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Canada memorial to Ukrainian soldiers in Nazi unit removed after protests
Monument has long been a source of tension between Canada’s Ukrainian diaspora and Jewish and Polish...
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Environmental row over ‘last chance tourism’ in Canada’s melting Arctic
Cruise ships offer crucial income to poverty-hit village of Pond Inlet but opponents say it is...
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Ottawa: two-month-old among four children and two adults killed in attack
Man, 19, charged with six counts of first-degree murder as police condemn ‘senseless act of violence’...
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Canada reaches settlement with Michael Spavor over detention in China
Spavor was one of two Canadians detained in China in 2018 amid a broader diplomatic feud...
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Brian Mulroney, former Canadian PM, dies aged 84
Mulroney, a Progressive Conservative PM, ‘never stopped working for Canadians,’ Justin Trudeau says after his deathBrian...
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Canada lawyer under fire for submitting fake cases created by AI chatbot
Chong Ke, from Vancouver, under investigation after allegedly using ChatGPT to cite case law – but...
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Alberta to ban renewables on ‘prime’ land and preserve ‘pristine viewscapes’
Decision by premier Danielle Smith further pits Canadian province against environmental groups pushing green energyAlberta will...
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Priest accused of abusing Inuit children in Canada will not be dismissed by church
Senior church officials in Rome decline to act, citing worsening health of French clergyman known as...
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Canada’s assisted dying laws in spotlight as expansion paused again
Canada has one of the highest rates of euthanasia in the world, with 4.1% of deaths...
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Canadian university vending machine error reveals use of facial recognition
University of Waterloo dispenser displays facial recognition message despite no prior indication it was monitoring studentsA...
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British Columbia fights to stop spread of fatal ‘zombie deer disease’
Chronic wasting disease, which affects deer and other cervids, confirmed in Canada but experts divided over...
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Canadian federal police officer charged with passing information to a ‘foreign entity’
Eli Ndatuje of Royal Canadian Mounted Police was charged with accessing police records and passing information...
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Weather tracker: ‘Pineapple express’ atmospheric river deluges California
Weather system brings heavy rainfall, strong winds and mudslides. Elsewhere, Nova Scotia declares state of emergencyDuring...
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Minister ‘pissed off’ as Canadians’ family members blocked from leaving Gaza
Immigration minister Marc Miller frustrated by impasse over list of about 1,000 people trapped in Palestinian...
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Former Canadian police intelligence head sentenced to 14 years for leaking secrets
Cameron Ortis was convicted of passing secret material in a case that shocked the Canadian intelligence...
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Raccoon plunges parts of Toronto into darkness after mishap at power utility
Mammal ‘made contact with equipment’, disrupting a subway line and shutting off water in latest escapade...
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Murder charges upgraded for Canada man who allegedly sent ‘suicide kits’
Kenneth Law now faces 14 counts in Ontario of first-degree murder and 14 counts of counselling...
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Fell off the back of an iceberg: stuffed 500lb polar bear stolen in Canada heist
Thieves haul off taxidermy animal from resort hotel in northern Alberta that had previously lost two...
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‘Let’s find out’: shipwreck mysteriously appears on Newfoundland coast
Residents of tiny coastal community of Cape Ray excited by discovery of what appears to be...
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UK suspends trade talks with Canada after claims ‘progress is not being made’
Talks that began in 2022 halted amid unhappiness on both sides about lack of access to...
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Canadian tar sands pollution is up to 6,300% higher than reported, study finds
Call for companies to ‘clean up their mess’ as Athabasca oil sands emissions vastly exceed industry-reported...
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Pakistan accuses Indian agents of two assassinations on its soil
Foreign minister draws comparison to similar claim in Canada and says India must be held to...
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Canadian firm under fire for supplying equipment for Alabama execution
Private equity firm Onex Corp partly owns company that makes mask for use in untested nitrogen...
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Judge rebukes Trudeau for ‘not justified’ use of Emergencies Act to break convoy
Canadian court rules government was ‘unreasonable’ when it used sweeping powers to block truckers protesting against...