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Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by t

Smoke blanketed Montreal as wildfires raged from coast to coast in Canada. PHOTO: ALLEN MCINNIS/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Shrouds Skies From Midwest to New York

 06:04 07/06/2023

Millions of Americans in the Midwest and the Northeast are under air-quality alerts as smoke moves south from more than 400 active Canadian wildfires.


 
(Michal Dyjuk/Associated Press)

Poland is rearming itself at high speed — could Canada take a lesson from Warsaw?

 21:08 31/05/2023

South Korea just delivered new tanks and guns to Poland only months after the contract was signed
RCMP officers ride in front of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s carriage during the royal procession following the coronation ceremony in London on Saturday. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)

Canadian support for royals may have slumped, but the scenes in London tell a different story

 06:30 07/05/2023

Throngs of Canadians flood streets, wave flags to witness Charles's coronation

File photo: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on CBC's Face To Face with host Rosemary Barton in Toronto, September 12, 2021. ©  Global Look Press/Keystone Press Agency

Canadian state media quits Twitter over label

 07:04 18/04/2023

The CBC has objected to Elon Musk’s ‘government-funded media’ designation
ELOISE ALANNA/BBC / Joshua, a migrant from Venezuela, may not get his Canadian work permit until 2024 due to backlogs

Why asylum seekers are choosing Canada in record numbers

 07:37 21/03/2023

Last year, nearly 40,000 migrants crossed into Canada at an unofficial border crossing at the end of a remote rural road in upstate New York - a record number - to seek asylum. Many are driven by the belief that the country is more welcoming than the US. But can Canada handle the influx?

Customers wait in line outside a branch of the Silicon Valley Bank in Wellesley, Mass., on March 13. Canada's banking regulator says it will take permanent control of SVB's Canadian branch assets. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

Banking regulator takes permanent control of Silicon Valley Bank's Canadian assets

 15:18 15/03/2023

Regulator took temporary control on Sunday

 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shown in Ottawa earlier in the week, says the country’s forces would recover and analyze the wreckage of the downed object. PHOTO: BLAIR GABLE/REUTERS

Flying Object Shot Down Over Canada

 06:59 12/02/2023

A U.S. military jet shot down another unidentified airborne object, this time over Canada, on Saturday on orders of President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
GETTY IMAGES / Canada's largest cities - Toronto and Vancouver - rank among the most unaffordable housing markets in the world

Two-year ban on foreign homebuyers takes effect in Canada

 13:18 03/01/2023

A two-year ban on some foreigners buying homes in Canada has come into effect.
People make their way through the snow in Ottawa's Glebe neighbourhood on Saturday. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)

Utility crews across Canada scramble to restore power amid winter storm

 23:59 24/12/2022

Hundreds of thousands of people across the country still without electricity
GETTY IMAGES / About one in four Canadians came to the country as an immigrant

Canada: Why the country wants to bring in 1.5m immigrants by 2025

 09:12 22/11/2022

Canada is betting big on immigration to fill the gap in its economy left by aging Baby Boomers leaving the workforce - but not everyone is on board with bringing in so many people from abroad.
GETTY IMAGES / Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said he believes the monarchy in Canada is "a thing of the past."

Canada: Quebec separatist party calls for split with British monarchy

 14:31 26/10/2022

With the upcoming coronation of King Charles III, the Canadian province of Quebec is resurfacing a debate on the country's ties to the British monarchy.
Fiona 'extremely strong and dangerous' as hurricane watch issued for P.E.I., N.S., N.L.

Fiona 'extremely strong and dangerous' as hurricane watch issued for P.E.I., N.S., N.L.

 20:50 22/09/2022

Hurricane will track northward and into Maritimes late Friday and Saturday
GETTY IMAGES / The scene of Myles Sanderson's capture

Canada stabbings suspect Myles Sanderson dies after arrest

 08:52 08/09/2022

The suspect in a stabbing spree in Canada which left 10 people dead and 19 injured has died after being captured by police.
Doreen Lees points out her friend Wes Petterson, killed on Sunday, in a Weldon community scrapbook

Canada stabbings: Town 'shattered' amid stabbings manhunt

 06:29 07/09/2022

Two days after a deadly stabbing spree in Saskatchewan, the surviving suspect's whereabouts remain unknown.
RCMP are searching for Damien Sanderson, left, and Myles Sanderson. Damien is described as five feet seven inches tall, about 155 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. P(RCMP)

Manhunt continues for 2 suspects after Sask. stabbings leave 10 dead, 15 hospitalized

 09:53 05/09/2022

RCMP alert says to watch for black SUV with Sask. licence plate 119 MPI in Manitoba, Alberta also
©  Twitter / Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Ten killed in Canada stabbing spree

 23:28 04/09/2022

Two suspects are at large after stabbing at least 25 people in 13 locations
People are silhouetted in front of the Canadian national flag at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal, Quebec on October 21, 2019. © Stéphane Mahe, Reuters

A language ‘revival’? Quebec moves to protect French amid Canada’s shift towards English

 09:42 21/08/2022

New figures show that French language use continues to decline in Canada, including in Quebec, the historically Francophone province, where the number of people whose first spoken language is English now exceeds 1 million. This unprecedented situation comes at a time when efforts to protect French in Quebec are intensifying.
(Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)

Pope Francis apologizes for forced assimilation of Indigenous children at residential schools

 15:41 25/07/2022

'I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples'
REUTERS / Sikh activist Ripudaman Singh Malik (centre) was found not guilty in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight

Man acquitted of bombing 1985 Air India flight shot dead in Canada

 13:25 15/07/2022

A man acquitted over the bombing of a 1985 Air India flight has been killed in a suspected targeted shooting in Canada, police say.
GETTY IMAGES / Rogers is the mobile carrier for nearly 11 million people in Canada

Rogers outage: Millions to get credits over internet and mobile blackout

 07:38 13/07/2022

Canadian mobile and internet giant Rogers says it will give credits to millions of its customers after a nationwide outage last week.
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