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Canada

Good yarn? Red in mayor's scarf 'shows male dominance' on council

A city councillor in Quebec has picked up her knitting needles to highlight the stark difference in the time female and male councillors speak at city council meetings.

22/05/2019

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“The longer the supply chain, the more is wasted”

A Q&A with Instagram’s Wasteland Rebel

12/05/2019

Earth News

This film festival will inspire you to push boundaries

We tour Banff, the festival showcasing some of the best adventure films in the world.

10/05/2019

Canada

Canada braces for more rain after spring floods

The city of Montreal has been under a state of emergency since Thursday.

27/04/2019

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Canada coin to mark half a century since homosexuality was legalised

The Royal Canadian Mint presented a commemorative coin on Tuesday to honour "50 years of progress in recognizing the rights of LGBT Canadians," according to a statement released by the organization.

24/04/2019

Canada

Watch: Canada marks '50 years of progress' with LGBTQ coin

The coin marks 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the country, and features the words "Equality-Egalite".

24/04/2019

Canada

Two Austrians dead as bodies of three climbers found in Banff, Canada

World-renowned mountaineers Hansjorg Auer, 35, and David Lama, 28, both from Austria, and Jess Roskelley, 36 from the US, were attempting to climb a challenging route in the Canadian Rockies.

22/04/2019

Earth News

Climate change: schoolchildren findings from 100 years ago resurface

In 1896, thousands of Nova Scotia schoolchildren began reporting their findings in nature as they walked to and from school.

14/04/2019

Canada

Claire's employee quits over pressure to pierce ears of child who didn't consent

The incident has sparked a debate about children and consent.

11/04/2019

Canada

Canada's Trudeau expels two ex-ministers from ruling party in bid to end scandal

Canada's Trudeau expels two ex-ministers from ruling party in bid to end scandal

03/04/2019

Canada

Chefs recreate Hollywood monster King Kong with 1.8m chocolate statue

Two chefs have created a 1.8 metre statue of King Kong scaling the Empire State Building made entirely of milk chocolate

14/02/2019

Canada

Bill tabled in Quebec is 'like Tinder for immigration', says minister

Quebec's immigration minister has tabled a bill that seeks to cancel 18,000 pending applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP) before August 2, 2018.

09/02/2019

Canada

Canada: One severely injured in Ottawa shooting incident

One person was critically injured in a shooting at the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre in Ottawa, Canada on Thursday morning, said police on Twitter.

31/01/2019

Canada

United Airlines passengers delayed on board plane for 16 hours

Passengers aboard a diverted United Airlines flight described 'freezing' and 'unsafe' conditions after spending 16 hours on the tarmac at Goose Bay in Canada.

21/01/2019

World

Is this Afghan singer Justin Trudeau's lookalike?

What do you think?

14/01/2019

Canada

Saudi refugee welcomed to Canada by foreign minister

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who flew into Toronto from Thailand, said she had feared for her life after fleeing from her family.

12/01/2019

Canada

When are we truly dead? | NBC Left Field

This report looks at the debate around what it means to be dead and who gets to decide.

11/01/2019

Canada

Scientists discover mysterious repeating radio signal from deep space

A group of Canadian scientists have discovered a repeating radio signal, the second of its kind ever found, emitted from an unknown location in deep space

10/01/2019

Canada

Eritrean refugee children see snow for the first time

Eritrean refugee children see snow for the first time after arriving in Canada

14/11/2018

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Cargo plane goes off runway at Halifax airport

A Boeing 747-400 SkyLease cargo aircraft went off a runway upon landing at Stanfield International Airport on Wednesday.

08/11/2018

Canada

Canada’s resettlement of refugees: Potential lessons for Europe

Canada’s resettlement of refugees: Potential lessons for Europe

03/11/2018

World

Canada Legalises Recreational Marijuana

Canada has officially legalised the recreational use of Cannabis - making it the second country in the world to do so. Queues formed in the province of Newfoundland at midnight - where the first sales of legal Marijuana have taken place.

17/10/2018

Canada

Canada legalises recreational use of cannabis

Do you think Canada's move to legalise cannabis is a wise one?

17/10/2018

Canada

Sky-high ceremony for new Canadian citizens

Watch: Six people hung from ropes above Toronto's CN Tower before their Canadian citizenship ceremony.

10/10/2018

Canada

Watch: 'Iceberg tourism': Newfoundland's new-found livelihood

The breaking of ice caps due to climate change is having a beneficial effect on the Canadian province's economy

21/09/2018

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Fire tornado snatches firefighter's hose in Canada

A rare fire tornado snatched a Canadian firefighter's hose in British Columbia in August as the province experienced more than 500 wildfires across the region.

20/09/2018