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Canada's unemployment rate hits new high amid second virus wave

The unemployment rate in Canada rose by 0.6 percentage point to 9.4 per cent in January

Canada to produce coronavirus vaccine shots domestically before end of 2021

The Canadian company in Montreal submitted its vaccine to Health Canada for regulatory approval last Friday

US: Harris speaks to Canadian PM, pledges to maintain strategic partnership

The Vice President underscored Canada''s deep importance to the United States as an economic and strategic partner

Canada suspends flights to the Caribbean, Mexico due to rising Covid cases

The government will also mandate new testing and three-day quarantine periods upon arrival in Canada

Canada tightens measures against non-essential travels amid pandemic

PM Trudeau has urged the public to cancel all the non-essential travel plans both abroad and in between provinces across the country

Joe Biden signs order to revoke Keystone XL permit, Canada disappointed

The pipeline construction was initially blocked by former President Barack Obama's administration following agitation by various environmental groups

Biden to revoke Keystone XL pipeline permit in blow to Canada's oil sector

The move would represent another set-back for the beleaguered Canadian energy industry, kill thousands of jobs and marks an early bump in Biden's relationship with key trade partner Canada

Canada in touch with Biden administration about disputed oil pipeline

Trudeau said that over the last several days, including Tuesday, his officials have communicated arguments in favour of the Keystone XL pipeline to the highest levels of his administration

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou received death threats in mail, Canada court hears

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou received multiple death threats, including bullets in the mail, while under house arrest in Vancouver, a Canadian court heard on Wednesday

Circle K owner in talks to buy Carrefour for about $20 billion: Report

Shares of Carrefour have risen 10 per cent in Paris trading this year, giving the company a market capitalisation of €12.6 billion at Tuesday's close

Huawei had plane waiting to whisk CFO away after May extradition judgment

Huawei had a plane waiting to take CFO Meng Wanzhou back to China from Vancouver as a key verdict in her extradition case was to be handed down last May, prosecutors said in a Canadian court

Canada confirms two cases of new coronavirus variant first seen in UK

Canada has confirmed two cases of the highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain

Canada gets first batch of 168,000 Moderna Covid-19 vaccine doses

Canada has received the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine from Moderna just one day after the government's approval

PM Trudeau urges Canadians to help each other to fight Covid-19 pandemic

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Canadians to help each other to fight the rampaging Covid-19 pandemic

Canada introduces bill to implement post-Brexit trade agreement with UK

The Canadian government has introduced a bill to implement the newly inked post-Brexit trade agreement with the United Kingdom, Global Affairs Canada said in a statement

US in talks with Huawei CFO Meng on resolving criminal charges: Report

US is discussing a deal with lawyers for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to resolve criminal charges against her, signaling a potential end to a case that has strained ties between the US, China, and Canada

Canada on track to start coronavirus vaccine delivery by January 2021

The Canadian government is targeting January as the starting point for Covid-19 vaccine delivery throughout the country

Canada plans digital tax in 2022 on global tech giants such as FB, Google

The new tax would come into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, and remain in place until a common approach is agreed upon

'lll-informed': India on Canada PM Trudeau's remarks on farmers' protest

"Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest," Trudeau had remarked earlier in a video posted on his Twitter account.

Canada police had concerns about arresting Huawei CFO on plane, court hears

Meng has said she is innocent and is fighting the extradition from under house arrest in Vancouver