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Rich countries and China urged by IEA to accelerate race to carbon neutrality
Rich countries and developing economies alike will have to significantly advance their already ambitious carbon neutrality targets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday, emphasizing that the rise of…
Ottawa urged to review its legal mechanisms to promote access to anonymous graves
Canada needs to review its legal mechanisms to facilitate searches for unmarked burials linked to residential schools, says the special interlocutor appointed by Ottawa last year, Kimberly Murray. His interim…
Food security | Canada urged to protect farmland
Canada’s farmland is under increasing pressure to produce more food as domestic and international demand increases, while the industry grapples with limited resources and environmental constraints, says a new report.…
Ottawa urged to support sustainable aviation fuel industry
Canada must put in place favorable conditions to develop the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry, otherwise this expertise risks slipping away to the United States, warns an aviation industry group.…
Quebec and Ottawa urged to act against misogynistic online violence
Quebec and Ottawa are slow to take concrete action to stop insults, harassment and threats against women online, deplore those responsible for the awareness campaign Stop cyber violence. “Every year,…
Conflict in Sudan | Civilians urged to arm themselves as fighting continues
(Khartoum) Residents say they hear gunfire Sunday in Khartoum, the sixth day of a ceasefire supposed to expire Monday evening, but never respected by the army and paramilitaries in war…
Forest fires | Albertans urged to postpone weekend plans
Authorities are advising Albertans to consider postponing their long weekend plans as nearly 100 wildfires continue to burn across the province. Updated yesterday at 10:36 p.m. Angela Amato and Brittany…
Cyclone Mocha hits Burma and Bangladesh, thousands urged to take shelter
Wind gusts could reach 260 km/h. Volunteers evacuate Rohingyas from “at-risk areas” to more solid structures such as schools. It brings in its wake rain and gusts of wind exceeding…
Twitter urged to fix public media labeling
The Global Task Force for Public Media is urging social network Twitter to correct the “government-funded media” labeling it recently imposed on the accounts of four of its members, including…
Twitter urged to fix public media labeling
The Global Task Force for Public Media is urging social network Twitter to correct the “government-funded media” label it recently imposed on the accounts of four of its members, including…
Abortion in the United States | Supreme Court urged to preserve access to mifepristone
(Washington) The Biden administration and a drugmaker petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to preserve access to an abortion drug free of restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, as…
Rogers urged to sell Cogeco shares
Financial heavyweights in Toronto are urging telecommunications giant Rogers to divest of its $1 billion stake in Quebec-based Cogeco, the Globe and Mail reported on Monday. • Read also: Cogeco…
Quebec urged to do more to integrate disabled workers
At the other end of the line, Stéphane Thériault’s wrath is perceptible: the general manager of the Quebec Council of Adapted Enterprises (CQEA) believes that the simple indexation of the…
Ugandan president urged to reject anti-LGBTQ+ law
(Kampala) The UN, the NGO Amnesty International, Washington and London on Wednesday asked Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to reject a law against homosexuality adopted the day before by Parliament, strongly…
Ottawa urged to adopt a program to regularize the status of undocumented immigrants
(Montreal) Voices continue to be raised to urge the federal government to set up “as soon as possible” a regularization program for migrants without status in the country in order…
Hate speech | Ottawa urged to act against online violence
(Ottawa) The Bloc Québécois urges the federal government to legislate to eliminate hate speech that abounds on social networks. MPs Andréane Larouche and Martin Champoux joined their voices to that…
Companies urged to also be wary of TikTok
The European Parliament has decided to ban Chinese social network TikTok on the institution’s work devices, citing data security concerns, after a similar move by the European Commission. The President…
Affordable Housing | Quebec urged to increase Accès Logis funding
(Montreal) On the eve of the tabling of the budget, groups promoting affordable housing are urging Quebec to increase funding for the Accès Logis program in order to carry out…
Amnesty International Report | Peruvian authorities urged to end violence
The Peruvian authorities must change course and put an end to the “excessive and murderous” use of force to put an end to the demonstrations which have shaken the country…
Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital | The population urged to avoid emergencies
Unable to reach a compromise with the nurses on the evening shift at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital (HMR), the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal resolves to ask the population to avoid emergencies for the…