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

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• May 24th 2013 – March 28th 2013
• March 28th 2013 – January 28th 2013
• January 25th 2013 – November 12th 2012
• November 7th 2012 – August 20th 2012
• August 20th 2012 – June 15th 2012
• June 15th 2012 – May 18th 2012
• May 17th 2012 – March 1st 2012
• February 27th 2012 – December 4th 2011
• December 3rd 2011 – September 18th 2011
• September 16th 2011 – July 21st 2011
• July 20th 2011 – June 11th 2011
• June 11th 2011 – May 1st 2011
• April 30th 2011 – March 2nd 2011
• February 27th 2011 – January 12th 2011
• January 10th 2011 – November 12th 2010
• November 11th 2010 – September 26th 2010
• September 24th 2010 – August 19th 2010
• August 19th 2010 – July 14th 2010
• July 7th 2010 – March 25th 2010
• March 24th 2010 – February 7th 2010
• February 3rd 2010 – September 11th 2009
• September 10th 2009 – May 30th 2009
• May 29th 2009 – March 3rd 2009
• February 27th 2009 – December 4th 2008
• December 3rd 2008 – August 29th 2008
• August 28th 2008 – June 23rd 2008
• June 19th 2008 – January 18th 2008
• January 18th 2008 – October 17th 2007
• October 15th 2007 – June 18th 2007
• June 13th 2007 – February 12th 2007
• February 12th 2007 – October 7th 2006
• October 4th 2006 – June 1st 2006
• May 29th 2006 – March 23rd 2006
• March 23rd 2006 – November 29th 2005
• November 29th 2005 – November 14th 2005

Canada: news

Haiti to Canada

Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 10:57

Longed-for adoption happens despite quake
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Haiti 'can lead quake recovery'

Tuesday, January 26th 2010, 3:54
related countries: Haiti
related places: Montreal

Haiti's government can lead efforts to rebuild the quake-hit country, its prime minister tells a conference in Canada.
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Folk singer Kate McGarrigle dies

Tuesday, January 19th 2010, 18:34
related places: Montreal

Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle dies of cancer at the age of 63 at her home in Montreal.
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Canada jails truck bomb plotter

Monday, January 18th 2010, 21:18

A key figure in a plot to set off three truck bombs in eastern Canada is sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Google loses domain name claim

Wednesday, December 30th 2009, 22:13

A small Canadian company behind a search engine called Groovle.com wins a case filed against it by search giant Google.
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China invests in Canada oil sands

Wednesday, December 30th 2009, 10:25

Asia's largest oil company, PetroChina, agrees to buy a 60% stake in two planned Canadian oil sands projects for $1.7bn.
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Microsoft Word sales ban upheld

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

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'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

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

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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Cot recall after suffocation link

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 10:12
related countries: 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

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

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, 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

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

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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Jamaica hijacker given 20 years

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 22:17
related countries: Jamaica

A 21-year-old man who tried to hijack a Canadian charter jet in Jamaica in April is jailed for 20 years.
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Canada bishop faces porn charges

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 9:14

Bishop Raymond Lahey turns himself in to Canadian police to face charges of possessing child pornography.
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International conman held in US

Tuesday, September 29th 2009, 21:55
related countries: Colombia, United States

A Colombian man who has spent his life stealing from rich hotel guests is arrested on the US border with Canada.
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Canada anger at 'flu body bags'

Friday, September 18th 2009, 11:51

Canada's health minister orders an inquiry after body bags are sent to aboriginal communities as part of swine flu preparations.
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Fears as Uganda players abscond

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 13:10
related countries: Uganda

Seven Ugandan cricketers go missing in Canada, raising fears that future sportsmen and women may not get visas.
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Mandelson positive over Vauxhall

Friday, September 11th 2009, 3:19
related places: Vauxhall

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson says he is upbeat about Vauxhall after it was taken over by Canada's Magna.
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