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A passenger of a flight from Beijing leaves the terminal after landing at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport in Barajas, on the outskirts of Madrid, on December 31, 2022. (Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP)

Canada to require COVID tests for passengers from China

The requirement will apply to all air travellers aged two and older from the three countries and will begin on Jan. 5

01 Jan 2023 10:35 AM

Air Canada is expected to resume its flights from India on September 27, while Air India will be resuming its flights to Canada from September 30. (Photo: AFP/File)

Canada lifts ban on passengers from India, flights to resume from tomorrow

Earlier on Tuesday, Canada extended the restriction on all direct commercial and private passenger flights from India until September 26

26 Sep 2021 10:07 AM

Canada's finance minister Bill Morneau announced his resignation Monday. (AFP Photo)

Canada finance minister Bill Morneau resigns amid charity scandal

Morneau said he would now run for the job of secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

18 Aug 2020 11:11 AM

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday announced members of Cabinet, following swearing-in ceremony, which included four Indian-origin ministers. (Photo: File)

Canadian PM Trudeau includes 4 Indian-origin ministers in new cabinet

Another key portfolios reshuffle was Chrystia Freeland who has been moved from foreign affairs to become Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister.

21 Nov 2019 1:21 PM

Justin Trudeau is expected to serve another term as Canada's prime minister as Liberals are winning a plurality of seats in Parliament, according to CBC News. (Photo: File)

Trudeau's Liberals to form minority government after winning Canada vote

Around 27.4 million people are eligible to vote at one of the approximately 20,000 polling places across the country.

22 Oct 2019 10:25 AM

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Conservative rival Andrew Scheer slugged it out Sunday on the last day of a rancorous election campaign. (Photo: AFP)

Liberals, Tories slug it out on last day of Canada election

The People's Party has situated itself to the right of the Conservatives and could draw votes away from the Tories.

21 Oct 2019 10:02 AM

Later on, the leader while talking about the incident said, ‘Many Canadians are told that we must change who we are to succeed. My message to you: do not change who you are. Everyone deserves his place.’ (Photo: Twitter | @theJagmeetSingh)

Watch: Voter asks Canadian Sikh MP Jagmeet Singh to cut off turban to look more Canadian

A practising Sikh, Jagmeet Singh is seen telling the man that ‘Canadians look like all sorts of people’, before shaking his hand.

03 Oct 2019 3:25 PM

New damning images of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing blackface makeup emerged on Canadian television on Thursday, throwing his floundering re-election bid into further disarray. (Photo: File)

Day after Trudeau's apology, new video emerges showing him wearing blackface makeup

Trudeau, 47, whose party won a landslide victory in 2015, has already been under attack for an ethics lapse and other controversies.

20 Sep 2019 12:08 PM

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a fervent advocate of the multiculturalism integral to Canadian identity, apologised on Wednesday for wearing brownface makeup to a party at a school where he taught 18 years ago. (Photo: File)

Justin Trudeau apologises for brownface makeup, says 'I'm disappointed in myself'

Trudeau also admitted to wearing dark makeup singing Harry Belafonte's 1959 hit Day O at a separate high school talent contest.

19 Sep 2019 11:44 AM

Cameron Ortis faces five charges under Canada's criminal code and its Security of Information Act. (Photo: Representational)

Senior Canadian intelligence officer arrested on charges of spying

He was a top advisor to former RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson, and had control over counter-intelligence operations.

14 Sep 2019 11:52 AM

'The Central Government of China has the determination, confidence and capability to safeguard the 'One Country, Two Systems' and maintain stability and prosperity in Hong Kong', the statement said. (Photo: AP)

China warns Canada against interfering in 'purely internal' Hong Kong matter

The embassy also noted that the Chinese government is determined to safeguard the 'One Country, Two Systems'.

19 Aug 2019 6:24 PM

Dressed in traditional Indian attire, people marched from the Parliament to City Hall in Ottawa with gaiety and enthusiasm. (Photo: ANI)

Ottawa streets decked up in tricolour for India’s I-Day celebrations in Canada

Placards and banners with slogans supporting abrogation of Article 370 were also seen in the parade.

19 Aug 2019 2:30 PM

In an effort to curb pollution of oceans, the Canadian government on Monday announced that it will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021. (Representational Image)

'We owe it to our planet,' says Canadian PM; to ban single-use plastics by 2021

Canada's decision comes following the establishment of an Ocean Plastics Charter announced by Trudeau at the G7 conference last year.

11 Jun 2019 9:56 AM

The United States is Canada’s top trading partner, taking in 75 percent of its goods exports. (Photo:AP)

Canada takes first step toward ratifying new North American trade deal

The United States struck deals on May 17 to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico.

28 May 2019 10:51 AM

The family who were living in Canada, heading for a safari vacation, were about to experience the trip of a lifetime. (Photo:Facebook)

Six Indian family members in Canada among 157 dead in Ethiopian tragedy

The Boeing 737 took-off from Bole International Airport and lost contact six minutes later before coming down near Tulu Fara village.

12 Mar 2019 11:30 AM

Canada's opposition leader formally asked federal police on Thursday to investigate a claim of political meddling by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government. (Photo:AP)

Trudeau told to resign as Canada's opposition seek probe in corruption case

The House of Commons scheduled an emergency debate on Thursday on the deepening controversy, the most serious faced by Justin Trudeau.

01 Mar 2019 10:47 AM

Trudeau said Canada could freeze the relevant export permits if it concluded that the weapons had been misused.(Photo: Twitter / ANI)

Canada looking for way out of arms deal with Saudi Arabia: PM Justin Trudeau.

Comments represent hardening in tone from Trudeau,who previously said there would be huge penalties for scrapping the $13 billion agreement.

17 Dec 2018 5:26 PM

The pilot of the Cessna aircraft, who was flying alone, was pronounced dead at the scene. (Representational Image)

Plane crashes in Ottawa after mid-air collision, pilot dead

Police said the exact circumstances of the accident in Carp, Ontario, around 30 kilometres west of Ottawa, remained unknown.

05 Nov 2018 9:50 AM

Asked to comment on the recent legalization of cannabis in Canada, he told the story of a relative whose marijuana over-consumption had serious mental health consequences. (Photo: File)

Don't try cannabis, its bad for health: Netherlands PM to Canadians

Mark Rutte offered the advice Thursday during a visit to Canada, just one week after the country legalized the drug.

26 Oct 2018 4:34 PM

The Cannabis Act, which fulfils a promise Trudeau made in the 2015 election campaign, makes Canada only the second nation after Uruguay to legalize the drug. (Photo: File)

Canada legalises sale and recreational use of marijuana

It was praised by pot enthusiasts and investors in an industry that has seen pot stocks soar on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.

17 Oct 2018 12:19 PM

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