Canada to impose mandatory vaccination for government workers & transport passengers

Aug 14 2021

The Canadian Government has announced that all workers operating within federal administration and the majority of transport passengers must get vaccinated against COVID-19 following a surges in Delta variant cases in Canada.

Canadian Minister Dominic LeBlanc reaffirmed his understanding that “vaccines are the best way to end this pandemic” and went on to highlight that the country expects public servants to comply with this requirement.

A deadline for around 300,000 public workers is anticipated to be announced in the coming weeks, with the entire transport sector including passengers to welcome what Air Canada has called “a welcome step forward in the evolving measures to protect the health and safety” of their passengers and the transport sector in general.

The requirement is set to come into effect by the end of October.

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July hottest month on record as global climate crisis persists

Aug 14 2021

Data released from the NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information has revealed that was the hottest month in our lifetime, with the temperature being the highest in 142 years of records.

The Earth has experience a significant number of environmental issues over the past few months with a concerning increase in heat waves and fires around the world and flash floods in Germany, Belgium and China.

The report published by the United Nations’ IPCC has also stated that “each of the last four decades has been successively warmer than any decade that preceded it since 1850”.

The increased temperatures has also contributed to extreme weather conditions around the global, with Malta expected to experience intense Autumn storms due to such high temperatures.

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Baby in Corradino prison with mother may be kept until it is one year old

Aug 14 2021

A mother from the Ivory Coast serving a sentence at Corradino Correctional Facility is currently being accompanied by her baby who is under one year old.

After being caught trying to leave the country with falsified documents, the mother was ordered to serve a 12-month sentence, with her other two children aged under three staying at a residential home.

Executive Head of The Malta Foundation for Social Welfare Services Alfred Grixti revealed that cases such as these raise concerns of potential human trafficking but parents reserve the right to retain their children in prison up to the age of one year.

This is the only case of its kind in Malta

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WATCH: Gozo ferry worker assaulted by driver as police investigate

Aug 14 2021

The Malta Police Force is currently investigating a case of assault which took place at the Mġarr Harbour on Friday.

A video which has been circulating on social media shows a ferry worker engaged in a heated argument with a driver as he drives towards the ferry.

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Once the worker starts to move away from the car, the driver exits the car and proceeds to assault the worker, with the both of them eventually ending on the floor.

Eventually, a number of people who were at the Mġarr Harbour approach the two to separate them. The police have identified the persons involved and the case is currently being investigated.

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