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Canada shuts ports to Russian ships

TORONTO, (Reuters) - Canada ratcheted up pressure on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine by shutting ports to Russian-owned ships and saying that holdings of all Russian oligarchs and companies in the…

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Canada to refer ICC to probe alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine

GENEVA, (Reuters) - Canada has decided to refer the situation in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russian forces in Ukraine,…

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Canada to supply anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, ban Russian oil imports

Canada will supply anti-tank weapons and upgraded ammunition to Ukraine to support its fight against a Russian invasion, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, and it will ban imports…

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Canadian telecom firms block Russian state-owned broadcaster RT

Major Canadian cable operators said they would drop Russian state-owned broadcaster RT from their channel line-up in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Rogers Communications RCIb.TO and BCE Inc's BCE.TO Bell said in separate…

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Canada says Russian airline Aeroflot violated its airspace

TORONTO (Reuters) - Russian airline Aeroflot on Sunday violated a ban on aircraft from the country using Canadian airspace, regulator Transport Canada said, on the same day the restriction was imposed in response…

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Canada’s capital secured and cleaned up after weeks-long protest

OTTAWA, (Reuters) - Canadian police over the weekend secured the downtown core of the capital with fencing as city workers cleaned up trash and snow plows cleared streets after two days of…

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UPDATED: Canadian police make final push to end weeks-long protest in capital

OTTAWA, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Canadian police on Sunday are making possibly the final push to clear the capital city of demonstrators who have paralyzed it by parking and camping on the streets for more than…

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Canada police set to end siege of capital by protesters fighting COVID measures

OTTAWA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Canadian police are poised to clear out on Friday hundreds of truck drivers from Ottawa who have staged a three-week-long protest against pandemic restrictions that has crippled…

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UPDATED: Canada’s Trudeau cites threat to democracy as Ottawa protesters vow to stay

OTTAWA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused protestors encamped in downtown Ottawa of engaging in acts that represented "a threat to our democracy" as demonstrators continued a…

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Canadian government wants to quickly clear COVID protest blockades in Ottawa

OTTAWA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The Canadian government, armed with new emergency powers, is promising quick action to clear a three-week old truckers' blockade that has brought the center of the capital…

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Canada to ease travel requirements as COVID cases decline

OTTAWA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Canada will ease entry for fully vaccinated international travelers starting on Feb. 28 as COVID-19 cases decline, allowing a rapid antigen test for travelers instead of a…

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Updated: Canadian rescue services recover 10 bodies from sunk Spanish trawler

MADRID, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Sea rescue services from the Canadian city of Halifax found and recovered 10 bodies from a Spanish trawler that sank off the eastern coast of…

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Canada’s Trudeau to invoke emergency powers to end protests, police break up armed group

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to invoke rarely used special measures allowing him to tackle protests that have shut some border crossings and paralyzed downtown Ottawa. In the province of Alberta…

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Ambassador Bridge, vital to U.S.-Canada trade, reopens after police clear protesters

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA, (Reuters) - North America's busiest trade link reopened for traffic late Sunday evening, ending a six-day blockade, Canada Border Services Agency said, after Canadian police cleared the protesters fighting…

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Canadian trucker protest forces some companies to use air transport

Automakers and some manufacturers are looking to the skies as they seek alternatives for moving products caught up in Canadian trucking protests that have hit supply chains on both sides…

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Canada’s population surges from 2016-2021 on immigration-official data

Canada's population rose to 37 million people in 2021, up 5.2% from 2016, driven mostly by immigration, according to official data released this week, with the downtowns and distant suburbs…

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Protesters defy injunction order, continue to occupy key U.S.-Canada bridge

WINDSOR, Ontario/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge ordered an end to the four-day-long blockade of a Canada-U.S. trade corridor by anti-coronavirus mandate protesters and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised President Joe…

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A look at the Ottawa protests: What you need to know about the anti-vaccine convoys

Horn-blaring demonstrations demanding an end to Canadian COVID-19 vaccine mandates have caused gridlock in the capital Ottawa since late January. The protests by truckers and others are now spilling to…

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U.S. presses Canada on border blockage

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday urged Canada to use federal powers to ease the disruption at the U.S.-Canada border caused by a protest against anti-coronavirus mandates that…

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As U.S.-Canada border closures risk trade, more govt action is likely

Feb 10 (Reuters) - The business impact from U.S.-Canada border closures is bringing fresh urgency to Canadian authorities' efforts to quell the two-week-old protests against the government's pandemic measures, even…

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Trudeau slams protests as ‘unacceptable’ as police warn truckers

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has hit out at protests by truckers around the country as "unacceptable". Speaking to parliament in Ottawa, he defended the Covid restrictions that have prompted…

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Key U.S.-Canada border crossing blocked by truckers fighting Trudeau’s COVID curbs

The busiest land crossing from the United States to Canada remained shut after Canadian truckers blocked lanes on Monday to protest their government's pandemic control measures. While traffic in both…

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Canada police seen getting tough as trucker protests continue

OTTAWA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - As the protest against the Canadian government's health measures and vaccine mandates entered an eleventh day on Monday, police have threatened to clamp down after…

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Thousands protest vaccine mandates in Canada, further fraying nerves

Thousands of people demonstrated in Canadian cities, including the financial hub Toronto, on Saturday as mostly peaceful but noisy protests against vaccine mandates spread from Ottawa, the capital. The "Freedom…

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Canada rules out use of troops against truckers’ blockade; more protests planned

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government will not use troops against truckers whose nearly week-long protest of coronavirus vaccine mandates has brought traffic in central Ottawa to a halt, Prime…

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Canadian dollar forecasts turn more bullish as oil hits 7-year high

TORONTO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Canada's dollar will strengthen more than previously thought over the coming year as oil prices climb and investors bet the Bank of Canada will hike…

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Canadian Conservative Party leader ousted in boost for PM Trudeau

OTTAWA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Canadian Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday ousted Erin O'Toole as leader, angry over the main opposition party's third straight loss to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals…

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Canada’s Quebec scraps plan for health tax on unvaccinated people

The Canadian province of Quebec is scrapping a plan that would make adults who refuse COVID-19 vaccines pay a special health contribution, premier Francois Legault announced on Tuesday, saying the…

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Canada protest against COVID vaccine mandates blocks Ottawa for second day

OTTAWA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Dozens of trucks and other vehicles blocked the downtown area of Ottawa for a second day after thousands descended on Canada's capital city on Saturday…

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Canada pledges non-lethal support for Ukraine, extends training mission

Canada said it would send non-lethal equipment to Ukraine, and help the Eastern European country gather intelligence and counter cyber attacks as Russia builds up its military presence on its…

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Canadian hospitals strain as Omicron hits health workers

TORONTO/MONTREAL, Jan 24 (Reuters) - After a year as an emergency department nurse at a busy Toronto hospital in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Aimee Earhart called it quits…

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Canada’s Omicron wave may have peaked; hospitals still under strain

Canada is seeing early signs that a wave of infections caused by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 may have peaked, but hospitals are still under intense strain, chief public health…

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Canada’s Ontario to start lifting COVID-related curbs, Quebec more cautious

Canada's most populous province of Ontario has blunted transmission of the Omicron coronavirus variant and will gradually ease restrictions on businesses from end-January, Premier Doug Ford announced. The health care…

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Canadian inflation hits 30-year high at 4.8% in December

Canada's annual inflation rate accelerated again in December to hit a 30-year high, led by higher prices for food, vehicles and shelter, data showed. Inflation rose to 4.8%, in line…

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Canada mulls weapons supplies to Kyiv

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly condemned Russia massing troops near Ukraine's borders on Tuesday and said Ottawa would take a decision at the appropriate time on supplying military hardware to…

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Winter storm slams U.S. East Coast, Canada, thousands of flights canceled

A major winter storm slammed much of the eastern United States with snow, ice and high winds, causing widespread travel disruptions and power outages on a holiday weekend. Winter weather…

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Canada urges avoiding non-essential travel to Ukraine due to ‘Russian aggression’

(Reuters) - The Canadian government is urging its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine, in a new advisory citing "Russian aggression." Moscow has stationed more than 100,000 troops near…

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From ambulance delays to transit disruptions, COVID-19 absences hit Canada’s public services

From delayed ambulances to police shortages, Canadian public agencies hit hard by COVID-19 worker absences have cut back on service, rearranged staff or warned the public that emergency responses may…

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Quebec tax on unvaccinated may be lawful but sets risky precedent – experts

A proposal by Quebec to tax unvaccinated people may be lawful but may also go against the spirit of Canada's universal public health system, rights and medical experts said on…

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Canadian foreign minister to visit Ukraine, vows to deter Russian aggression

OTTAWA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly will visit Kyiv next week to reaffirm support for Ukrainian sovereignty and reinforce efforts to deter "aggressive actions" by Russia,…

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Netflix raises monthly subscription prices in U.S., Canada

Netflix Inc has raised its monthly subscription price by $1 to $2 per month in the United States depending on the plan, the company said on Friday, to help pay…

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UPDATED: Unvaccinated truckers entering Canada must quarantine -government

Unvaccinated Canadian truckers re-entering Canada from the United States must get tested for COVID-19 and quarantine themselves starting Jan. 15, the Canadian government said on Thursday, a day after the…

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Not enough Canadian children are getting COVID-19 jabs, health systems at risk – Trudeau

Not enough Canadian children are being vaccinated against COVID-19 at a time when the Omicron variant threatens to swamp healthcare systems, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. As of Jan. 1,…

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No vax, pay tax, says Canada’s Quebec as health system struggles

Quebec, Canada's second most populous province, is planning to force adults refusing to get COVID-19 vaccinated pay a "health contribution" in a move likely to spur a debate about individual…

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Canada resists pressure to drop vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate for international truckers despite increasing pressure from critics who say it will exacerbate driver shortages and drive up…

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National Bank of Canada plans vaccine clinics for employees and their families

National Bank of Canada will become the first major bank in the country to offer COVID-19 booster shots to employees and their family members, setting up four vaccination sites across…

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After record M&A in 2021, Canada set for another strong year for dealmaking

Low interest rates, and strong debt and equity markets that propelled Canadian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to an all-time high in 2021 would underpin robust dealmaking this year too, M&A…

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Canada adds 54,700 jobs, unemployment rate dips to 5.9%

OTTAWA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Canadian economy added a net 54,700 jobs in December, beating analysts' expectations of 27,500, while the jobless rate dipped to 5.9% from 6.0% in…

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Canadian dollar seen higher if global economy copes with COVID variants

TORONTO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar is expected to strengthen over the coming year as global economic recovery continues from the COVID-19 crisis but gains for the currency…

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Extreme cold grips much of western Canada, natural gas prices jump

Icy temperatures across western Canada sent natural gas prices spiking higher, as weather forecasters said the conditions would persist at least until Friday. Alberta, the main energy-producing province, is under…

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Canada, other nations vow action against Iran over reparations for downed jet

OTTAWA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine on Thursday said they had abandoned efforts to talk to Tehran about reparations for an airliner downed by Iran and…

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Canada asks regulator to probe maskless party on Sunwing flight as COVID cases soar

Canada's minister of transport called for an investigation into reports of maskless revelers on a recent Sunwing Airlines flight to Cancun, as the country battles soaring cases of COVID-19. Transport…

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Quebec announces curfew, Ontario cuts isolation period as Canada tackles Omicron

Canada's Ontario and Quebec announced fresh measures to combat COVID-19 as the country faces a rise in cases that has forced tens of thousands into isolation, made tests difficult to…

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Western states need united front against divisive China – Trudeau

Western countries should have a united front against China to prevent the Asian state from using commercial interests to play them against each other, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said…

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Canada meets 2021 immigration target with 401,000 new permanent residents

Canada met its target of granting 401,000 foreigners permanent residency in 2021 by focusing its efforts on temporary residents already in the country, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said. Canada, which…

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Canadians can toast the holiday with bubbly, but face spirit shortage

Canadians will have champagne to pop this holiday season, but finding their favorite foreign wine, beer and hard liquor may be tougher as shipments are held up by recent flooding…

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Canada expands aid programs to fight Omicron, says worse yet to come

Canada will temporarily expand support programs to help people and businesses hit by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Ottawa said, warning people that worse was to come as the virus…

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