Canada’s deputy prime minister said she believes Justin Trudeau has the support of a majority of Liberals in Parliament as some prepare to confront him Wednesday in the hopes of convincing him to step down.
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A Canadian former Olympic snowboarder is wanted in a U.S. drug trafficking case
A former Olympic snowboarder for Canada has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring that shipped vast amounts of cocaine across the Americas and killed four people, authorities said.
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Arbitration hearing between Canadian railroads and union ends with no decision
A workers union threatened a strike at one of Canada’s two major railroads. A government-ordered arbitration hearing ended without a decision. Trains are expected to keep moving through Monday.
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Wreck of famed explorer Shackleton’s last ship has been found off the coast of Canada
The explorer led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and he was in the early stages of a fourth when he died of a heart attack aboard the Quest near the Falkland Islands.
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Why does TB have such a hold on the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic?
Canada has one of the world’s lowest rates of tuberculosis. Yet this deadly disease is surging among Indigenous people in this icy, remote part of the country.
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FDA approves Florida’s plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada
The Food and Drug Administration’s authorization of Florida’s plan to import prescription medicines from Canada is a first. But the state still has hurdles to clear before imports could begin.
