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US, Canada jets intercept Russia reconnaissance aircraft above Alaska: NORAD
Mar 11, 2020 09:15US and Royal Canadian air force fighter jets have intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has claimed.
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Against colonial violence and land theft, indigenous activists and allies in Canada target mining industry convention in Toronto
Mar 06, 2020 16:39A demonstration is held in Canada "in solidarity with every community that has found itself staring down the barrel of a gun for daring to oppose Canada's ongoing colonial project through resource extraction." The Canadian government cannot continue to ignore these actions while also claiming commitments to reconciliation and climate action. It is long past time that Canadian politicians no longer perpetuate Canada’s shameful status quo in relation to Indigenous rights.
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Wildfires threaten North American water supplies
Feb 19, 2020 17:35In Canada and the United States, one large and severe wildfire might increase drinking water production costs by US$10 million to US$100 million. In southern California, mudslides from heavy rainfall after wildfires caused 23 deaths and produced more than US$100 million of structural damage in 2018.
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US health-care system costs four times more than Canada's single-payer system
Feb 18, 2020 22:58According to a research, the average American spent $933 in hospital administration costs, compared to $196 in Canada. Americans paid an average of $844 on insurance companies' overhead, compared to $146 in Canada. Americans spent an average of $465 for physicians' insurance-related costs, compared to $87 in Canada.
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Venezuela’s president slams Trump for meeting with opposition figure
Feb 06, 2020 08:03Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned US President Donald Trump for inviting Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido to Washington.
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Protests held across world to condemn Trump's anti-Iran policies
Jan 27, 2020 07:05People across the globe have taken to the streets for an International Day of Action against war with Iran in condemnation of Washington’s warmongering with Tehran.
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With passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress boosts fossil fuel polluters in Mexico
Jan 24, 2020 13:39"The passage of NAFTA 2.0 is very concerning for all the efforts to confront the climate crisis and save the planet", says Manuel Perez-Rocha, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and the coordinator of the Network for Justice in Global Investment in an article titled: With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters in Mexico. This article has been published in the Truthout website.
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Canadian air tanker fighting Australia bushfires crashes, killing all three on board
Jan 23, 2020 11:51A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region on Thursday, killing all three of its crew, authorities said.
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Iran rules out handing over recorders of downed plane to other countries
Jan 23, 2020 07:03Iran’s minister of transportation has resisted calls for handing over to other countries the recorders of a plane that crashed near the capital Tehran earlier this month, saying the so-called black boxes should remain with an Iranian team that is investigating the incident.
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Iran decries certain countries' political abuse of Ukraine plane crash
Jan 17, 2020 11:42Iran's Foreign Ministry has decried the "abuse" of Iran's accidental downing of Ukraine plane by some countries who pursue certain "political plots" against Iran.