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Tehran -
Iranian-Canadian anthropologist Homa Hoodfar who was arrested and jailed in Tehran in June for "security offences" has been released and has left the country, the foreign ministry said on Monday.
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Victoria -
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate arrived in British Columbia on Saturday for an eight-day trip during which they will view spectacular nature sites and meet with refugees and indigenous Americans.
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Bratislava -
A last-gasp push to seal a landmark free trade deal between the European Union and the United States before the end of Barack Obama's presidency has failed, EU ministers agreed on Friday.
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Bratislava -
European trade ministers scramble Friday to salvage talks on a massive free trade deal with the US amid growing calls in key powers France and Germany to abandon negotiations.
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Ottawa -
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang landed in Ottawa to meet with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau and press for an extradition treaty.
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Montr -
Some 60 schools and universities in eastern Canada were evacuated Wednesday over a series of bomb threats, including one received by police, that appeared to have been bogus.
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Mexico -
A special Mexican police unit has raided seven sawmills near the monarch butterfly's mountain sanctuary in a bid to prevent illegal logging threatening the insect's winter migration, officials said Tuesday.
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Montr -
Donors pledged nearly $13 billion on Saturday in the fight to eradicate AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at an international conference.
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Berlin -
More than 160,000 demonstrators thronged seven major cities across Germany on Saturday in protest over a massive transatlantic trade deal, dealing a new blow to the disputed accord.
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Montr -
An international donor conference closed in Saturday on a $13 billion fundraising target for the fight to eradicate AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030 -- cheered on by Bono, Bill Gates and political leaders.
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Riga -
Canada will send more than 450 troops to Latvia from around May 2017 as part of NATO's efforts to reinforce its presence in the Baltics in the face of a resurgent Russia.
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Montr -
A Canadian man arrested in China two years ago on charges of spying and stealing state secrets has been freed and is back home in Canada, his family said Thursday.
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Montr -
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that the successful integration of immigrants into society requires efforts by all Canadians, as the country prepares for another wave of Syrian refugees.
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Montreal -
American ride-sharing service Uber will continue to operate in the Canadian province of Quebec, at least for a year under a test program, following the signing of an agreement between the company and the provincial government.
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Samsung has suspended sales of its new premium flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in Canada, the United States, South Korea and seven other countries following reports that some of their batteries caught fire or exploded.
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Former prime minister Stephen Harper announced this morning that he will resign as member of parliament for Calgary Heritage, and quit politics.
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Ottawa -
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government on Friday committed 600 troops and Can$450 million (US$350 million) over three years to United Nations peacekeeping operations around the world.
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Ottawa -
Canadian company Five Star Shellfish Inc. is recalling Five Star Shellfish Inc. brand large standard and mixed oysters because of possible Salmonella contamination.
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Ottawa -
The website for cheaters, Ashley Madison, that was hit by a massive hack that exposed millions last year has agreed to bolster its data security after Australian and Canadian investigations found it to be "insufficient or absent," officials said Tuesda...
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Ottawa -
A rash of gun-toting Americans visiting Canada prompted its border agency to launch a public awareness campaign reminding tourists about their northern neighbors' relatively strict firearms laws.
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Virgin Mobile Canada is now providing high speed internet to Canadian homes. For Canadians looking for more choice when looking for an internet service provider, this could be a good sign.
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Ottawa -
Canadian police chiefs on Tuesday called for the government to adopt a law that could force a person to reveal an online encryption key or password in the interests of public safety.
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Acclaimed Canadian personality Jay Lane chatted with me about her new book, as well as her forthcoming tour in the United States of America.
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Canadian health officials are investigating an outbreak of locally-acquired Cyclospora infections in four provinces. The outbreak has sickened 51 people with one person requiring hospitalization.
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Ottawa -
A Canadian man who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video was shot dead in a taxi after setting off an explosive device, police acting to thwart an imminent attack said Thursday.
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Ottawa -
Canadian police said they thwarted a "potential terrorist threat" after shooting dead an alleged Islamic State sympathizer said to have been armed with an explosive device.
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Montr -
Organizers of the World Social Forum are hoping to bridge what they described Monday as a north-south divide in tending to the world's social ills.
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Miami -
US health authorities Wednesday launched the second human trial of a vaccine against the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which can cause birth defects and is now spreading in the US and Latin America.
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Ottawa -
A pioneering indigenous woman judge will lead an inquiry into the disproportionately high rate of killings and disappearances of indigenous women and girls in Canada, the government announced Wednesday.
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Dhaka -
A Canadian citizen was one of the masterminds behind a mass killing at a Dhaka cafe, Bangladesh police said Saturday, after new information came to light following a raid on an extremist hideout.
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The G20 Deputy’s Meeting and Financial Market Conference in Berlin on May 19-20.
Weekend camping on boulder beach, Stave Lake, BC.
The Toronto skyline in winter, seen from Ward's Island
Don't Attack Iraq! Don't Attack Syria! Peace rally in Edmonton, October 25, 2014.
Hop-Jump-Jive-125 interacting with the audience, 125th birthday of Vancouver.
The Changing of the Guard ceremony is held each morning at 10 AM, late June to late August, in front of the Centre Block of Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Log booms on southern bank of Fraser River, New Westminster, BC, Canada.
Tree of life as viewed by a modern artist from gift store in historic part of Fairhaven in Bellingham, Washington, USA.
The Vagabonds on stage of CelticFest, Vancouver, Canada.
Leaves trapped in ice crystals.
Part of Traboulay Trail, a 14 km biking and hikinng route that runs through Colony Farm in Port Coquitlam, BC.
Hoola-hop night light effects by a solo performer, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.
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Muskrat in Toronto's Tommy Thompson Park
Deron Bilous, MLA Edmonton-Beverly-Clairview
Rally to for the Government Support Refugee Claimants.
Chickadee eating seeds at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in winter, Calgary, Alberta.
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