British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says the often difficult issue of pet custody for families going through break ups could be easier to decide with family law changes that took effect Monday. She says the changes aim to improve the process for determining ownership of pets after a separation or divorce. Previously, Sharma says pet ownership issues following a break up were similar to those used by the courts to determine how property is divided. Instead, the courts will now consider a person's ability and willingness to care for an animal, relationships between a child and an anima

Farmers have clogged Berlin streets with their tractors, honking their horns in protest at a plan to scrap tax breaks on thediesel they use. It's the climax of a week of protests that has tapped into wider discontent with Germany's government. Columns of tractors rolled into the capital ahead of the demonstration Monday at the landmark Brandenburg Gate. Over the past week, farmers have blocked highway entrances and slowed traffic across Germany with their protests, intent on pushing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government to abandon the planned cuts entirely. They're not satisfied with concessi

The Canadian government is planning to put a limit on the number of international students. Immigration Minister Mark Miller has said in an interview that he is considering imposing a cap on international students in the first and second quarters of this year to reduce housing demand. In the context of increasing number of international students in Canada, he expressed concern and said that this system has actually gone out of control. However, he did not give information about how much the number of international students could be reduced, but he said that he is working on this plan with t

The National Green Tribunal has issued a notice to the Punjab government on the petition of Navjot Singh Sidhu regarding illegal mining in Ropar, Punjab and has set a date of March 11 for the hearing in this case. Navjot Sidhu attacked the Bhagwant Mann government in the press conference and said that this matter is only a matter of a small area in Ropar but the situation is bad in the whole of Punjab. Navjot Singh said that illegal mining is going on at the behest of the government and they are not going to back down and will continue their fight against it. Sidhu said that illegal mining

There will be a state funeral for former NDP leader Ed Broadbent.Broadbent died on Jan. 11 at the age of 87. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the state funeral will be held in Ottawa on Jan. 28. Broadbent served as a member of Parliament for more than two decades and led the NDP for 14 years in the 1970s and 1980s. As NDP leader he faced off against four different prime ministers, including Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney. Trudeau says the state funeral will provide an opportunity for Canadians to pay tribute to his legacy, which includes leading the NDP to its best elector

Canadians living in provinces where the federal carbon price is collected are expected to receive their first Climate Action Incentive rebate of the year today. The federal government says people living in provinces including Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan will receive the rebate through direct bank deposit or by cheque if they have filed their income tax and benefit returns. Ottawa has said the payments are calculated based on the number of adults and children in the household. People living in small and rural communities are to receive an extra 10 per cent supple

The Pacific Island nation of Nauru says it is switching diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. The move on Monday leaves Taiwan with 12 diplomatic allies around the world. Taiwan now has official ties with 11 countries and the Vatican. Seven are in Latin America and the Caribbean, three are in the Pacific Islands and one is in Africa.

Canadians are facing a huge increase in property taxes this year. Toronto homeowners will see their biggest increase yet in the series as the city proposed a 10.5 per cent increase in property taxes in the budget and warned that property taxes could rise to 16.5 per cent if funding for refugee support is not forthcoming from the federal government. Meanwhile, property taxes in Montreal are going up about 5 percent this year. This is the biggest increase in the 13-year history of the city. On the other hand, the property tax in Vancouver is currently 7.5 percent after increasing by 10.7 perce

Some of the Canadian Facebook users have been offered $51 million in a class action lawsuit by Meta. The lawyer who is representing the case against the giant social media company said that this settlement proposal sent by Meta is a positive sign for other companies as well. Meta is facing lawsuits from four states over an advertising program on Facebook called Sponsored Stories that ran from 2011 to 2014. People's names and pictures were used in this program without their knowledge. Now Meta is offering $51 million to settle these lawsuits. The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by a BC woman, who