China correspondent Chris Buckley discusses the country’s opinion of Canada and the case of a Canadian now facing the death penalty.
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‘Bird Box’ Footage of Canadian Tragedy Will Not be Removed
Despite complaints from the town, Netflix said it would not edit out video showing explosive fires that killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, in 2013.
Canadian Sentenced to Death in China for Drug Smuggling Will Appeal
“For a court to announce a death sentence just an hour after the trial really is very, very rare,” said a lawyer for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg.
Saudi Woman Who Fled Home Embraces All Things Canadian. (O.K., Maybe Not Winter.)
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun engineered an escape to freedom. Now she has a simpler goal: “I want to do crazy things I’ve never done before.”
Canada’s Air Controllers, Purveyors of Pizza Goodwill
Canadian air traffic controllers have sent their American counterparts pizza amid a shutdown which has left thousands without pay.
China Sentences a Canadian, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, to Death
The capital sentence came in a retrial ordered after Mr. Schellenberg had appealed a 15-year sentence. It worsened tense China-Canada ties.
Saudi Teenager Fleeing Family Arrives Safely in Canada
18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun arrived in the country that granted her asylum wearing a gray sweatshirt with the word “Canada.”
Canada Letter: The 2 Canadian Stops on Our 52 Places to Go List
The Times’s travel editor discusses how ice caves near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and the city of Calgary landed on this year’s list of destinations
Double-Decker Bus Crashes in Ottawa Station, Killing 3 and Injuring 25
At least 14 of the injured arrived at hospitals in critical condition. It was the second deadly accident involving a double-decker bus in less than six years.
Trudeau Says Canada Is ‘Pleased’ to Give Asylum to Saudi Woman
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada said the country accepted a request from the United Nations to grant asylum to Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, who escaped from her family in Kuwait and said her life would be at risk if she were deported.