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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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Polar bears risk starvation as they face longer ice-free periods in the Arctic
Bears use ice to access food, but study of animals in Canada shows them struggling to...
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Canada: second Sikh activist’s house hit by gunfire this month
Bullet hole found in Inderjit Singh Gosal’s house, reigniting fears of apparent campaign of violence targeting...
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Canadian teacher accused of selling students’ art on personal website
Parents in disbelief after students at Montreal’s Westwood junior high found their art for purchase on...
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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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Indigenous reporter fears more journalists will be targeted after arrest as police cleared Canada camp
Brandi Morin was charged while reporting at encampment authorities arrived at to dismantle and could face...
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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 walks away from post-Brexit Canada trade talks ‘over hormones in beef’ – business live
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Canada says UK was unwilling to...
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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...
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Three killed and four critical after British Columbia ski-helicopter crash
Survivors taken to hospital after aircraft carrying group of heli-skiers went down in rugged backcountry on...
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‘I just count the laps’: Canadian swimmer, 99, breaks three world records
Betty Brussel sets records in the 100- to 104- year-old age class in Saanich, while inspiring...
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Nova Scotia man charged with starting province’s largest-ever wildfire
Dalton Clark Stewart, 22, accused of lighting Canada’s Barrington Lake fire, which burned for one month...
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Canadian man who claimed wildfires were a federal conspiracy admits arson
The country saw record-breaking blazes during the summer and Brian Paré pleaded guilty to lighting more...
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Quaker Oats expands recall of granola bars and cereals for salmonella risk
At least 24 reports of adverse events related to products recalled in December but no illnesses...