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Giant panda pair born in Canada returned safely to Chinese homeland
The first giant panda twins born in Canada have safely arrived in the land of their roots.
New pneumonia in China not likely high risk for Canada
The federal public health agency says it believes Canadians are at low risk of contracting a new type of pneumonia that has killed one person and made dozens sick in central China, but it has issued a warning to travellers to and from the city of Wuhan.
63 Canadians among 176 dead in Ukrainian airlines crash near Tehran
Dozens of Canadians — some believed to be university students — were among the 176 people killed when a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed minutes after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, Iranian and Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday, January 8, 2019.
A look at Canada's biggest wildfires in the last two decades
Okanagan Mountain Park, B.C., 2003: 25,600 hectares burned, 33,050 people evacuated, 238 homes burned.
B.C. LNG pipeline project set to resume work despite community protest
The company building a natural gas pipeline as part of a $40 billion liquefied natural gas project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction despite an eviction notice served by members of a First Nation over the weekend.
B.C. First Nation serves eviction notice to gas pipeline company
A First Nation in British Columbia has served a company that wants to build a natural gas pipeline through its territory an eviction notice.
Canadians 'doubtful' their country will hit emissions targets, feds told
The federal government was told just before the fall election campaign that many Canadians didn't believe the country will meet targets for reducing its greenhouse-gas emissions.
Injunction sought as co-op, union in court over picketing at Regina refinery
A nearly three-week labour dispute between a Saskatchewan petroleum refinery and hundreds of its workers moved from the picket line into the courtroom Monday, with the company seeking an injunction against some of the union's activities.
Canada's economy contracted 'slightly'
Canada's economy contracted slightly in October, with real gross domestic product down 0.1 per cent from September — the first month-to-month decline since February, Statistics Canada reported on Monday, December 23, 2019.