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- Quebec City mosque shooter: Canada court reduces sentence
Alexandre Bissonnette will be eligible for parole after 25 years, down from 40 years.
BBC News. Thu, 26 Nov 2020 21:06:14 GMT. - Earnings Preview: Canadian Imperial Bank (CM) Q4 Earnings Expected to Decline
Canadian Imperial Bank (CM) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Zacks Equity Research. Zacks. Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:30:30 GMT. - How To Get Across The U.S. Border In The Face Of Covid
The U.S. Canada border is closed due to the pandemic. However, the American rules for entering the country are different than the Canadian ones. ...
By Andy J. Semotiuk, Contributor. Forbes. Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:30:07 -0500. - Jordan Peterson's daughter says crying staff at Penguin Random House Canada should be fired
Quoting an article about her dad's work, Mikhaila Peterson tweeted, inset: 'How to improve business in 2 steps: Step 1: identify crying adults Step 2: fire' Mikhaila and Jordan are pictured main.
Daily Mail. Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:15:56 GMT. - Canada reports over 347,000 coronavirus cases
The overall number of coronavirus-related fatalities is 11,710
Tass. Thu, 26 Nov 2020 08:12:30 +0300. - Court in Canada rules against widow seeking to have a child using sperm from dead husband
The man did not provide written consent before his death, justice rules
Clea Skopeliti. The Independent. Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:57:45 GMT. - New Brunswick outbreak: How a smalltown doctor became a Covid pariah
After being labelled "patient zero", a small-town physician in Canada was shunned.
BBC News. Wed, 25 Nov 2020 01:23:46 GMT. - Canada places largest city under 'lockdown' for at least 28 days amid coronavirus spikes
The designation is the highest level of restrictions that the province can place on a health unit or region.
Peter Aitken. Fox News. Sat, 21 Nov 2020 18:59:06 GMT. - UK, Canada agree to post-Brexit rollover trade deal
The countries say they will work on a more comprehensive agreement next year after Britain completes its EU departure.
Al Jazeera. Sat, 21 Nov 2020 18:29:45 +0000. - 'Normal Christmas out of the question,' says Trudeau as Toronto imposes lockdown
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that Canada's hospital system could be overwhelmed by a possible quadrupling of new Covid-19 cases by year end as its biggest city Toronto prepared to impose a lockdown.
France 24. France 24. Sat, 21 Nov 2020 07:52:52 GMT. - Trudeau unveils Canada's net-zero by 2050 plans
Yahoo. 2020-11-19T21:16:03Z. - Wallaroos, Black Ferns drawn together in Women's World Cup pool
The draw for the 2021 tournament to be held in New Zealand threw up a number of derbies with France to play England and the US and Canada set to face off.
Sydney Morning Herald. Fri, 20 Nov 2020 07:15:52 +1100. - Obama book on track to be the best-selling presidential memoir in modern history
Former United States President Barack Obama's A Promised Land sold nearly 890,000 copies in the US and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track to be the best selling presidential memoir in modern history.The ...
New Zealand Herald. Thu, 19 Nov 2020 11:05:09 +1200. - Canada in talks to donate extra COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries
The approach could undermine efforts to ensure vaccines are distributed fairly around the world, depending on whether certain funding and research goals are met.
Jerusalem Post. Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:44:59 GMT. - Time Runs Out for a U.S.-Canada Oil Pipeline
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan said the state would shut down a line between her state and Ontario that has been operating since the 1950s.
Veronica Penney. New York Times. Tue, 17 Nov 2020 21:46:23 +0000. - Covid-19 Cases Surged After Canadian Thanksgiving in October. Will Americans Heed Their Northern Neighbor's Warning?
Two out of five Americans plan to gather in large groups for the holiday, raising public health concerns
Smithsonian. Tue, 17 Nov 2020 19:27:19 +0000. - Belarusian Association Of Journalists Wins Media Freedom Award
The Belarusian Association of Journalists has won the Media Freedom Award, an honor bestowed by the governments of Britain and Canada for the first time in 2020, the foreign ministries of the two countries said on November 16.
Radio Liberty. Tue, 17 Nov 2020 03:41:12 +0000. - Biden speaks to world leaders following election win
President-elect Joe Biden has begun having calls with foreign leaders this week, as President Trump continues to challenge the results of the election.Biden spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on ...
Morgan Chalfant. The Hill. Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:00:29 +0000. - Starting kindergarten on the right foot
Going into kindergarten already well-prepared gives a child advantagesgives a child many advantages later in life and lowers costs for society in the long term, researchers in Canada find.
Science Daily. Mon, 02 Nov 2020 07:29:09 EST. - RNZAF receives CAE flight simulator for NH90 helicopters
Canadian company CAE announced on 19 October that it has handed over a flight simulator ordered by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) in August 2018 to help ...
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Canada, a nation located in northern North America, is a federal
multi-party parliamentary state with two legislative houses. Its
capital city is Ottawa, and its currency is the Canadian Dollar.
The primary languages used by Canadians are English and French, and in 2020, Canada's estimated population was 37,742,154.
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