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Belgians reach deal on EU-Canada free trade agreement

Belgians reach deal on EU-Canada free trade agreement

October 27th, 20161320 Belgium agreed a deal with its regional parliaments on Thursday to approve a landmark EU-Canada free trade agreement, breaking a deadlock that has blocked the pact for weeks. Prime Minister Charles Michel said the heads of the regions had drawn up an addendum to the agreement that answered their concerns over the rights of farmers and...

EU's Tusk says Ceta signing summit still possible on Thurs

EU's Tusk says Ceta signing summit still possible on Thurs

October 26th, 20161239 A planned EU-Canada summit to sign a free trade deal was still possible on Thursday, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, as Belgian politicians entered a second day of talks on the future of the pact. Prime Minister Charles Michel hosted talks from early on Tuesday of regional authorities, including of Wallonia...

Belgians keep EU, Canada in suspense on trade deal

Belgians keep EU, Canada in suspense on trade deal

October 26th, 20161132 By Robert-Jan Bartunek and Alastair Macdonald Feuding Belgian politicians, keeping Canada and the European Union waiting, resume talks on Wednesday with hopes fading that they will unblock a Transatlantic free trade deal in time for a planned signing summit. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was due to fly to Brussels to ink...

Nurse charged with killing eight in Canadian old-age homes

Nurse charged with killing eight in Canadian old-age homes

October 25th, 20161201 A Canadian nurse was charged on Tuesday with using drugs to murder eight elderly patients at two long-term care facilities in the province of Ontario, police said. Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, is accused of killing five women and three men in the towns of Woodstock and London between 2007 and 2014. The dead ranged in age from 75 to 96...

EU sets Belgium Monday deadline to back Canada trade deal

EU sets Belgium Monday deadline to back Canada trade deal

October 23rd, 20161162 By Alastair Macdonald and Philip Blenkinsop The European Union has given Belgium until late on Monday to overcome opposition to a free trade deal with Canada from its French-speaking region or a summit to sign the pact that could boost both economies is off, EU sources said on Sunday. EU trade negotiators are rushing to assuage the...

Canadian minister says up to EU to save trade deal

Canadian minister says up to EU to save trade deal

October 22nd, 20161170 Canada's trade minister said on Saturday it was up to the European Union to save a free trade deal that is being blocked by opposition from Belgium's French-speaking region before it is due to be signed next Thursday. Chrystia Freeland said Canada is ready to sign the pact and that negotiations on its fine points were over. "We...

Belgian 'Non' blocks EU approval of Canada trade deal

Belgian 'Non' blocks EU approval of Canada trade deal

October 18th, 20161479 EU governments failed on Tuesday to approve a free trade agreement with Canada, as continued opposition from French-speaking southern Belgium threatened the entire deal. Almost all 28 EU governments, whose ministers were meeting in Luxembourg, now back the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta), which would be the bloc's...

German court rejects emergency appeal to block EU-Canada trade deal

German court rejects emergency appeal to block EU-Canada trade deal

October 13th, 20161018 By Caroline Copley Germany's Constitutional Court gave the green light on Thursday for the government to approve an ambitious trade accord between the European Union and Canada under certain conditions, boosting its chances of going through in a vote next week. The court in Karlsruhe rejected emergency appeals by activists to...

EU seeks to save Canada trade deal as prospects for deal with US fade

EU seeks to save Canada trade deal as prospects for deal with US fade

September 23rd, 20161226 EU ministers took steps on Friday to approve a contentious free trade deal with Canada, while a growing number said talks towards a similar agreement with the United States should stop. Both deals have triggered protests by unions and environmental and other groups who say they will spark a 'race to the bottom' in labour and public...

US, Canada aboriginal tribes form alliance to stop oil pipelines

US, Canada aboriginal tribes form alliance to stop oil pipelines

September 23rd, 2016901 Aboriginal tribes from Canada and the northern United States signed a treaty on Thursday to jointly fight proposals to build more pipelines to carry crude from Alberta's oil sands, saying further development would damage the environment. The move came as Native American tribes on Thursday took their fight to Washington to stop...

Schools in Canadian province evacuated over potential threat

Schools in Canadian province evacuated over potential threat

September 21st, 2016963 By Jim Day All schools in the small Canadian province of Prince Edward Island were evacuated because of a "potential threat" on Wednesday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. The police said the students were being taken to safe locations in their communities around the island, which is off Canada's Atlantic coast and is the...

Italians, Canadian kidnapped in Libyan desert - mayor

Italians, Canadian kidnapped in Libyan desert - mayor

September 20th, 20161112 Two Italians and a Canadian have been kidnapped in Libya's south-western desert, possibly by a criminal gang, authorities said. The three, who were working on airport projects, were abducted between the towns of Ghat and Tahala, near the border with Algeria early on Monday, Ghat's mayor Gomani Mohamad Saleh told Reuters. "The two...

Germany's Gabriel wins over key critic ahead of vote on EU-Canada trade deal

Germany's Gabriel wins over key critic ahead of vote on EU-Canada trade deal

September 19th, 2016938 Germany's Vice Chancellor has won over an important critic in his Social Democrats (SPD) party ahead of a crucial vote on a trade deal between the European Union and Canada, raising the chances that Europe's biggest economy will back the accord. The centre-left SPD is the junior partner in conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's...

El Salvador players say offered cash ahead of World Cup qualifier

El Salvador players say offered cash ahead of World Cup qualifier

September 6th, 2016815 El Salvador players claim they have been offered financial inducements to win, draw or avoid a heavy defeat in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Canada. A heavy defeat for the Salvadorans in the match in Vancouver could prevent their neighbours Honduras from progressing to the final stage of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2018 World...

Canada police kill suspect after receiving "terrorist threat" tip - TV

Canada police kill suspect after receiving "terrorist threat" tip - TV

August 11th, 2016962 By Julie Gordon Canadian police killed a man on Wednesday, national television news channels reported, after the police said they had identified a suspect after receiving "credible information of a potential terrorist threat". The suspect was killed during a police raid in a small Ontario town, CTV News and CBC News...

Nazi death squad member wins Canada court victory, set to stay

Nazi death squad member wins Canada court victory, set to stay

July 7th, 20162302 A 92-year-old man who has confessed to being a former member of a Nazi death squad won a court victory on Thursday against Canada, boosting his chances of staying in the country that has been trying to revoke his citizenship for two decades. The Supreme Court declined to hear the government's appeal of a lower court decision in favor...

Canada forms task force to consult on marijuana legalisation

Canada forms task force to consult on marijuana legalisation

June 30th, 20161204 Canada's Liberal government has formed a task force on marijuana legalisation that will conduct nationwide consultations before reporting back in November, it said on Thursday. The government said in April it will introduce legislation in the spring of 2017 to legalise the marijuana's recreational use. Medical marijuana is already...

North American leaders vow to boost trade despite threats

North American leaders vow to boost trade despite threats

June 29th, 20161441 Canada, the United States and Mexico on Wednesday vowed to deepen their economic ties, pushing back against anti-free-trade sentiment that has shifted political debate in the United States and Europe. The three nations are member of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which US Republican presidential candidate Donald...

Canada gov't believes hostage has been killed in Philippines

Canada gov't believes hostage has been killed in Philippines

June 13th, 2016845 The Canadian government has "reason to believe" that Canadian hostage Robert Hall has been killed by his captors in the Philippines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement on Monday. Trudeau said Canadian officials were working with authorities in the Philippines to confirm Hall's death. With three other people, he was...

Canada's Trudeau to legalise marijuana, but not smoke it

Canada's Trudeau to legalise marijuana, but not smoke it

June 3rd, 2016774 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has admitted to smoking marijuana in the past, said on Thursday he has no plans to light up even after his government makes it legal to do so. "I don't think so. I'm not someone who has a history of using drugs," Trudeau said, speaking in Winnipeg in a question and answer session with the...

Better weather expected to damp down Canadian wildfire

Better weather expected to damp down Canadian wildfire

May 19th, 2016923 Firefighters battling a wildfire that has threatened oil sands facilities north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, looked to cooler weather, a change in winds and the promise of rain to help them on Thursday. A shift in wind direction from west to east is expected to push the fire back toward areas it has already burned, limiting its growth,...

Canada wildfire rages near oil sand facilities, extending shutdowns

Canada wildfire rages near oil sand facilities, extending shutdowns

May 18th, 2016967 A massive wildfire raged near Fort McMurray, Alberta on Tuesday and threatened major oil sands production facilities, forcing the evacuation of thousands of workers and prolonging a shutdown that cut Canadian oil output by 1 million barrels a day. The fire jumped a critical firebreak late Monday where plants and trees had been removed...

Canada oil sands producers disrupted anew as wildfire shifts north (Updated)

Canada oil sands producers disrupted anew as wildfire shifts north (Updated)

May 17th, 2016781 Canadian energy producers were hit with fresh disruptions on Tuesday after a massive wildfire burning around the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, shifted north, forcing the evacuation of about 4,000 people from work camps. Suncor Energy Inc, one of the area's biggest operators, said early Tuesday it started a staged and...

Canada getting handle on Alberta wildfire, no restart yet for oil operations

Canada getting handle on Alberta wildfire, no restart yet for oil operations

May 9th, 20161213 Canadian officials showed some optimism on Sunday they were beginning to get on top of the country's most destructive wildfire in recent memory, as favorable weather helped firefighters and winds took the flames southeast, away from oil sands boomtown Fort McMurray. There was still no time line, however, for getting Fort McMurray's...

Canada fire rages for seventh day, evacuees brace for long wait (Updated)

Canada fire rages for seventh day, evacuees brace for long wait (Updated)

May 8th, 20161130 By Rod Nickel and Liz Hampton A wildfire ripping through Canada's oil sands region blazed for a seventh day on Sunday as officials warned almost 100,000 people who fled the area that they would not be returning home soon. The fire, which started at 6 p.m. eastern (2200 GMT) last Sunday near the town of Fort McMurray in northern...

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