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Non-stop flights to Canada resume
Canada required travellers from India to do a RT-PCR in a third country before giving them access.
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Canada's Trudeau may cling to power in election but likely to lose majority
Trudeau has a minority administration, forcing him to rely on other parties and make policy compromises to govern
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Sun Pharma gets exclusive right to commercialise Winlevi acne cream in US
Sun Pharma and specialty pharma firm Cassiopea SpA announced consummation of their exclusive licence and supply agreements for Winlevi cream used for treatment of acne vulgaris
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IT major Infosys to set up new digital development centre in Canada
IT services major Infosys on Wednesday said it will set up a new digital development centre at its largest Canadian office in Mississauga
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Canada to evacuate its citizens from war-torn Afghanistan: Report
Canada is preparing to evacuate its citizens from war-torn Afghanistan through its military as the Taliban is worsening the situation in the Asian nation, a media report said on Thursday.
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'Unacceptable': Trudeau condemns China's sentencing of Canadian citizen
Canada's Spavor, who was detained by China in 2018, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court on charges of espionage.
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New Covid-19 cases rise in Canada as it eases health restrictions
Canada reported 1,203 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, raising the cumulative total to 1,442,087 cases, including 26,678 deaths, according to CTV.
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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Britons nervous as UK heralds 'Freedom Day'
Canada surpasses US in vaccinations after initial lag, Indonesia's daily infections higher than India and Brazil, and other pandemic-related news across the globe
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Consulates chip in as Indian students' gear up to travel for new semester
Most visa centres shut during the second wave in India have resumed work to ensure timely arrival of Indian students to their destinations.
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Canada to donate 17.7 mn AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to other countries
Canada announced its decision to donate 17.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to low- and middle-income countries
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Cases of Lambda Covid-19 variant found in Canada: Chief health officer
Canada's chief public health officer says there are cases of the latest Covid-19 variant of interest in the country, but it's too early to know how widespread it is or what impact it could have
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Hundreds believed dead in heat wave in Canada despite efforts to help
Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm labourer was found in an Oregon nursery
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Canadian province sees unprecedented 195% spike in deaths amid heatwave
The western Canadian province of British Columbia has registered an unprecedented 195 per cent rise in sudden fatalities within the past five days amid the heatwave, Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said
World's outlook about China unfavourable despite Covid gains: Pew research
Some 76% of Americans said they viewed the world's most populous nation unfavorably
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Canada sees record 49.5 degrees, scores dead in gruelling heat wave
Coroners are now gathering information to determine the cause and manner of deaths and whether heat played a role
Unprecedented Northwest heat wave builds, breaking all-time records
Intense. Prolonged. Record-breaking. Unprecedented. Abnormal. Dangerous. That's how the National Weather Service described the historic heat wave hitting the Pacific Northwest.
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Canada's climate plan charts hard road ahead for high-polluting oil sands
Canada has set ambitious targets for slashing emissions to fight climate change, but faces a stiff challenge
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Pfizer, Moderna preferred 2nd dose after AstraZeneca: Canadian authorities
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization said Thursday people who got the AstraZeneca vaccine as their first dose should get Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna for their second shot
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Troubled newspaper creates 200% windfall with digital arm's IPO
The IPO of VerticalScope Holdings, a former unit of Torstar that runs websites for hobbyist communities such as wood-workers and motorcyclists, raised about C$125 million ($103 million)
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Applyboard to leverage $300-mn funding to expand India operations
Applyboard has raised $300 million at an enterprise valuation of $3.2 billion led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board through its Teachers' Innovation Platform in the latest funding round
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