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Ghana and Nigeria will represent Africa at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup scheduled from 5-24 August in Canada.The…

OTTAWA, Canada, January 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement:“The conclusion…

Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially broke ground Wednesday on the US$185 million first all-season highway to Canada’s Arctic coast, which it is hoped will open up resource development in the far north. The extension of the Dempster Highway is to…

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Jan. 7, 2014) – Canadian franchise directory and knowledge resource, BeTheBoss.ca, today launches an ‘approved franchisor’…

Sidney Crosby, whose “golden goal” in overtime brought Canada the 2010 Winter Olympic crown, was among 11 National Hockey League players named Tuesday to Canada’s Olympic squad for the Sochi Games. Crosby took a pass from Jarome Iginla and fired the…

Extreme cold in Canada Monday disrupted flights and school classes, caused widespread power outages and created havoc on roads. Temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) with a wind chill — colder than the surface of Mars –…

Public Safety Canada December 30, 2013 16:12 ET OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Dec. 30, 2013) – The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, today announced that the Government of Canada has listed Boko Haram…

OTTAWA, Canada, December 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign…

Canada’s first faith-based law school has been approved by education officials, despite objections to its allegedly homophobic policies. Trinity Western University in westernmost Canada received the nod late Wednesday from the British Columbia minister…

OTTAWA, Canada, July 11, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Canada is providing immediate assistance to approximately 55,000 people in Namibia…