The stunning move raised questions about how much longer the prime minister of nearly 10 years — whose popularity has plummeted due to concerns about inflation and immigration — can stay on.
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3 climbers from the U.S. and Canada are believed to have died in New Zealand
Three mountain climbers — two from the U.S. and one from Canada — missing for five days on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, are believed to have died in a fall, the authorities said Friday.
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Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau flies to Florida to meet with Trump after tariffs threat
Trudeau flew to Florida on Friday to have dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.
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A human bird flu case is thought to be found in Canada for the first time
A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another lab for confirmation.
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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.