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October 08, 2023

Americas

Canada on sidelines as Haiti finally gets an armed intervention against gang violence

Under pressure to lead a force, PM Trudeau manoeuvred to dodge a potential quagmire

By Editors Desk

Police stand guard as as former Haitian president Michel Martelly leaves after appearing before the investigating judge in the case of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Oct. 3, 2023. Odelyn Joseph/AP

October 03, 2023

Canada

India asks Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomatic staff - reports

India has asked Canada to withdraw about 40 diplomatic staff from India, reports say, in a sharp escalation of a weeks-long crisis.

By Editors Desk

GETTY IMAGES / Relations between the countries have worsened since last month

September 27, 2023

Canada

Trudeau apologizes after a Ukrainian Nazi veteran was celebrated at Zelenskyy speech

Yaroslav Hunka was a member of the 1st Galician division, a unit of Adolf Hitler's war machine.

By Editors Desk

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

September 26, 2023

Canada

Canada's Speaker Anthony Rota resigns after Nazi in parliament row

The Speaker of Canada's House of Commons has resigned after unwittingly praising a Ukrainian man who fought for a Nazi unit and inviting him to parliament.

By Editors Desk

REUTERS / Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota said he did not know of the 98-year-old's previous Nazi ties

September 23, 2023

National Security

U.S. Provided Canada With Intelligence on Killing of Sikh Leader

U.S. intelligence gave assistance, but communications intercepted by Canada were more definitive in linking India to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

By Editors Desk

Demonstrators outside the Consulate General of India in Vancouver after the shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, in June. Credit...Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press

September 19, 2023

Canada

Day after explosive allegation, Trudeau

Canadian Sikh leader was killed in B.C. in June.

By Editors Desk

September 19, 2023

Canada

India, Canada expel diplomats over accusations New Delhi killed Sikh separatist

Canada’s allegation that India assassinated Hardeep Singh Nijjar sent relations between the two nations plummeting and holds ramifications for the U.S.-led alliance to confront China.

By Editors Desk

A security guard outside the Canadian High-Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

September 18, 2023

Canada

Canada expels Indian diplomat amid probe into exiled Sikh leader's murder

Canada on Monday accused India's government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader near Vancouver last June, and expelled New Delhi's intelligence chief in Ottawa in retaliation.

By Editors Desk

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a press conference after the closing session of the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 10, 2023. © Money Sharma, AFP

September 07, 2023

Canada

Canada launches public inquiry into foreign interference

Canada's federal government has named an appellate court judge to lead an inquiry into foreign interference in the country's elections.

By Editors Desk

GETTY IMAGES - Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, seen here in 2021, says the inquiry will look into claims of interference by China and other actors

September 05, 2023

Canada

Trial begins for Canada 'Freedom Convoy' organisers

The trial for the leaders of the so-called Freedom Convoy protest that gridlocked Canada's capital for weeks in 2022 is set to begin on Tuesday.

By Editors Desk

REUTERS / Chris Barber, back left and Tamara Lich, front right are the first organisers of the Freedom Convoy to face trial

September 04, 2023

World

War in Ukraine expected to block consensus at G20 as Trudeau visits Asia

Observers say divisions over Ukraine, climate change make join G20 communique unlikely

By Editors Desk

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with China's President Xi Jinping at the G20 Leaders' Summit in Bali, Indonesia on November 16, 2022. (Reuters)

September 03, 2023

Canada

Why isn’t Canada an economic giant?

The North American nation has vast potential, yet underperforms on the global stage

By Editors Desk

A freight train passes through Pincher Creek in southern Alberta. Canada’s geography suggests it could be an economic powerhouse but it suffers from low productivity © Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Reuters

September 03, 2023

Canada

Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More refugees came anyway

By Editors Desk

People wait to seek help from the FCJ Refugee Center, which provides essential assistance for refugee claimants in Toronto, Canada, August 7, 2023. REUTERS/Wa Lone/File Photo

August 30, 2023

Canada

Canada warns LGBT travellers of US risks

Canada has issued a new travel warning to its LGBT citizens planning to visit the United States.

By Editors Desk

GETTY IMAGES | Thousands attended Toronto's Gay Pride in June

August 26, 2023

Canada

Why we can't get enough high-profile mug shots — of ex-presidents or otherwise

People get pleasure from seeing celebrities 'sort of humbled in that way,' professor says.

By Editors Desk

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is sFulton County Sheriff's Office/Handout

August 19, 2023

Canada

Canada wildfires: British Columbia province declares emergency

A state of emergency has been declared in Canada's western British Columbia province, as a fast-moving wildfire threatens to destroy more homes in the area around the city of West Kelowna.

By Editors Desk

GETTY IMAGES / One Kelowna resident told the BBC the fires came over the mountainside like an 'ominous cloud of destruction'

August 03, 2023

Canada

Australia made a deal to keep news on Facebook. Why couldn't Canada?

In 2021, Facebook temporarily blocked news on its platform across Australia

By Editors Desk

August 02, 2023

Canada

Canada PM Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie separate

Canada's PM Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are separating after 18 years, following "meaningful and difficult conversations".

By Editors Desk

August 01, 2023

Canada

Meta begins blocking news access on its platforms in Canada

The changes began Tuesday and will roll out gradually over the coming weeks, said Meta spokesperson Andy Stone.

By Editors Desk

July 20, 2023

Canada

Canada wants US skilled workers - and they are interested

When Leon Yang was 16, he moved by himself from Xi'An, China to the US, to study in a country where he believed that, if he worked hard every day, he could get where he wanted.

By Editors Desk

VAUGHN RIDLEY/COLLISION VIA SPORTSFILE / Canada's immigration minister Sean Fraser announced the new work permit programme in June.

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