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Canada courting Indian business partnerships in race to seal trade deal

Canada, India

Canadian international trade minister touts $300 million in commercial partnerships The Team Canada trade mission to India took this ‘family photo’ in Mumbai, India, this week. The trade mission is the largest in 30 years. (Kate Kyle/CBC) Canada’s largest trade mission to India in 30 years has netted about 30 commercial partnerships worth $300 million, …

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Energy-hungry India tells Carney ‘we are willing to buy whatever Canada is offering

Canada, India

India needs oil, natural gas and uranium — and fast, high commissioner says on eve of PM’s visit   Prime Minister Mark Carney is greeted by Jaykumar Rawal, Minister of Protocol, Government of Maharashtra as he arrives in Mumbai, India, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) India wants to buy any energy product …

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Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander expected to be 2nd Canadian to win NBA MVP when award announced tonight

Canada, Sports

Award announced tonight; B.C.’s Steve Nash won the award twice in 2005-2006 It’s time: The NBA will unveil this season’s Most Valuable Player on Wednesday night. The winner will be Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver’s Nikola Jokic or Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo. It’ll be the seventh consecutive time that a player born outside of the U.S. …

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New immigration minister must address low Atlantic Canada retention rates, expert says

Canada

Better jobs, support with credentials would help keep newcomers, says economist An economist in New Brunswick says Canada’s new immigration minister needs to consider how to keep immigrants in Atlantic Canada, a region that has historically struggled to convince newcomers they should stay for more than a year or two. Lena Metlege Diab, a member …

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Canada’s Katie Vincent paddles to canoe sprint gold at World Cup event in Hungary

Canada, Sports

The 29-year-old took home gold in the women’s C-1 200 at last summer’s Paris Games Canada’s Katie Vincent captured gold in the women’s C1 500-metre final at a Canoe Sprint World Cup event on Saturday in Szeged, Hungary. Vincent paddled across the finish line in two minutes 5.43 seconds, beating silver medallist Yanan Ma of …

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Brendon Rodney makes the case for his team being Canada’s 4x100m relay GOAT

Canada, Sports

Brendon Rodney believes that his men’s 4×100-metre relay team is the best in Canadian history. At this year’s world championships, Rodney and his teammates Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse and Jerome Blake have a chance to make that claim undeniable. Rodney joined CBC Sports Trackside co-hosts Perdita Felicien and Brown to talk about what makes the current relay team successful, and how they …

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Canada wins gold, bronze to end World Relays and clinches another spot at athletics worlds

Canada, Sports

Mixed 4x100m team victorious while botched exchange costs men chance at 100m win Canada’s mixed team of 100-metre sprinters will not join its men’s and women’s counterparts at the World Athletics Championships in September but was the lone foursome to claim victory on the final day at the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China. Sade …

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