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Toronto: Canada's shortest term prime minister John Turner dies at 91

John Turner, a Liberal party politician who served stints as Canada's justice and finance ministers before a very brief turn as the country's 17th prime minister, has died at age 91

Coronavirus: Canada, US agree to extend cross-border closure to October 21

Canada and the US have agreed to extend the cross-border closure to non-essential travels for another month until October 21 to slow the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic

Canada extends deal to keep US border closed till Oct 21 due to Covid-19

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Friday they will continue to base the decision on the best public health advice available to keep Canadians safe

Canada looks set for a fight over $758 million compensation for Huawei gear

Canada, under pressure from the United States to ban Huawei Technologies Co Ltd gear on security grounds, is studying whether to allow the firm into the country's next-generation 5G networks

World Coronavirus Dispatch: US expels 8,800 unaccompanied migrant children

Japan to relax curbs for events, UK labs stressed as Johnson pledges millions of tests,watchmakers reboot to suit Chinese and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Canada coronavirus update: More Covid-19 cases among younger people

There have been 131,495 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 9,143 deaths, with the trend of increased cases among younger people, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said

In 31 years of its existence, a woman to head Canada's Space Agency

For the first time in its 31-year history, the Canadian Space Agency will have a female president

Canada scraps coronavirus vaccine trial with Chinese pharma company

According to the South China Morning Post, it is unclear if political tensions between the two countries had anything to do with the snag at the Chinese customs

Coca-Cola to cut thousands of jobs, reduce biz units as Covid-19 hits sales

It plans to first offer buyouts to 4,000 employees in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico and then offer a similar voluntary programme in other countries

Justin Trudeau names Chrystia Freeland Canada's new finance minister

Freeland, considered a pragmatic minister who handled the renegotiation of the North American free trade agreement with Mexico and the U.S., would be the first woman to hold the role

Canada FM resigns amid friction with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Bill Morneau said he would not run for parliament again and would instead seek to become the next secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Indian national held at border for crossing illegally into US from Canada

According to US Border Police, its agents at Sweetgrass Station in Montana on Saturday encountered a person matching the description of an individual spotted by a citizen illegally crossing the border

Huawei CFO to push for release of classified documents in Canada court

Meng, 48, was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver International Airport on a US warrant charging her with bank fraud

Indians can fly with visa to UK, US, Canada, UAE under air bubble agreement

Indian flyers holding any kind of valid visa under the 'Air Bubbles' agreement can travel to the UK, the US, Canada and UAE, said the DGCA

Canada to retaliate as Trump administration slaps 10% tariff on aluminium

Speaking at a factory in Ohio on Thursday, Trump said that the 10 per cent tariff will affect non-alloyed unwrought aluminium articles

China sentences third Canadian citizen to death on drug charges

Death sentences are automatically referred to China's highest court for review

Canada authorises remdesivir to treat patients of severe Covid-19

Canada has announced its authorisation for using the drug remdesivir for treating patients suffering severe symptoms of Covid-19 who have pneumonia and require extra oxygen to help them breathe

Trump announces new orders to lower drug prices, slash healthcare costs

The orders signed by US President Donald Trump would allow states to develop plans to import cheaper drugs from Canada

Canada to review $6.8 mn worth security equipment purchased from China

Nuctech company suspected to be owned by the Chinese government and was founded by the son of a former general secretary of the Communist Party

Despite coronavirus, record international study permits by Canada

As the US puts in place stringent conditions for foreign students, Canada is issuing a record number of study permits for international students despite the corona restrictions