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Canada’s warning against trips abroad raise airline fears of confusion, cancellations

A Canadian government advisory against traveling abroad due to the Omicron variant could lead to further confusion and cancellations ahead of the key holiday travel season, the country's second-largest carrier…

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Canada advises against international travel amid Omicron threat

Canada's government implored residents not to leave the country as provinces ramp up vaccinations to combat the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, even as efforts to head off a COVID-19 wave…

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Canada likely to toughen travel curbs as Omicron concern grows

Canada is expected to toughen restrictions on international travel with new measures to be announced on Wednesday as it looks to limit the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, CBC…

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Canada to drop 3rd-country COVID test rule for residents returning from southern African nations

Canada will start recognizing molecular COVID-19 tests conducted at an accredited lab in South Africa for residents returning home, dropping a heavily criticized travel restriction introduced to prevent the spread…

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Canada’s Omicron travel ban disrupts residents heading home

Canada's ban on travelers from southern African countries and its refusal to recognize these countries' PCR tests, aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant, is an obstacle…

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Delta variant cases rise in Canada’s Ontario, Omicron to hit ‘hard and fast’

Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise across Canada's most populous province of Ontario due to the Delta variant, while Omicron "will hit us hard and fast" next year, an…

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Canadian employers, facing labor shortage, accommodate the unvaccinated

OTTAWA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Canada's tight labor market is forcing many companies to offer regular COVID-19 testing over vaccine mandates, while others are reversing previously announced inoculation requirements even…

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Canada reports 15 cases of Omicron variant, says severe COVID trends could rise

Canada has discovered a total of 15 cases of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 and severe illness trends across the country could start to rise again, public health officials…

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Canadian airports warn of ‘chaos’ amid new COVID-19 testing rules

TORONTO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Canada's plan to require novel coronavirus tests for all but U.S. arrivals on international flights risks causing "chaos" and long lines if all passengers are…

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Canada to ask air arrivals to take COVID tests except on U.S. flights

Canada, seeking to halt the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, will require people arriving by air from all nations except the United States to take a COVID-19 test, Health…

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Canada closing borders to travelers from seven southern African nations over COVID-19 fears

OTTAWA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Canada is closing its borders to foreign travelers who have recently been to seven southern African nations to help stop the spread of a newly…

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High-level officials responsible for Ukraine airliner crash in Iran -victims’ report

The 2020 downing of a Ukrainian jetliner by Iran's Revolutionary Guards was the responsibility of high-level Iranian officials, not an accident caused by a missile system operator as Tehran claimed,…

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Canada house prices poised to surge again despite central bank warning

Canadian housing prices are set to surge again in the coming months as investors and first-time buyers scramble to buy before interest rates go up, ignoring a warning from the…

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Canada PM Trudeau says he is extremely concerned by soaring cost of living

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he is "extremely concerned" by increases in the cost of living caused by high inflation, adding that Liberal government policies should…

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British Army to leave Canada after 50 years for new base in Middle East

The British Army is to leave Canada after 50 years, with its biggest training base set to move to the Middle East. The British Army Training Unit Suffield (Batus) in…

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Canada gives full approval to J&J’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine

Nov 24 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday Canada gave full approval to its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 18 years and older, making it the first…

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Canada ends COVID-19 policy turning back asylum-seekers between border crossings

Canada is ending its pandemic-era policy of turning back asylum-seekers trying to cross into the country between ports of entry, according to a revised policy document released on Sunday. Canada turned at…

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Canada to drop COVID-19 test requirement for border residents going to U.S. for essential goods

Canadians crossing into the United States for fuel and other essential supplies will be exempt from having to show a negative COVID-19 test result on their return, as Ottawa seeks…

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From fire to floods, climate change hits Canada’s fragile supply chain

The massive rains that unleashed floods and mudslides in the Canadian province of British Columbia exposed the country’s supply chain vulnerability as crucial railways and roads were severed from the…

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Flood-hit Canadian province limits fuel, non-essential travel

British Columbia imposed temporary restrictions on fuel and non-essential travel on Friday to ease supply chain disruptions and support recovery work after floods and mudslides destroyed roads, houses and left…

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Canada to authorize use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children -source

Canada will announce as expected on Friday it is authorizing the use of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, a government source said. The decision will…

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British Columbia flooding has 18,000 still stranded, some in remote mountains

ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Emergency crews were still trying to reach 18,000 people stranded on Thursday after floods and mudslides destroyed roads, houses and bridges in British…

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Biden seeks common ground with Mexico, Canada at summit but tensions remain

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Canadian and Mexican leaders on Thursday for the first North American summit in five years in a bid to revitalize…

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Canada to drop PCR COVID-19 test for some returning travellers

Canada is set to announce on Friday that it is no longer obliging Canadian travelers returning from short foreign trips to take expensive molecular COVID-19 tests, a government source said…

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British Columbia sees death toll rising from massive flood; Ottawa pledges aid

The death toll from massive floods and landslides that devastated parts of British Columbia is set to rise, with the Canadian province declaring a state of emergency and the federal…

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Canada and Australia hit by floods

The port of Vancouver, Canada's largest, said that all rail access had been cut by floods and landslides further to the east that killed at least one person and left…

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Canada says rate of decline in COVID-19 cases has slowed, precautions must remain

OTTAWA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The rate of decline in Canadian COVID-19 cases has slowed somewhat, but it is too soon to fully lift precautions put in place to fight…

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Canadian employers shed unvaccinated workers, labor lawyers in demand

Canadian employers are firing or putting on unpaid leave thousands of workers who refused to get COVID-19 shots, squeezing an already tight labor market and raising prospects of potentially disruptive…

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Bad weather off Canadian coast preventing efforts to board container ship after fire

Bad weather off Canada's Pacific Coast on Monday prevented a salvage crew from boarding a cargo ship where several containers of chemicals burned over the weekend, the coast guard said. Sixteen crew…

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Container ship fire off British Columbia smoldering, no longer spreading

A container fire that broke out on Saturday on a cargo ship carrying mining chemicals off British Columbia is smoldering and appears to be under control, Canadian Coast Guard officials…

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Canadian Coast Guard says monitoring container ship fire

Oct 24 (Reuters) - The Canadian Coast Guard said it is monitoring a fire that broke out on a container ship off the coast of Victoria, British Columbia, and is…

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Canada scraps COVID-19 travel advisory; Ontario to end mask, vaccine rules by March

Canada has scrapped an official advisory urging its citizens to shun non-essential foreign travel, given its successful campaign to inoculate people against COVID-19, the country's top medical officer announced. Hours…

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Canada to wind down broad-based COVID aid programs as economy recovers

Canada will not extend existing broad-based COVID-19 support programs for companies and individuals when they expire on Saturday because the economy is recovering well, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said. Instead,…

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Canada’s ‘tax the rich’ plan leaves big debt risk untouched

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new government is set to impose higher taxes on Canadians, which will help fund some campaign promises but are not broad enough to also start paying down…

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Canada’s overworked healthcare sector braces for staff shortages as vaccine mandates loom

Canada's health and long-term care industries are bracing for staff shortages and layoffs, as deadlines for vaccine mandates loom across the country, with unions pushing federal and provincial governments to…

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Malta Customs intercepts another six cars stolen in Canada

Three Ford pick-ups F450, one Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV, one Jaguar F-pace and one Ford Expedition SUV, all stolen from Canada, were intercepted by Customs at the Freeport. The scanning…

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Canadian province of Ontario to further ease pandemic restrictions

Ontario is lifting capacity limits on concert venues, theaters and spectator facilities at sports games as of Saturday at midnight, the government of Canada's most populous province said on Friday,…

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Unvaccinated federal workers in Canada will be put on unpaid leave

Federal employees in Canada who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and have not obtained medical exemptions will be forced to take unpaid leave, the Globe and Mail reported, citing…

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Heart inflammation rates higher after Moderna COVID-19 vaccine – Canada data

Oct 1 (Reuters) - Canadian health officials said on Friday data suggests reported cases of rare heart inflammation were relatively higher after Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine compared with the Pfizer/BioNTech shots…

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Catholic Church apologises for century of abuses in Canada’s residential schools

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops officially apologized for their role in the country's notorious residential school system for the first time, after refusing to do so for years despite…

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UPDATED: China welcomes Huawei executive home, but silent on freed Canadians

Chinese state media welcomed telecoms giant Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, back to the "motherland" on Saturday, after more than 1,000 days under house arrest in Canada, on what…

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Business as usual for Trudeau after Canada status quo election

OTTAWA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - It was business as usual in Canada on Tuesday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fell short of winning a majority in a tightly contested parliamentary…

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Update – Canada’s main opposition party concedes defeat after PM Trudeau wins third term

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Erin O'Toole, the leader of Canada's main opposition Conservative Party, conceded defeat on Tuesday after failing to block Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals from securing a third…

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Canadians go to the polls, Trudeau unlikely to secure majority

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may cling to power in Monday's election but looks set to lose his bid for a parliamentary majority after a tough campaign that dashed his…

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Canada’s Trudeau, rival look to fire up supporters ahead of tight vote

OTTAWA/WINDSOR, Ontario (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday acknowledged the unpopularity of his pandemic election and intensified his calls on progressive voters to back his campaign, with his…

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Canada’s Trudeau , after gravel throwing, condemns rhetoric of right-wing leader

CANDIAC, Quebec (Reuters) - Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday, who was pelted with gravel at a rally last week, said the leader of the right-wing People's Party of…

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Canada adds 90,200 jobs in August, unemployment falls to 7.1%

Canada added 90,200 jobs in August, mostly full-time positions, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.1%, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Analysts surveyed by Reuters had expected a gain of…

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Canada PM Trudeau angrily accuses main rival of favoring abortion curbs, gun owners

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing a possible election defeat, lashed out at his main rival, accusing him of favoring restrictions on abortion and wanting to loosen gun controls. Opinion…

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Parties focus on key battlegrounds in tight Canadian election

Canada's federal election race is so close that even a few swing districts on the western Prairies, a region usually hostile to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, may be key…

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Canada’s Trudeau, trailing in polls, goes on attack two weeks before vote

Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, trailing in opinion polls, attacked his main rival on Monday for waffling on gun control and vaccine mandates as the campaign enters its final stretch…

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Polls show Canada’s Conservatives ahead in tight election race

OTTAWA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Canada's ruling Liberals are falling behind their main rival Conservatives in the latest polls ahead of the Sept. 20 vote, which will determine who forms…

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Canada’s Trudeau on defensive over election call, few big blows landed at first debate

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, struggling ahead of a Sept. 20 election, came under concerted fire at a debate on Thursday from opponents who said he had no business calling…

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Toronto’s hospital network to sack employees unvaccinated at end of October

A healthcare network that operates several hospitals in Toronto said it would sack any staff members who are not fully vaccinated by the end of October. The University Health Network…

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Canada’s Trudeau takes gamble, calls snap election for Sept. 20

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday called a snap early election for Sept. 20, saying he needed a new mandate to ensure voters approved of his Liberal…

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Canada to accept 20,000 vulnerable Afghans such as women leaders, human rights workers

Canada plans to resettle more than 20,000 vulnerable Afghans including women leaders, human rights workers and reporters to protect them from Taliban reprisals, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino revealed. The effort…

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Canada to require COVID-19 vaccines for federal workers

Canada said it will soon require all federal public servants and many other workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, as it looks to boost its already world-leading inoculation rate amid…

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Canada PM Trudeau planning snap election, seeks approval for COVID response

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a snap election for Sept. 20 to seek voter approval for the government's costly plans to combat COVID-19, four sources familiar with the…

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