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.
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Seals Are Stranded in a Canadian Town, and People Wonder What to Do
For more than a week, seals have been in Roddickton-Bide Arms, Newfoundland, and they can’t seem to find their way home.
China’s Ambassador to Canada Blames ‘White Supremacy’ in Feud Over Arrests
Lu Shaye said in an op-ed for The Hill Times that Canadians applied “double standards,” viewing their own country’s laws as having to be observed, but not China’s.
Driver of Truck That Killed Canada Hockey Players Barreled Through Stop Sign at 60 M.P.H.
The driver ignored four warning signs and an oversized stop sign in an April crash that killed 16 Humboldt Broncos and staff and left Canada grieving.
Canada Letter: Can Justin Trudeau Make It Two in a Row?
The Liberals will seek a second mandate in Canada’s next federal election in October. That result is not a certainty.
U.S. Renews China Travel Warning, Citing Risk of Arbitrary Detention
The State Department said that possible “exit bans” could trap Americans in China.
‘Birth Tourism’ Is Legal in Canada. A Lawmaker Calls It Unscrupulous.
As more pregnant women arrive from overseas to give birth, critics say visitors are gaming the immigration system and debasing Canadian citizenship.
China to Retry Canadian on Drug Charge Amid Diplomatic Spat
Robert Lloyd Schellenberg appealed against his jail sentence in a previously obscure case. He now faces a retrial that could impose a death penalty.
Canada Presses China on ‘Arbitrary’ Detention of Citizens
Canada’s foreign minister said the detentions were “a precedent that is worrying not only for Canada but for the world.”
Canada Letter: The Canadian Stories That Moved Us in 2018
Our Canada correspondents reflect on the stories from the last year that will stay with them into the next