear capacity by the end of the year and pushing an accelerated phase-out of its coal-fired plants by 2030. And for Germany’s energy security, it could spell disaster.
CANCEL CULTURE: New York Primary School Bans ‘Jingle Bells’
“Jingle Bells,” Council Rock principal Matt Tappon wrote in an email to the newspaper, has been replaced with other songs that don’t have “the potential to be controversial or offensive.”
