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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Agricultural department workers wearing protective suits have eradicated the first nest of giant "murder hornets" discovered in the United States, vacuuming them out of a tree in Washington state.
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Washington -
Escape artist and magician James Randi, who spent decades investigating and debunking faith healers, mind readers, psychics and other fraudsters and charlatans who claimed paranormal powers has died, his foundation said. He was 92.
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By AFP
Kiev -
Ukraine said on Wednesday that Iran promised to reveal "detailed" information on the probe into a Kiev-bound passenger plane mistakenly shot down in January, after a fresh round of talks in Tehran.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
A top Chinese diplomat warned Canada Thursday against granting asylum to Hong Kong democracy protesters, adding that doing so could jeopardize the "health and safety" of Canadians living in the southern Chinese financial hub.
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Ottawa -
Although Alberta, British Columbia, and Manitoba lead the country in active COVID-19 cases, Canada's smaller provinces in the Prairie region and Atlantic Canada are also beginning to see an alarming uptick in numbers.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned China on Tuesday that its "coercive diplomacy," repressive measures in Hong Kong and detention of Uighur Muslims are counterproductive for itself and the rest of the world.
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By AFP
Bejing -
Beijing on Monday rubbished a Canadian charge that two of its citizens were being arbitrarily detained in China, instead accusing Ottawa of "double standards" over the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
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By AFP
Montr -
One of the two Canadians that Ottawa says are held arbitrarily in China was "relieved" to get outside news via a virtual diplomatic visit and remains determined to come home, his wife said Sunday.
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Canada's guidelines on how COVID-19 spreads still do not acknowledge the threat of infection through airborne transmission, despite other countries and international health organizations updating their stance on the issue.
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Canada's government announced this week that a ban on plastic grocery bags will come into effect by the end of next year. The Environment Minister said that local stores would provide customers with alternatives, like paper bags or reusable bags.
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Canada's Thanksgiving holiday is just around the corner, and with COVID-19 cases on the increase in most of the country, an avalanche of information has created some confusion with the public.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Canada announced Monday the suspension of arms exports to NATO ally Turkey as Ottawa investigates the alleged use of its military technologies in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul was Saturday named head of the Green Party, becoming the first Black woman to lead a national political party in Canada.
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By AFP
Montr -
Thousands of demonstrators marched Saturday in Montreal to denounce what they said was systemic racism, after an indigenous woman filmed herself being insulted by nurses before dying in the hospital.Shouting "Justice for Joyce!
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday an investigation has been launched into the alleged use of Canadian military technologies in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
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By AFP
Vancouver -
Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers return to a Canadian court on Monday to press for her release, arguing the US misled Canada about her alleged crimes to secure her detention on foreign soil.
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By AFP
Montr -
Authorities in Canada have arrested and charged a man with making repeated false claims that he had traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State group and carried out grisly crimes, they announced.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday reached a deal with the opposition leftist New Democrats on paid sick leave for all Canadian workers during the pandemic, avoiding possible snap elections.
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Ottawa -
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a 12-minute takeover of evening television viewing, warned Canadians that a second wave of the coronavirus has arrived in many parts of the country, reiterating the message of Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam.
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By AFP
New York -
A Canadian woman accused of sending a ricin poison-laced letter to Donald Trump was formally charged on Tuesday with threatening the President of the United States.
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Ottawa -
Canada is facing a surge in COVID-19 cases that risks ballooning to higher levels than were seen during the first wave of the pandemic in the spring if people do not take stringent precautions, health officials said on Monday.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
A driver who allegedly set his car to autopilot and then took a nap as it broke the speed limit on a rural Canadian highway has been charged with dangerous driving, police said.
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By AFP
Santiago -
Chile's environmental court confirmed Thursday a final order to close Canadian company Barrick Gold's huge Pascua Lama mining project, on hold since 2013 over environmental concerns.
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Winnipeg -
For the first time in its history, Hudson's Bay Company will put the Royal Charter on public display at the Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg. You could say this 350-year-old artifact has played a pivotal role in what is now known as Canada.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Frances McDormand's Oscar-tipped road movie "Nomadland" raced from Venice to Toronto to California on Friday as major global festivals joined forces to jump-start the pandemic-struck film industry.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Hollywood's annual exodus to Toronto for North America's biggest film festival will be online-only this week, as coronavirus and a closed Canadian border force A-listers to stay home and peddle their upcoming films remotely.
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By AFP
Montr -
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday condemned the weekend toppling of a statue of Canada's first prime minister in Montreal by anti-racism activists, saying a focus on improving society today, and not historical wrongs, will best advance the fight ...
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Canada said it was demanding answers from Iran over the mistaken downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet after Tehran's "limited" initial report failed to explain why it fired missiles at the plane.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Canadian Conservatives on Monday announced their new leader, former air force navigator Erin O'Toole, who will quickly have to get the party battle-ready to challenge liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in possible snap elections.
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Jerusalem -
Israelis Harel Barak and Yakir Kanneli have been married for four years -- but as a gay couple, they are legally barred from starting a family.
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A wolf pauses at the Calgary Zoo. This image is part of a photo album that honors the Calgary Zoo animals and was taken before the devastating June 2013 flood in Calgary, Alberta.
Fairy walking on stilts and collecting people's ideas who were answering questions by writing them on small pieces of paper. One of her questions was, "what makes you shine?", Lantern Festival, Vancouver.
NASA's TERRA satellite images on July 1, 2015 show the thick smoke from Canadian wildfires. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Snow on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver, Canada.
Snow on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver, Canada.
Three Joffre Lakes; Lower, Middle and Upper within one eyesight as viewed from the Matier Glacier ice field, Pemberton area, BC, Canada.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) deploys a team to a runway excursion involving crash-landing of an Air Canada aircraft that occurred at the Halifax International Airport in Nova Scotia, March 29, 2015. Transportation Safety Board of Canada
BIll C-51 protest in Edmonton on April 18, 2015. Bill Bourne.
Kirkland Signature roasted chicken salad CFIA
Re-elected New Democrat MP Linda Duncan (in orange) with candidates Aaron Paquette (left), Janis Irwin, and Gil McGowan. Election night, October 19, 2015.
Smaller Passage Island and Bowen Island far back as viewed from Lighthouse Park, West Vancouver, BC.
Milk cartons full of colored ice bricks. Daniel Gray
Digital Journal Illustration
Cover: 'The Luminaries' by Eleanor Catton. Governor General's Literary Award for novel McClelland & Stewart
Playing in water fountains, Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, Canada.
The Vagabonds on stage of CelticFest, Vancouver, Canada.
This photo of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo (on left) guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National Memorial in Ottawa, was taken on October 22, 2014, moments before he was shot and killed by a man who later attacked the Parliament buildings Twitter / kamakazi19982
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