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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.
India, Canada return ambassadors as Carney, Modi look past spat
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» KANANASKIS (CANADA) - India and Canada agreed Tuesday to return ambassadors to each other's capitals, turning the page on a bitter spat over an assassination as Canada's new leader welcomed counterpart Narendra Modi.
New T-Rex ancestor discovered in drawers of Mongolian institute
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» PARIS - Misidentified bones that languished in the drawers of a Mongolian institute for 50 years belong to a new species of tyrannosaur that rewrites the family history of the mighty T-Rex, scientists said on Wednesday.
'Appetite for drumsticks': First prey found in a tyrannosaur stomach
AFP, Published on 09/12/2023
» PARIS - Prey has been discovered inside the stomach of a tyrannosaur skeleton for the first time, scientists said Friday, revealing that the mighty dinosaurs had an "appetite for drumsticks" when they were young.
TikTok mums nurture 'detox for kids' misinformation
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - A TikTok army of American mothers claiming to be "detox" specialists is pushing unproven treatments for childhood behavioural disorders -– while hiding that their misinformation is actually a marketing campaign aimed at making money.
Tens of thousands flee western Canada wildfires
AFP, Published on 20/08/2023
» KELOWNA (CANADA) - Residents of western Canada scrambled to evacuate Saturday as raging wildfires encroached on two metropolitan areas -- separate blazes that have sent tens of thousands fleeing over the course of just days.
Foreign students say Canada is exploiting them for ‘cheap labour’
Bloomberg, Published on 01/11/2022
» Some foreign students are accusing the Canadian government of using them as a cheap source of labour and discarding them once they’re no longer needed.
Canada endures major internet outage
News Agencies, Published on 09/07/2022
» TORONTO: Canada’s largest wireless provider said on Saturday that it had restored most services after a major outage had cut off banking, transport and government access for millions of people, adding to criticism over its dominance of the telecoms industry.
Lost in space: Astronauts struggle to regain bone density
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» PARIS - Astronauts lose decades' worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said Thursday, warning that it could be a "big concern" for future missions to Mars.
Police close in to dislodge Canada capital protesters
AFP, Published on 20/02/2022
» OTTAWA: Police pushed into downtown Ottawa Saturday in a bid to dislodge several hundred dug-in protesters and big rigs that have choked the Canadian capital for weeks, after a night marked by clashes and more than 100 arrests.