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A Chinese court convicted Canadian businessman Michael Spavor of espionage on Wednesday and sentenced him to 11 years in prison, in a case seen in Ottawa and Washington as part of a wider diplomatic spat with Beijing.

Canadian Ambassador Dominic Barton said he would go to see Spavor in Dandong, about 210 miles (340 kilometers) east of Beijing on the North Korean border.

Wait times at land border crossings had reached up to seven hours at the Fort Frances Bridge between Minnesota and Ontario.

Huawei Technologies Co.’s chief financial officer faces long odds as her extradition fight enters its final phases, more than two and a half years after her arrest triggered an unprecedented diplomatic impasse between China, the U.S. and Canada.

Kids too young to be vaccinated can skip quarantine but are advised to avoid group settings

Residents of a Canadian village which recorded the country's highest ever temperature, 49.6C (121.3F), have been forced to flee by a wildfire.

Scores of deaths in Canada's Vancouver area are likely linked to a grueling heatwave, authorities said Tuesday, as the country recorded its highest ever temperature amid scorching conditions that extended to the US Pacific Northwest.

'There's going to continue being new normals until we stop emitting greenhouse gases,' says climate scientist

Details coming Monday on a plan to let fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents enter the country

Changes comes as more than a third of U.S. adults now have both doses

Land travellers have to quarantine but not at a hotel like those travelling by air

The US state North Dakota is helping out its northern neighbours by offering vaccines to truck drivers crossing the border from Canada's Manitoba province.

'Get whatever vaccine is available to you. It's that simple,' Dr. Supriya Sharma says

Britain and Canada on Thursday imposed sanctions on generals in Myanmar for human rights violations following the military takeover in the Southeast Asian country.

'Significant' immune response from both full and half doses, company's team says

Canada has designated the group ‘Proud Boys’ as a terrorist entity, following a parliamentary resolution blaming the “white supremacist” group of organizing the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.

The race between vaccinations and COVID-19 heats up as case numbers rise

Canada's federal government will spend C$100bn ($77bn, £58bn) to kick-start the country's post-pandemic economy.

At least two people have been stabbed to death in the Canadian city of Quebec by a man armed with a sword and dressed in medieval clothing, police say.

Paul is the first Black permanent leader of a major federal political party