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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

REUTERS | Toronto residents flocked to a local Starbucks to use the internet

Canada hit by massive mobile and internet outage

02:09 09/07/2022

Canada's largest mobile and internet provider has suffered a major outage, with bank ATMs and emergency service hotlines affected.

A health-care worker prepares a syringe at a monkeypox vaccination clinic run by public health authorities in Montreal. (Christinne Muschi/Reuters)

What's the monkeypox vaccine and who should get it?

06:45 15/06/2022

Targeted immunization based on risk — not a mass vaccination campaign — is the way to go, experts say

Ukrainian service members fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launch system near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region in Ukraine on June 12, 2022. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

'No regrets': A Canadian volunteer wounded in Ukraine is coming home

06:42 15/06/2022

'You cannot go into a fight like this thinking that you're going to remain safe'

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam (left) said public health officials and governments should adopt lessons from the HIV crisis in their responses to monkeypox. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Canada reports 77 confirmed cases of monkeypox

06:41 04/06/2022

Most cases reported so far have been among gay and bisexual men, but everyone is susceptible: Tam

REUTERS / Canada already has far stricter gun ownership laws than the United States

Handguns: Canada proposes complete freeze on ownership

22:50 30/05/2022

Canada should introduce a total ban on the buying and selling of all handguns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said.

Monkeypox outbreaks in Canada and worldwide signal shift in behaviour of virus

05:59 23/05/2022

Canada's 'entire population is susceptible,' says top official

RCMP constables Adam Merchant, Aaron Patton and Stuart Beselt, left to right, are questioned at the mass casualty commission inquiry. Photograph: Canadian Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Police at Canada mass shooting nearly fired on wrong man in chaotic response

21:21 29/03/2022

RCMP officers chased man whose brother had just been killed into woodland during shooter’s rampage at Portapique, Nova Scotia

The Ottawa convoy has 'shattered norms' for protest in Canada. Will we see more of it?

08:47 19/02/2022

Occupying a part of the capital has gotten Canadians' attention but also lost their support, poll suggests

Federal government invokes Emergencies Act for first time ever in response to protests, blockades

20:45 14/02/2022

Act grants cabinet ability to take 'special temporary measures that may not be appropriate in normal times'

Police officers move along a road leading to the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on February 13, 2022. © Carlos Osorio, Reuters

Canadian police clear Ambassador Bridge on sixth day of protesters’ blockade

10:42 13/02/2022

Canadian police cleared protesters and vehicles that had blocked a vital trade route on the border with the United States, making some arrests, but the bridge was not yet open to traffic on Sunday.

Canadian Judge Gives Green Light to Remove Protesters From Bridge

20:45 11/02/2022

Span linking Canada and U.S. has been blocked this week by demonstrations against Covid-19 vaccine mandates

A protester walks in front of parked trucks in Ottawa, the Canadian capital. Photograph: Dave Chan/AFP/Getty Images

US ‘freedom convoy’ could disrupt Sunday’s Super Bowl, officials warn

16:09 10/02/2022

Homeland security says convoy inspired by Canadian protest could affect event in LA and State of the Union address in Washington

Truckers line-up their trucks on Metcalfe Street in Ottawa, Canada. Picture: AFP

Freedom convoy: Canada has a very serious problem with trucks ‘impossible’ to move

13:51 10/02/2022

Canada has a very serious problem on its hands, with the capital under “siege” by hundreds of truck that simply can’t be moved.

Truckers and their supporters continue to protest against Covid-19 vaccine mandates in Ottawa, on Sunday. Photograph: Patrick Doyle/Reuters

Ottawa protesters defy growing calls to end occupation of capital

18:16 07/02/2022

One homemade sign on a protester’s car appeared to equate the vaccine mandate with the Nazi persecution of the Jews.

Prince Andrew is seen at the Government House in Victoria in May 2013. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press)

3 Canadian military regiments without royal patron after Prince Andrew stripped of titles

19:15 13/01/2022

Duke of York's titles returned to Queen amid a lawsuit accusing the prince of sexual abuse

‘It’s because of you Chinese people!’: Customer films woman’s COVID-19 meltdown at Montreal grocery

19:33 07/01/2022

A woman allegedly approached a man at a Montreal grocery store and asked if he was Chinese before blaming Chinese people for COVID-19.

Canada election: Trudeau calls snap summer campaign

11:52 16/08/2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a snap summer general election as Canada enters into its pandemic fourth wave.

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Canada Welcomes Vaccinated U.S. Travelers Today — and Wait Times at the Border Are Already Hours-long

13:08 09/08/2021

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

Nurse Georgia Mates prepares a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ahead of a drive-thru clinic at Richardson stadium in Kingston, Ont., on Friday, Jul. 2, 2021. (Lars Hagberg/Canadian Press)

Fully vaccinated tourists will soon be able to visit Canada again

13:24 19/07/2021

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

REUTERS / Wildfires were also spotted in Central Okanagan, British Columbia

Canada Lytton: Wildfire forces hottest place in heatwave to evacuate

10:11 01/07/2021

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.