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News Articles: Canada

Alex Roldan (right), captain of the Salvadoran men's national soccer team, during practice at the Cuscatlán Stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Tuesday, where they will play against Canada on Wednesday. The game is part of the Americas regions' CONCACAF qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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Salvadoran Americans bring World Cup soccer hopes to El Salvador as it faces Canada

El Salvador's national soccer team plays its World Cup qualifying match against Canada Wednesday night — with several players and coaches from the United States.

February 02, 2022
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  • Carrie Kahn
Jessica Gerson-Neeves and her wife have been mired in a standoff for weeks with their three cats over a Vitamix blender.

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  • Animals

3 cats have outmaneuvered their 2 humans to hold a blender hostage for weeks

Jessica and Nikii Gerson-Neeves don't want to end the standoff that has brought joy to so many people. But they also want to use their blender, which has been in a box in their kitchen since December.

January 14, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
On the front lines of global warming, evacuees from Lytton, a western Canadian village destroyed by wildfires in June, are detached and bitter about the September 20 snap elections.

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  • World

A church retreat came to the aid of Canada's latest disaster survivors

British Columbia experienced major disasters this year that scientists say show the intensifying effects of climate change. Many of those affected by fires and floods took shelter at Camp Hope.

December 11, 2021
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  • Emma Jacobs
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal talks with Jennifer Bain, who volunteered for a study of Medicago's COVID-19 vaccine, in Toronto. More than 24,000 volunteers in six countries participated.

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  • Health

A COVID vaccine grown in plants measures up

A vaccine from a Canadian biotech firm Medicago has been found to be effective at preventing moderate to severe disease. It could soon become the first plant-based vaccine authorized for human use.

December 08, 2021
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  • Joe Palca
Two men who slipped and fell on a steep rock leading into<strong> </strong>rough waters<strong> </strong>at a park in British Columbia were saved thanks to a group of Sikh men who unraveled and removed their turbans to create a makeshift rope.

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  • World

Sikh men created a lifeline using turbans and jackets to rescue hikers at a park

A group of Sikh men broke religious protocol to help hikers stuck near raging waters at a Canadian park. The men created a makeshift rope using turbans and jackets.

October 25, 2021
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  • Tien Le
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a speech during his visit to Tk'emlups the Secwepemc First Nation in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada on Monday.

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  • World

Canada's Trudeau apologizes for skipping remembrance for Indigenous school victims

Instead of attending the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Sept. 30, the prime minister and his family were on a seaside holiday in Vancouver.

October 19, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
A scenic view of a lake against the sky at night in British Columbia. Earlier this month, a resident of Golden, B.C., woke up to the sound of a crash and found that a meteorite had landed in her bed.

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  • World

A meteorite crashes through a home in Canada, barely missing a woman's head

British Columbia resident Ruth Hamilton had a rude awakening earlier this month when a large meteorite plunged from space, through her roof and landed in her bed.

October 17, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Flowers, shoes and moccasins sit on the steps of the main entrance of the former Mohawk Institute, which was a residential school for Indigenous kids, in Brantford, Ontario. The memorial is to honor the children whose remains were discovered in unmarked graves in recent months in Canada.

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  • World

Communities plan to search for more Indigenous children's remains in Canada

Thousands of Indigenous children in Canada died in the custody of boarding schools meant to assimilate them. Communities are searching for their remains.

October 05, 2021
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  • Emma Jacobs
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau casts his ballot in the 44th general federal election. He's joined by his children, Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien in Montreal on Monday.

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  • World

Trudeau's Liberals Win Canada Election, But Miss The Majority In Parliament

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau narrowly won reelection on Monday, but he fell short of his goal of winning an outright majority for his Liberal Party.

September 21, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman

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  • Books

A Onetime Nomad Reflects On The Beauty And Harshness Of Life In The Somali Desert

Shugri Said Salh recounts her journey from goat- and camel-herding nomad in Somalia to nurse and mom of three in California in her memoir, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert.

September 04, 2021
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  • Lucy Sherriff
Canada plans to impose a new vaccine mandate on passengers and workers in the federally regulated air, rail and cruise ship sectors. Here, a police car is seen behind traffic cones in May near Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia.

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  • Global Health

Canada Will Require All Air Travelers To Be Vaccinated In A Broad New Policy

Starting this fall, Canada's government will also require all federal workers to be vaccinated, citing a "dynamic public health situation" due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 13, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
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  • Asia

A Court In China Sentences A Canadian Businessman To 11 Years In Prison

Michael Spavor was found guilty of espionage in a case condemned by Western diplomats as political hostage-taking related to the detention in Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

August 11, 2021
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  • Emily Feng
Traffic enters Canada from the United States at the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Blaine, Wash., in 2019. Vaccinated Americans will be able to travel to Canada, starting Aug. 9.

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  • National

Americans Will Soon Be Able To Go To Their 2nd Most Popular Travel Destination

After 16 months of closure, the Canadian government announced that vaccinated Americans will be able to travel north of the border, starting Aug. 9.

July 20, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Canadian and American flags fly near the Ambassador Bridge connecting Canada to the U.S. in Windsor, Ontario, in May. Half of respondents in a poll of Canadians this month by Nanos Research said restrictions on travel across the U.S.-Canada border should not be eliminated until this fall or next year.

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  • World

Canada's Taking It Slow On Reopening Its Border To Travelers From The U.S. Here's Why

Canadians can fly to the U.S. but cannot enter by land. Most non-Canadians can't enter Canada by land or air. The government says a full reopening may require 75% of Canadians to be fully vaccinated.

July 14, 2021
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  • Emma Jacobs
Danita Bilozaze, alongside her daughter Dani, celebrated the completion of her master's degree in education with a portrait session last year at Kye Bay in the Comox Valley, British Columbia. Bilozaze's studies focused on Indigenous language revitalization.

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  • World

She Struggled To Reclaim Her Indigenous Name. She Hopes Others Have It Easier

A new Canadian policy answers a 2015 call for government action. Danita Bilozaze hopes it means that no one will face the resistance she did to rescue her name from a history of forced assimilation.

July 05, 2021
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  • Emma Bowman
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