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

Dignitary defends eating raw seal

Thursday, May 28th 2009, 21:52

Canada's governor general defends eating the heart of a seal as an act of solidarity with seal hunters.
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Munro wins international Booker

Wednesday, May 27th 2009, 1:32

Canadian short story author Alice Munro wins the third Man Booker International Prize and £60,000 for lifetime's work.
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Canada official eats seal heart, in apparent solidarity with hunters

Tuesday, May 26th 2009, 20:49

Canada's governor general helps to butcher and eat a seal in what is being perceived as an act of solidarity with seal hunters.
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Canada official eats seal heart, in apparent solidarity with hunters

Tuesday, May 26th 2009, 20:49

Canada's governor general helps to butcher and eat a seal in what is being perceived as an act of solidarity with seal hunters.
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Canada convicts Rwandan over genocide

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 17:49
related countries: Rwanda

Canada completes its first-ever war crimes trial, convicted a Rwandan of war crimes from the 1994 genocide.
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Obama urges caution on swine flu

Friday, May 8th 2009, 18:27
related countries: United States

Barack Obama says the US is not "out of the woods yet" on swine flu, as Canada announces its first death from the virus.
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Russia expels Canadian diplomats

Wednesday, May 6th 2009, 13:23
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

Russia expels two Canadian diplomats working at Nato's Moscow office, days after Nato expelled two Russian envoys.
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Canada farm worker 'infects pigs'

Sunday, May 3rd 2009, 8:26
related countries: Mexico

A herd of pigs in Canada tests positive for swine flu, apparently after being infected by a man who was recently in Mexico.
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Pope laments Canada school abuse

Thursday, April 30th 2009, 10:33

Pope Benedict XVI expresses his sorrow at the abuse of generations of aboriginal children at Catholic boarding schools in Canada.
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Canadian woman freed in Nigeria

Thursday, April 30th 2009, 9:17
related countries: Nigeria

A Canadian woman kidnapped in northern Nigeria two weeks ago is safe and well after being freed, officials say.
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Canada must press US for detainee

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 21:41
related countries: United States

A Canadian judge rules that PM Stephen Harper must immediately press the US to send home a Canadian detainee being held at Guantanamo Bay.
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Women fight Olympic ski jump ban

Tuesday, April 21st 2009, 6:37

A group of female ski jumpers goes to a Canadian court to force the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics to include their events.
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Darfur aid worker hostage 'ill'

Monday, April 20th 2009, 9:34
related countries: France, Sudan

A French aid worker being held hostage in Sudan's Darfur region is sick, says her Canadian fellow captive.
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Hell's Angels crackdown in Canada

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 22:15

About 150 people are arrested in a major police crackdown on the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang in Canada.
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Ethiopia destroys mines stockpile

Monday, April 13th 2009, 9:01
related countries: Ethiopia
related places: Ottawa

Ethiopia says it has destroyed its stocks of anti-personnel mines, in line with an international treaty.
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Canadian appeals UK plot ruling

Friday, April 10th 2009, 8:21
related countries: United Kingdom

The first Canadian to be sentenced under the country's new anti-terrorism legislation is to appeal against his conviction.
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Stolen single-engine plane intercepted by US fighter jets

Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 16:07
related countries: United States
related places: Ontario

A small plane reported stolen in Canada is intercepted by US fighter jets and forced to land in Missouri.
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Stolen single-engine plane intercepted by US fighter jets

Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 10:33
related countries: United States
related places: Ontario

A small plane allegedly stolen from an airport in Ontario, Canada, is intercepted by US fighter jets and forced to land in Missouri.
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Canadian hitman admits killing 28

Tuesday, March 31st 2009, 23:56
related places: Quebec

A contract killer in Canada admits to 28 murders and 12 attempted murders over three decades at his trial in Quebec.
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Cyber spies 'target' the Dalai Lama

Sunday, March 29th 2009, 17:33
related countries: China

An electronic spy network, based mainly in China, has infiltrated computers around the world, Canadian researchers say.
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Relief worker shot dead in Darfur

Tuesday, March 24th 2009, 12:24
related countries: Sudan

A Sudanese worker with a Canadian aid agency is shot dead in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Afghan blasts kill Canada troops

Saturday, March 21st 2009, 0:29
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kandahar

Four Canadian soldiers are killed and eight injured in two separate bombs in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.
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Canada bars UK MP Galloway

Friday, March 20th 2009, 14:49
related countries: United Kingdom

The Canadian immigration authorities ban UK MP George Galloway from entering the country on security grounds.
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Canadian in Ethiopia terror case

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 10:04
related countries: Ethiopia

A Canadian citizen, allegedly held in secret detention for two years, appears in an Ethiopian court accused of terrorism charges.
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Experts unearth tiny meat-eating dinosaur in Canada dig

Monday, March 16th 2009, 23:56

The smallest meat-eating dinosaur ever found in North America has been identified from six tiny pelvic bones.
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Sixteen missing in Canada crash

Friday, March 13th 2009, 15:38

A search continues for 16 people missing after their helicopter crashed into the sea off eastern Canada on Thursday.
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Prisoners use nail clippers to break out of Canada jail

Friday, March 13th 2009, 9:53

Six prisoners in Canada use nail clippers and other makeshift tools to break out of jail while fellow inmates block the guards' view.
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Search for Canada crash survivors

Friday, March 13th 2009, 1:43

One person is confirmed dead and one survivor is found after a helicopter carrying 18 people crashes off Canada's east coast.
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Canadian jailed over UK bomb plot

Thursday, March 12th 2009, 16:11
related countries: United Kingdom

A Canadian convicted of involvement in a foiled fertiliser bomb plot in Britain is sentenced to 10 years and six months in jail.
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Canada bus killer not accountable

Thursday, March 5th 2009, 17:49

A man accused of beheading a fellow bus passenger is not criminally responsible due to mental illness, a judge has ruled.
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Canada cuts rates to record low

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 15:17

Canada's central bank cuts its key interest from 1% to 0.5%, a record low, as it tries to stem the effects of the downturn.
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Canada inquiry told of Taser use

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 14:36
related countries: Poland

A Canadian police officer who killed a Polish immigrant with a Taser stun gun said he believed the man intended to attack.
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Canada 'turns back Russia bomber'

Friday, February 27th 2009, 17:34
related countries: Russia, United States
related places: Ottawa

Canadian jets intercepted a Russian bomber on the eve of US President Obama's visit to Ottawa, Canadian officials say.
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