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Canada to seek membership of U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
Canada will seek membership to the U.S-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, its foreign minister said Thursday, referring to a regional economic engagement initiative Washington is pitching to counter China's growing clout.
The framework,…
Canadian Parliament delegation lands in Taiwan
The Canada-Taiwan Friendship Group delegation, led by the group’s chair Judy Sgro, arrived in Taiwan on Sunday morning (Oct. 9).
The cross-party delegation, which includes MPs Angelo Iacono, Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, Richard Martel,…
Canada imposes fresh sanctions on Iran citing death of Mahsa Amini
Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Monday for alleged human rights violations, including the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan who died while in custody of Iran's "morality police," the Canadian government…
Hurricane Fiona: Canada hit by ‘historic, extreme event’
Hundreds of thousands of people have been left without power after Storm Fiona hit Canada's coastline.
Fiona was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Friday.
But parts of three provinces experienced…
Hurricane Fiona lashes Bermuda and aims for Canada
Hurricane Fiona was moving away from Bermuda on Friday morning after lashing the island in the Atlantic with high winds and heavy rain on its way north to eastern Canada.
Fiona, the strongest storm of the Atlantic hurricane season so far,…
Canada stabbings suspect Myles Sanderson dies after arrest
The suspect in a stabbing spree in Canada which left 10 people dead and 19 injured has died after being captured by police.
Myles Sanderson, 32, experienced "medical distress" after the arrest on a motorway in the province of…
Canada stabbings: One suspect found dead
Canadian police have found the body of one of two brothers wanted for a mass stabbing attack that left 10 people dead and 18 injured in the province of Saskatchewan on Sunday.
An officer said Damien Sanderson, 31, had…
Canadian authorities are hunting for two suspects in mass stabbing that killed 10, injured 15
A manhunt is underway in Canada for two “armed and dangerous” men who are suspects in a mass stabbing Sunday that left at least 10 dead and 15 injured at multiple scenes in an Indigenous community and the surrounding area in Saskatchewan,…
Bank of Canada raises rates by full point to curb inflation
Canada’s central bank raised its policy rate to 2.5 percent from 1.5 percent and said more hikes would be needed.
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday surprised markets with a full-percentage-point rate increase, a super-sized increase last…
Canada Plans to Ban Handgun Sales and Possession of Assault Weapons
Most owners of what Canada calls “military-style assault weapons” would be required to turn over their firearms to a government buyback program under legislation introduced on Monday, which would tighten the country’s already stringent…