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Canada settles Indigenous children compensation lawsuit for $2bn
Jan 23, 2023 05:55The Canadian government has agreed to pay $2 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit seeking compensation for the harm suffered by Indigenous children in residential schools.
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Severe shortage of flu medicine raises alarm in Canada
Jan 11, 2023 07:06A severe shortage of major adult cold and flu medicine in cities across Canada, including in Toronto, has sounded the alarm.
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Canada to spend $14 billion to buy F-35 fighter jets from US
Jan 10, 2023 05:03Canada is purchasing 88 F-35 fighter jets from the United States to replace its aging fleet for 19 billion Canadian dollars (US$14.2 billion), the largest military spending in 30 years.
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Canada, Australia, Spain & Morocco join countries imposing COVID restrictions on Chinese travelers
Jan 01, 2023 04:52Canada, Australia, Spain, and Morocco have become the latest countries to impose travel restrictions on arrivals from China following a surge in COVID-19 cases there.
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Six dead, including suspect, after shooting at residential apartment in Canada
Dec 19, 2022 04:53A gunman opened fire and killed at least five people at an apartment building in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada, on Sunday evening before he was himself shot by police, according to reports.
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Iran sanctions eight Canadian individuals, entity in reciprocal measure
Dec 03, 2022 09:05The Iranian Foreign Ministry has imposed retaliatory sanctions on a Canadian entity and several individuals over their support for terrorism and acts of violence against the country.
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Canada’s Trudeau defends use of ‘Emergencies Act’ to quell trucker protests
Nov 26, 2022 10:49Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has steadfastly defended his government’s move to invoke the Emergencies Act earlier this year for the first time in the law’s 34-year history to end anti-government protests that paralyzed the capital.
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Trudeau to defend use of wartime measures in Feb. crackdown on trucker protests
Nov 25, 2022 10:05Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to testify at a public inquiry on Friday in defense of his government’s use of wartime measures in suppressing trucker protests that paralyzed the capital city earlier this year.
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US, Canada vow 'long-term' military aid to Ukraine
Nov 20, 2022 11:32Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has met with his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand in Halifax, Canada and vowed to provide more military assistance to Ukraine, according to a readout provided by Pentagon press secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder.
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China’s Xi rebukes Trudeau at G20 for leaking informal discussion to media
Nov 17, 2022 05:14Chinese President Xi Jinping rebuked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for leaking details of their closed-door meeting at the G20 summit in Bali, highlighting the frosty relationship between the two leaders.