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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.

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Canada: news

Canada to strengthen Arctic claim

Friday, August 10th 2007, 22:36

Canada says it will build new military bases in the Arctic in a bid to assert its sovereignty over the region.
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Canada-Syria papers released

Friday, August 10th 2007, 8:40
related countries: Syria Syria, United States United States

Canadian officials suspected that the US sent a Syrian-born Canadian to Syria to be tortured, declassified papers show.
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Canada PM asserts Arctic claims

Friday, August 10th 2007, 1:18
related countries: Russia Russia

Canada's PM reasserts his country's claims to the Arctic, days after Russia staked claims to the North Pole.
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Canadian leader makes Arctic trip

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 1:34
related countries: Russia Russia

Canada's PM sets out on a trip to the Arctic, one week after Russia intensified claims to the region.
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Black must await sentence in US

Thursday, August 2nd 2007, 8:57
related countries: United States United States

Conrad Black cannot travel to Canada while he awaits sentencing in his fraud trial, a US judge rules.
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Bre-X scandal man is not guilty

Tuesday, July 31st 2007, 16:04

A Canadian court clears geologist John Felderhof in the only case to arise from the huge Bre-X mining scandal.
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Burst oil pipe sprays Vancouver

Wednesday, July 25th 2007, 4:27
related places: Vancouver

Oil shoots from a broken pipe in Vancouver, Canada, spilling into the city's harbour threatening the port.
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Rio Tinto makes $38.1bn Alcan bid

Thursday, July 12th 2007, 20:25
related countries: Aruba Aruba, United States United States
related places: Alcan, Alcoa

Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto agrees to buy Canada's Alcan for $38.1bn as US firm Alcoa pulls out of the race.
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Canadian teen killed her family

Tuesday, July 10th 2007, 12:21

A 13-year old girl is found guilty of involvement in the killing of her parents and younger brother.
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Canada 'to reclaim Arctic waters'

Tuesday, July 10th 2007, 10:57

Canada announces plans for naval vessels and a deep-water port to assert its claim to Arctic territorial waters.
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Girl could give birth to half-sister

Tuesday, July 3rd 2007, 9:17

A Canadian mother has frozen her eggs for use by her daughter, who is likely to become infertile.
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Canada phone firm in takeover

Sunday, July 1st 2007, 12:16
related countries: United States United States

Canadian phone firm Bell Canada agrees to be bought for US$48.5bn, the largest deal of its kind in the country.
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Canada natives in day of protests

Friday, June 29th 2007, 22:18

Aboriginal groups across Canada hold a day of action to raise awareness of poverty in their communities.
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Plate aids diabetes weight loss

Tuesday, June 26th 2007, 12:22

Using a simple portion control plate can help people ease their type 2 diabetes, Canadian research shows.
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Canada Church: No gay blessings

Monday, June 25th 2007, 6:41

The Anglican Church of Canada narrowly votes against a proposal to allow same-sex blessing rites.
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Death probe minister is arrested

Friday, June 22nd 2007, 13:51
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

A Pakistani minister being investigated in connection with the death of a Canadian woman is arrested.
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Extend Afghan tour, Canada urged

Friday, June 22nd 2007, 8:57
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

Nato's secretary general calls on Canada to keep soldiers in Afghanistan beyond the current 2009 deadline.
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Canadian dies in Malawi crash

Monday, June 18th 2007, 10:25
related countries: Malawi Malawi, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Five British tourists and a Canadian have been killed in a plane crash in northern Malawi, police say.
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Death probe minister given bail

Wednesday, June 13th 2007, 11:53
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

A Pakistani minister being investigated in connection with the death of a Canadian woman is granted bail.
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Canada PM in land claims pledge

Tuesday, June 12th 2007, 22:38

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces plans to overhaul the system for native land claims.
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Pakistan minister in death probe

Monday, June 11th 2007, 17:09
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Police investigate a cabinet minister in connection with the death of a Canadian woman in Pakistan.
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