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How a grass fire at a Canadian military base killed four soldiers
Cause of grass fire remains unknown as PM Carney calls it one of the worst peacetime tragedies for Canadian military.
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Canadian military base fire kills at least four, injures dozens
Four Canadian service members were killed and 39 people hospitalised after a fire broke out during military training at a base in Alberta on Saturday, officials said. Premier Danielle Smith said Sunday that at least 19 patients were in critical condition, with some suffering severe burns requiring prolonged intensive treatment.
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What we know so far about deadly fire at Canadian military base
At least four people are confirmed to have died after a huge fire swept through the base.
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Carney implies US trying to 'break' Canada amid vote for Alberta independence referendum
The oil-rich province of Alberta will vote to decide if it wants to remain a Canadian province or start the legal process toward separation.
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Carney says US trying to break Canada amid vote for Alberta independence referendum
The oil-rich province of Alberta will vote to decide if it wants to remain a Canadian province or start the legal process toward separation.
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Canada and WHO pursue closer engagement on gender, equity, universal health coverage and more
In a full day of meetings on 20 November, WHO leaders and a Canadian government delegation reflected on their decades-long cooperation and sought to sharpen their strategic engagement on shared global health priorities, notably, health-systems strengthening, universal health coverage, embedding gender equality, equity and rights across WHO’s programmes, sustainable financing, health emergencies and pandemic preparedness. The delegation was led by Mr Jean-Bernard Parenteau, Director General, Health and Nutrition Bureau of Global Affairs Canada and Patricia McCullagh, Deputy Permanent Representa
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What is potash, and why is the US importing it from Belarus?
US reliance on Canadian potash, a key fertiliser mineral, adds to farmers' cost concerns amid trade tensions.
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Canadian Trips to U.S. Rise for Sixth Straight Month — but Remain Far Below 2024 Levels
Six months of growth sounds like momentum until you check the baseline. Climbing out of an unusually soft 2025 isn’t the same as getting back to normal.
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Novelist Thélyson Orélien rejects AI claims after bestseller pulled from French prize list
Thélyson Orélien, the Haitian-Canadian writer whose best-selling debut novel was pulled from the prestigious Goncourt prize list amid an AI uproar, said Tuesday "not a single sentence" had been written by a machine. He did, however, admit to "unacceptable mistakes" regarding accusations of plagiarism involving earlier works.
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Boots has a new owner: Three ways it could affect you
The stalwart of Britain's High Street has been sold to a Canadian billionaire family. What will that mean for you?
Science
A 9-billion-year-old signal could help explain dark energy
A Canadian radio telescope has detected the faint glow of hydrogen from billions of years ago using only its own observations, proving a long-awaited way to map the distant universe can actually work. CHIME can use this hydrogen signal to trace how matter is spread across space and measure how the universe has expanded over time, offering a powerful new way to investigate dark energy.
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Canadian poet and author Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Hailed for her "bold and inventive" work, "in playful dialogue with the classical tradition", the Canadian poet, translator and essayist Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. We take a look at her hybrid, lyrical body of work, and the ancient Greek and Latin texts that have inspired her writing. We also discuss the significance of the prize itself, as the Nobel Academy tries to move beyond past accusations of euro-centrism and sexism.
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Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature
Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern. The Toronto-born Carson, 76, draws on themes and stories from ancient Greek and Roman literature for writing that often blends elements of poetry, essay and fiction.
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‘A celebration of the hybrid form’: Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize
Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern. Artist, podcast host and writer Mia Funk joined France 24 to discuss Carson’s work.
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Canadian Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy praised the 76-year-old poet and essayist's work for being 'bold and inventive'.
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'Bold and inventive' Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Literature Prize
Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship.
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Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family
The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.
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Will AI write our books? Row over bestseller fuels fear over future of literature
France still very much takes its literary prize-giving season seriously. So when a Haitian-born Canadian writer was accused of infusing his best-selling breakout novel with artificial intelligence, it got ugly in a hurry. We wade into the Thélyson Orélien affair with its subsequent accusations of racism, previous plagiarism by the author and doubts over the accuracy of AI verification tool Pangram.
Science
SpaceX launches crew to ISS
The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral with two Americans, a Russian and a Canadian who will spend up to six months aboard the International Space Station.
Business
US ban on $1bn of Canadian goods takes effect in Trump’s latest retaliation
Trump retaliated against Canada's counter-tariffs on $20bn worth of US imports by banning $1bn of Canadian goods.