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CEO of Canada pension fund forced to resign after trip to UAE for vaccination
Feb 27, 2021 03:22The head of Canada’s largest pension fund, Mark Machin, has resigned a day after a report said he traveled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and received a coronavirus vaccine shot there as millions of Canadians waited to receive a jab in their own country amid a slow rollout.
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US, Canada agree to join forces against China
Feb 24, 2021 05:36US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have agreed to work together to counter China's growing global influence.
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Biden has called S Korea, France, Canada, UK leaders but not Israel’s premier
Feb 17, 2021 04:34US President Joe Biden is yet to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu although he has already contacted several other allies in Europe and Asia.
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Iran advises Canada against falling for 'fake' audio recording on Ukraine plane crash
Feb 11, 2021 02:29The Foreign Ministry urges Canada to observe professionalism instead of making wrongful claims about the tragic incident early last year that featured the mistaken downing of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran.
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US far-right Proud Boys declared as terrorist group in Canada
Feb 04, 2021 08:05US white supremacist group, Proud Boys – one of the staunch supporters of former president Donald Trump – has officially been declared as a terrorist group in Canada.
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Facial recognition app Clearview engaged in mass surveillance of Canadians, probe finds
Feb 04, 2021 04:11US facial recognition technology firm Clearview AI illegally conducted mass surveillance in breach of Canadians’ privacy rights, Canada’s privacy commissioner said Wednesday following an investigation.
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Biden revokes Keystone XL permit, Canada disappointed
Jan 21, 2021 08:14US President Joe Biden has formally revoked the permit needed to finish the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a years-long project that would have carried oil sands crude from Alberta, Canada, to the American Gulf Coast.
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Iran decides damages sum for victim families of Ukraine plane crash
Dec 31, 2020 03:32The Iranian government has decided the amount of compensation payable to families of victims of a Ukrainian plane crash days before the first anniversary of the incident that happened near Tehran in January this year at the height of military tensions between Iran and the United States.
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Iran slams Canada’s ‘interventionist’ stance on Ukrainian plane case
Dec 21, 2020 09:06Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson denounced the “interventionist and unacceptable” comments from Canadian officials on the case of a Ukrainian passenger plane that went down in Iran in early 2020, urging Canada to respect diplomatic courtesy and know its limits.
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Canada Muslim massacre convict’s sentence set back from 40 to 25
Nov 27, 2020 06:43The Court of Appeal in Quebec decides that a man from the province that murdered seven Muslims in an attack on a mosque there in 2017 can appeal for parole after 25 years instead of the 40 he had originally been handed down.