December 5, 2023
Canada’s government has said it has reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $74 million annually to the country’s news industry to comply with a new Canadian law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content. The agreement removes a threat by Google to block the ability to search for Canadian
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The Canadian government and Google have reached a deal to support the country’s media, heading off an imminent threat by the digital giant to block news on its platform, sources said on Wednesday. That threat was made in response to Ottawa’s Online News Act, which was due to come into force on December 19. Meta
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In the 1920s, the Canadian politician Raoul Dandurand described the country as a “fireproof house” — surrounded on three sides by the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans, and with a friendly neighbour in the US to the south. It is a comforting view of the world that has helped define Canada’s identity, even as it
READ MORECanada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said his main political rival on the right was abandoning Ukraine under the influence of Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in next year’s U.S. election. In a preliminary vote on Tuesday, all 109 Conservative lawmakers in the House of Commons opposed updated legislation for the free trade
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A week before world leaders meet for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Canada and the EU have committed to more environmental pledges. ADVERTISEMENT Meeting at an EU-Canada summit in St John’s, Newfoundland on Friday EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the alliance will “help us reach our net zero goal.” The EU
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OTTAWA: Canada’s inflation rate fell to 3.1 percent in October led by lower gas prices, the government statistical agency said on Tuesday ― likely closing the door on more central bank rate hikes. Gasoline prices fell 7.8 percent year over year in October, said Statistics Canada. The largest contributors to the consumer price index increase,
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the EU trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. This article is an on-site version of our Europe Express newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday and Saturday morning Good morning. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders
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Researchers have reported 62,000 wild pig sightings in Canada this year They fear the population will spill over into the US, with Montana being the first READ MORE: Man flung into a muddy puddle by a massive pig in Canada By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com and Afp Published: 13:15 EST, 22 November 2023 | Updated: 13:16
READ MOREFinland upset defending champion Canada to reach the semifinals of the Davis Cup for the first time on Tuesday. Otto Virtanen and Harri Heliovaara defeated Alexis Galarneau and Vasek Pospisil 7-5, 6-3 in the decisive doubles match to give the 14th-ranked Finns the victory over No. 1 Canada in the first of the quarterfinals in
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Five European countries and Canada are looking to join a genocide case brought against the Burmese government by the Gambia. Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. filed a “declaration of intervention in the case,” the International Court of Justice reported Thursday. The Gambia first brought the case in 2019, which claimed Burma
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