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Tearful Canadian mother mourns daughter before Carney visits town shaken by killings
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» TUMBLER RIDGE — A grieving Canadian mother whose daughter was murdered in a mass school shooting addressed the public on Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to a community in mourning.
9 killed in Canada mass shooting that targeted school, residence: police
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» TORONTO (CANADA) - A mass shooting in a remote part of western Canada killed nine people on Tuesday, including seven who were shot at a secondary school, before the suspect took their own life.
'Schitt's Creek' star Catherine O'Hara dead at 71
AFP, Published on 31/01/2026
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Emmy-winning actress Catherine O'Hara, who starred in "Schitt's Creek" and "Home Alone," has died at the age of 71, her management agency said Friday.
Canada's Marineland gets 'conditional approval' to sell whales to US
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» TORONTO (CANADA) - Canada's federal government on Monday gave Marineland conditional approval to sell its 30 imperilled beluga whales to parks in the United States, after rejecting an export request to China.
‘Land without laws’: Israeli settlers force out Bedouins
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» AL-HATHRURA, Palestinian Territories - As relentless harassment from Israeli settlers drove his brothers from their Bedouin community in the central occupied West Bank, Ahmed Kaabneh remained determined to stay on the land his family had lived on for generations.
Canada blocks theme park from sending whales to China
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» TORONTO - Canada on Wednesday denied a request from a controversial theme park to export 30 beluga whales to China, saying the refusal was necessary to protect the mammals from exploitation.
Canada measles cases pass 4,500, highest count in Americas
AFP, Published on 22/08/2025
» TORONTO - Canada's measles case count has passed 4,500, with the western province of Alberta -- which has about five million people -- recording more cases this year than the United States, figures updated Thursday showed.
Air Canada and union agree to end strike
Reuters, Published on 19/08/2025
» TORONTO - Air Canada’s unionised flight attendants reached an agreement with the country’s largest carrier on Tuesday, ending a strike by cabin crew — the first in 40 years — that had upended travel plans for hundreds of thousands of passengers.
Air Canada suspends plans to restart operations
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2025
» Air Canada said on Sunday it has suspended its plans to restart operations after the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) directed its flight attendant members to defy a direction from the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to return to work.
Canada moves to halt strike as hundreds of flights grounded
AFP, Published on 17/08/2025
» TORONTO (CANADA) - The Canadian government intervened Saturday to end a strike by Air Canada cabin crew members that saw hundreds of flights cancelled and triggered summer travel chaos for the carrier's 130,000 daily passengers.