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Canada

Canadian police arrest two leaders of the so-called 'Freedom Convoy'

It comes as police threaten to break up the nearly three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.

18/02/2022

Canada

Trudeau says protests must end, truckers brace for crackdown

Truckers have been protesting for three weeks against Canada's COVID-19 restrictions.

17/02/2022

Canada

Canada's Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell protests

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked emergency powers to try to quell the protests by truck drivers and others over COVID-19 restrictions.

14/02/2022

Canada

Key US-Canada bridge reopens after police clear protesters

The crossing normally carries 25% of all trade between the two countries, and the blockade on the Canadian side had disrupted business in both countries, with automakers forced to shut down several assembly plants.

14/02/2022

Canada

Police peacefully disperses anti-covid protests at US-Canadian border

The protests at the Ambassador Bridge and elsewhere have been aimed at vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions.

12/02/2022

Canada

Canada and US warn COVID truck protests risk serious economic damage

The blockade of a bridge between the two countries has disrupted car production and begun to have broader implications for the North American motor industry.

10/02/2022

Canada

Canada: Ottawa declares state of emergency over COVID-19 protests

Thousands of protesters against vaccine mandates and other restrictions have descended on Canada's capital in what the police chief has likened to a 'siege'.

07/02/2022

Green News

As temperatures rise, so does anxiety, new research finds

Brand new research finds the immediate difference between people’s climate anxiety before and after experiencing the sudden heat wave in Canada last summer.

25/01/2022

Canada

COVID-19: Quebec introduces new restrictions for the unvaccinated

From now on, liquor and cannabis stores are only accessible to people who are vaccinated against COVID-19.

20/01/2022

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Canadians take icy bath in Toronto lake

Two Canadians take a bath in the icy waters of Ontario Lake, in Toronto, with a morning temperature of -20°C.

12/01/2022

Canada

COVID-19: Quebec to levy financial penalty on unvaccinated adults

The Canadian province is following several European countries such as Austria, Greece and Italy in announcing plans to fine people who refuse the vaccine.

12/01/2022

Canada

Iran should pay victims over 2020 plane downing, says Canadian court

The court awarded more than €74 million in damages to the families of six of the victims, but it remains unclear how they will receive compensation from Tehran.

04/01/2022

Culture news

'Dallas Buyers Club' director Jean-Marc Vallée dead at 58

Vallée was well known for his improvisational style and giving the actors the space to play freely and improvise across scenes.

27/12/2021

Nature

This Scotsman walked across Canada to save the Highland forest

Michael Yellowlees and his dog, Luna, completed an 8,000-kilometre trek across Canada to raise money to rewild the Scottish highlands.

07/12/2021

Tech News

Uber now lets you order cannabis in Canada

Uber, which also delivers alcohol through its Eats app, has had its eyes for some time on Canada’ growing cannabis market.

23/11/2021

Climate

How one couple found Hope during the fatal Canadian storm

Enda Brophy was displaced by the storm in British Columbia this week. Here he describes the community's extraordinary response.

19/11/2021

Green News

British Columbia is bitten by climate change-fuelled weather extremes

From dangerous heat and destructive wildfires, to record breaking rainfall and catastrophic flooding. Parts of British Columbia, Canada have been at the epicentre of two top-end weather extremes within the space of a few months.

19/11/2021

Canada

Vancouver cut off as Pacific Northwest hit by severe storm and floods

Several people are thought to be missing after what's been described as the worst storm in decades brought floods and landslides to western parts of the US and Canada.

17/11/2021

Climate

The first person to be diagnosed with climate change lives in Canada

150,000 people die a year from climate change. So why has the first diagnosis just been given, and how significant is it?

10/11/2021

Health news

Life-saving drone delivers lungs to a patient just in time

Sometimes, it can only take ten minutes to save lives. And a drone.

22/10/2021

Nature

Seagrass has more sex when otters are in the water

Scientists have revealed the unlikely sexual chemistry between eelgrass and sea otter populations off the Canadian coast.

18/10/2021

Canada

'Failed gamble': Trudeau falls short of majority in Canada's election

The opposition accused the prime minister of calling an unnecessary early vote for his own personal ambition.

21/09/2021

Canada

Angry protesters throw gravel at Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has repeatedly faced off angry protesters on the campaign trail while seeking a third term in office in snap elections due to take place on September 20.

08/09/2021

Green News

Mysterious bacteria found in the Arctic can break down oil and diesel

Marine bacteria in the Canadian Arctic are capable of biodegrading diesel and oil, according to a new study.

16/08/2021

Canada

Trudeau triggers Canadian election, voting day Sept. 20

Trudeau is hoping to capitalise on his government's successful vaccination campaign against COVID-19 to win a majority of seats in Parliament.

16/08/2021

Canada

Canada's first indigenous Governor General has been sworn in

Mary Simon — an Inuk from Kuujjuaq in northeastern Quebec — was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to be the Governor General of Canada. She was sworn in earlier today.

26/07/2021