Canada

Canada’s Ontario weighs keeping schools closed as 1 in 5 children test positive for COVID-19

TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario, Canada's most populous province, is weighing an extension of school closures, as some 20% of the region's children under the age of 13 currently tested positive…

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Two cases of new Covid-19 variant confirmed in Canada

Health officials in Ontario said on Saturday that two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom have appeared in the Canadian province. Scientists say…

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Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX suffers engine issue

An Air Canada Boeing Co 737-8 Max en route between Arizona and Montreal with three crew members on board suffered an engine issue that forced the crew to divert the…

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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine distribution started in Canada by FedEX, Innomar Strategies

Dec 24 (Reuters) - FedEx Corp's Canadian subsidiary and Innomar Strategies, a Canada-based unit of U.S. drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp said on Thursday they have started to distribute Moderna Inc's…

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Canada, Britain very close to deal to avoid post-Brexit tariffs

Canada and Britain are on the verge of a deal to ensure that free trade between the two, post-Brexit, can continue until the Canadian Parliament approves a new bilateral agreement,…

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Canada laments Iran’s probe into downing of airliner has major flaws

Iran is not conducting its investigation into the downing of a civilian airliner in January properly and many questions remain unanswered, an independent Canadian report into the tragedy sai. The…

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Aphria, Tilray in deal to become world’s biggest cannabis company

Canadian pot producer Aphria and rival Tilray Inc have agreed to combine their operations, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The all-stock deal will create a new company with an equity…

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Canada expects first Pfizer/BioNTEch COVID-19 vaccines to arrive Sunday

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The first doses of COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Canada later on Sunday, with more of the initial batch of 30,000 coming on Monday, the official in…

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Canada approves Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine

Health Canada on Wednesday approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE , clearing the way for shots to be delivered and administered across the country. The nation's…

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Canada doubles Moderna vaccine order, daily COVID-19 cases could top 10,000 by January

Canada has doubled the number of doses of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine it has on firm order, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said, while the country’s top doctor warned that daily…

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Canada PM Trudeau indicates U.S. border restrictions to last a long time

Canada will not agree to lifting a ban on non-essential travel with the United States until the coronavirus outbreak is significantly under control around the world, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…

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Canadian cannabis producers to scale back investments in Europe

Canadian cannabis producers are likely to scale back their investments in Europe as they come under pressure to cut costs and deliver profit, according to a joint report by two…

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Canada bans mass exports of prescription drugs

Canada blocked bulk exports of prescription drugs if they would create a shortage at home, in response to outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to allow imports from Canada to…

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Britain and Canada agree post-Brexit rollover trade deal

Britain and Canada struck a rollover trade deal on Saturday to protect the flow of $27 billion-worth of goods and services between them after Brexit, and vowed to start talks…

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Canada seeing a massive spike in COVID cases, hospitals could be swamped – PM Trudeau

Canada is seeing a massive spike in COVID-19 cases which could overwhelm the hospital system, an emotional Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, imploring Canadians to stay home as…

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Canada names China, Russia as main cyber-crime threats; sees risk to power supply

Canada identified state-sponsored programs in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea as major cyber crime threats for the first time, and said it feared foreign actors could try to disrupt…

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Canada in talks to donate extra COVID-19 vaccine shots to poorer countries

Canada, which has reserved enough doses to vaccinate residents against COVID-19 several times over, is in talks with other governments about a plan to donate shots to lower-income countries, according…

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Ontario close to cancelling non-essential surgeries again as coronavirus cases spike

Canada’s most populous province Ontario may have to begin suspending non-essential surgeries again starting in two weeks as surging coronavirus cases fill hospital intensive care units, according to modeling released…

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Canada’s PM’s wife pays tribute to Kamala Harris

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, paid tribute to Kamala Harris on her election as Vice President. In a Facebook post, Trudeau wrote "The hardest thing to do in any society is to…

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Canadian PM Trudeau congratulates Joe Biden

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on winning the U.S. Presidential election, saying he looked forward to tackling "the world's greatest challenges" with the new…

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Astronomers discover most inhospitable planet ever

Astronomers have discovered the most inhospitable planet ever that rains rocks, with 60 mile deep lava seas and winds of more than 3,000 mph. The Earth size planet has winds…

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Quebec stabbings leave at least two dead, five injured

At least two people died and five were injured after being stabbed by a man wearing medieval clothes, armed with a bladed weapon near the Parliament Hill area of Quebec…

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Canada says stronger response needed to fight coronavirus, PM hopes to avoid major shutdown

Canadians need to do more to tackle a second wave of the coronavirus by slashing the number of personal contacts they have with others, health authorities said on Friday. Prime…

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Canada border agent says he received unusual FBI phone call in Huawei CFO U.S. extradition case

A Canadian border official testified on Friday he received an "out of the ordinary" request from the FBI for the phone number of the supervisor on duty the next day…

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Canada’s Trudeau predicts ‘tough winter,’ deaths top 10,000

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau predicted a “tough winter” in the face of a second wave of COVID-19 infections engulfing much of the country, and called it a horrific national…

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Canada’s Atlantic region closed out world to beat COVID-19, and the economy has done OK

Chef Emily Wells was unsure what to expect as she opened the doors of her seasonal restaurant in rural Prince Edward Island the same day Canada's four Atlantic provinces bubbled…

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COVID-19 antibodies last at least three months

People infected with COVID-19 develop antibodies targeting the new coronavirus that last for at least three months, according to two reports published in Science Immunology. The two studies, together involving…

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Canada at a tipping point in fight against coronavirus

Canada is at a tipping point in the fight against a second wave of the novel coronavirus and health care workers are increasingly swamped, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in…

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Ontario projects surge of COVID-19 cases akin to that of hard-hit Australian state

Ontario could reach 1,000 new COVID-19 cases a day in the first half of October, projections released on Wednesday showed, putting Canada’s most-populous province on a trajectory similar to that…

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Canada to impose new restrictions as Covid-19 cases flare up

Quebec, the Canadian province hardest hit by the novel coronavirus, reported another sharp increase in daily infections on Monday, and media reports said Premier Francois Legault would announce new restrictions…

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Canada’s biggest provinces seek clampdown on social gatherings as coronavirus cases top 150,000

Canada’s two most populous provinces moved to clamp down further on social gatherings in a bid to slow a second wave of coronavirus infections that since the start of the…

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Canada is in second wave of pandemic, Trudeau urges renewed caution

Canada has entered a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, warning that the country was on the brink of a surge if people did not…

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Top Canadian medical expert says smaller classes needed as COVID-19 cases accelerate

Classes in Canada’s high risk schools should ideally have 20 or fewer students so children can maintain safe distance from each other, a top doctor who advised the government of…

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Drop in foreign students’ bad omen for Canada’s labour market

Travel restrictions and a shift to online learning has dramatically cut the number of international students expected to attend Canadian universities and colleges this fall, and the decline will ripple…

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Canada not ruling out lockdown amid COVID-19 surge

Canada’s health minister said she could not rule out another full lockdown if needed amid a surge in new COVID-19 cases, but added Ottawa was significantly more prepared to manage…

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Canada to unveil retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods – PM Trudeau

Canada will unveil retaliatory tariffs on a range of U.S. goods on Tuesday after Washington moved to impose punitive measures on Canadian aluminum imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Deputy…

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Canada reports zero COVID-19 deaths for first time since March

Canada reported zero COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours for the first time since March 15, according to public health agency data released late on Friday. Canada’s death toll…

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COVID-19 vaccine doses could arrive in Canada early in 2021

Canada is "aggressively negotiating" with drugmakers on delivery schedules for potential COVID-19 vaccines and shipments would begin early in 2021 under existing deals, Canada's minister of public services and procurement…

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Canadians urged to be vigilant to avoid massive COVID-19 second wave

With COVID-19 cases in Canada on the rise again and children returning to schools across the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged people to be careful in order to avoid…

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Canada extends international travel ban to September 30

Canada extended a measure barring most foreign travelers from entering the country amid continued efforts to limit the introduction and spread of the coronavirus, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said…

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Coca-Cola to cut jobs in restructuring

Coca-Cola Co said on Friday it would nearly halve its operating units and offer voluntary separation to 4,000 workers including in the United States, as the world's largest beverage maker…

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Trudeau appoints Canada’s first female finance minister

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed his close ally and deputy Chrystia Freeland as finance minister on Tuesday and promised "bold new solutions" to help Canada recover from the pandemic.…

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Canada warns new waves of coronavirus could swamp healthcare system

Canada is planning for a “reasonable worst case scenario” in which new waves of the coronavirus would intermittently swamp the public health system and send the death toll soaring, officials…

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Canada vows retaliation to Trump’s pledge to reimpose tariffs

Canada pledged retaliation as tensions heightened between the close allies just weeks after a new continental trade deal between the United States, Mexico and Canada came into effect. President Donald…

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Canada signs deals with Pfizer, Moderna for experimental COVID-19 vaccine

Canada has signed separate deals with Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc to supply millions of doses of their experimental coronavirus vaccines, a top official announced. Procurement Minister Anita Anand said…

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Canada extends travel ban to August 31

Canada on Friday extended a measure barring most foreign travelers from entering the country and launched a new contact tracing app as part of its fight to control the "gate-crashing"…

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Canada announce 533 new Coronavirus cases

Canada on Friday announced 533 new cases of the novel coronavirus as well as seven new deaths. The newly reported figures — which are tallied from federal and provincial health…

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Recent spike in Canadian coronavirus cases considered worrying

A recent spike in coronavirus cases in Canada is worrying and can be linked to groups of young people gathering in bars and nightclubs and at parties, a top medical…

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Cirque du Soleil eyes return

As the coronavirus pandemic ripped around the globe, Cirque du Soleil, a circus troupe formed by Quebec street performers that become a global powerhouse, saw most of its operations grind…

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Canada’s near-term economic outlook brightens; joblessness a risk

The economic recovery underway in Canada will be stronger in the near-term than expected a few months ago, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said a resurgence in…

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Armed man arrested after driving truck through gates near PM Trudeau’s Ottawa residence

An armed member of the Canadian military drove a truck through gates protecting an exclusive part of Ottawa where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives on Thursday but was quickly arrested,…

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China charges two detained Canadians with suspected espionage

Chinese prosecutors said on Friday they have charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage, indictments that could result in life imprisonment, in a case that has driven a diplomatic wedge…

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Second COVID-19 wave could deal ‘serious’ economic hit -Bank of Canada

A second wave of COVID-19 and another round of sweeping lockdowns could have a "very serious" impact on the Canadian economy and must be avoided, Bank of Canada Deputy Governor…

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Canada reaches 100,000 coronavirus cases

Canada reached 100,000 cases of coronavirus on Thursday. The province of Ontario announced another 190 cases a day after public health agency data showed 99,853 people had been diagnosed positive.…

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Canada spy agency warned of ‘shock waves’ from arrest of Huawei founder’s daughter

Canada's intelligence agency warned that arresting the daughter of billionaire Huawei founder Ren Zheng would set off global "shock waves" and seriously affect ties with China, just before her detention…

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Canadian tour operator Transat to resume some flights to Europe, United States

Canadian tour operator Transat AT Inc announced it would resume some flights to Europe and the United States, as well as domestic flights across major Canadian cities from July 23.…

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Canada, U.S. set to extend border closure to end-July

Canada and the United States are set to extend a ban on non-essential travel to late July as both countries seek to control the spread of the coronavirus, according to…

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