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News: Canada

We have started to collect the most important news related to Canada in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Canada – overview

Canada: news

Microsoft Word sales ban upheld

Wednesday, December 23rd 2009, 9:36
related countries: United States United States

A US appeals court upholds a $290m (£182m) verdict against Microsoft in a patent dispute with Canadian company i4i.
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Canada recalls spitting diplomat

Monday, December 14th 2009, 10:20
related countries: Tanzania Tanzania

A Canadian junior envoy who caused a diplomatic row after spitting at a Tanzanian policeman and journalist is recalled.
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'Diplomatic spat' angers Tanzania

Friday, December 11th 2009, 15:46
related countries: Tanzania Tanzania

Tanzania's foreign ministry summons the Canadian High Commissioner after a diplomat allegedly spat at a policeman.
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In pictures

Friday, December 11th 2009, 0:20
related countries: United States United States

The US and Canada suffer with heavy snowfalls
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Kazemi death case heard in Canada

Thursday, December 3rd 2009, 11:47
related countries: Iran Iran

A Canadian sues Iran over the death in custody of his mother, photojournalist Zahra Kazemi.
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Flu vaccine put on hold in Canada

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 14:11

GlaxoSmithKline tells doctors in Canada to stop using a batch of its swine flu, amid reports of severe side effects.
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Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 10:12
related countries: United States United States

More than two million cots are recalled in the US and Canada over fears that a defect could cause children to suffocate.
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Canada hears of Afghan 'torture'

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 4:48
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

A Canadian diplomat says many Afghan detainees captured by Canadian forces in 2006 and 2007 are likely to have been tortured.
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How Canadian cat sparked rumours of Lady Thatcher's death

Friday, November 13th 2009, 10:59

A text message announcing the death of a minister's cat, named Thatcher after his political heroine, sparks an embarrassing diplomatic incident in Canada.
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Canadian rescued from bears on Arctic ice

Monday, November 9th 2009, 22:37

A Canadian teenager is rescued from a drifting ice floe in the Arctic, after being stranded with two polar bears while snowmobiling.
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Charles tribute to Canada troops

Friday, November 6th 2009, 13:52
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

The Prince of Wales praises Canada's armed forces for their courage on the latest leg of his 11-day tour of the country.
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Germany angered by Opel decision

Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 10:27
related places: Vauxhall

General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna.
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Canadian's bid to sue US rejected

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 23:29
related countries: Syria Syria, United States United States
related places: New York

A New York court rules against allowing a Syrian-born Canadian to sue US authorities over his mistaken arrest for terrorism links.
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Fugitive Thai banker faces trial

Friday, October 30th 2009, 7:49
related countries: Thailand Thailand

A fugitive Thai banker loses a 13-year extradition battle and is sent back to Thailand from Canada to face trial.
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Biker massacre

Friday, October 30th 2009, 0:13

Gang feud behind the slaughter that shocked Canada
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Canadian bikers guilty of murder

Friday, October 30th 2009, 0:03

Six men are convicted of murdering eight fellow bikers in the worst mass murder in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Canadian coyotes kill folk singer

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 0:23

Two coyotes attack and kill a teenage folk singer in a park in eastern Canada, in a highly rare attack.
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Canada checks boat migrants' case

Monday, October 19th 2009, 11:36
related places: Pacific

Canadian officials examine the status of 76 suspected illegal migrants detained when their ship was seized off Canada's Pacific coast.
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Canada intercepts 'Sri Lanka migrant' ship

Sunday, October 18th 2009, 4:30
related places: Pacific

A ship carrying 76 suspected Sri Lankan migrants has been seized off Canada's Pacific coast, officials say.
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Newsweek reporter freed in Iran

Saturday, October 17th 2009, 22:00
related countries: Iran Iran

An Iranian-Canadian journalist arrested during the protests that followed Iran's disputed presidential election is freed.
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Cowboy heritage

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 11:22

How the population is changing in Canadian cattle city
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