Canada has made a formal offer to have more than six dozen containers of Canadian household trash returned to the Port of Vancouver nearly six years after it was sent to the Philippines labelled incorrectly as plastics for recycling.
Filipino environmental activists wear a mock container vans filled with garbage to symbolize the 50 containers of waste that were shipped from Canada to the Philippines two years ago, as they hold a protest outside the Canadian embassy at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, May 7, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Aaron FavilaOTTAWA -- Canada's garbage is coming home from the Philippines.
The Canadian offer came around the same time as the Philippines has ordered its Bureau of Customs to get the containers back on a ship bound for Canada no later than May 15.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Netflix Canada in May 2019: What’s coming and going - Macleans.caHere’s Flare’s rundown of all the new shows and movies worth checking out this April on Netflix in Canada—and what to binge before they’re gone
Read more »
What To Watch On Netflix Canada In May 2019What to watch on Netflix Canada in May 2019
Read more »
Philippines warns diplomatic relations with Canada at risk amid garbage disputeA spokesman for Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte says 70 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Philippines is at risk if Canada doesn't finally take back its trash.
Read more »
Philippines warns diplomatic relations with Canada could be at risk amid garbage disputeEnvironment groups in both countries say Canada is violating the Basel Convention, an international treaty which prevents developed nations from dumping their waste on the developing world without permission
Read more »
About one per cent of deaths in Canada medically assisted: Health CanadaAccording to Heath Canada’s latest interim report, 6,749 people have received medically assisted deaths
Read more »
Statistics Canada ’unfounded’ change drives up crime numbers in Surrey, B.C.SURREY, B.C. — Mounties say a significant increase in violent crime in the first quarter of 2019 in Surrey, B.C., is partly due to a new Statistics Canada reporting requirement, and the chang…
Read more »
U.S. beats Canada at para hockey world championship - TSN.caDeclan Farmer scored twice as the United States defeated Canada 3-1 in the opening game for both teams at the 2019 para ice hockey world championship.
Read more »
Lawrence could have big role in Women's World Cup for CanadaAshley Lawrence has developed into a star not only for Canada but also for football giants PSG. At 23, Lawrence is poised to be one of the leaders for Canada in France at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Read more »