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Canada: Thousands of IKEA USB charges recalled due to burn

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:29

Ottawa, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Swedish furniture giant IKEA has recalled a popular charger sold in Canada as it poses a burn and electric shock hazard.

Colombia grants geothermal energy project to Canadian company

Published on: January 10, 2024
12:14

Bogota, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian Ministry of Mines on Wednesday confirmed that the first geothermal energy and power generation project in the northeast of the country had been granted to a Canadian company.

Canada: 82 percent believe the nation is facing a recession

Published on: January 9, 2024
17:47

Ottawa, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) A new survey suggests that most Canadians are pessimistic about the outlook of the economy in 2024, as well as their own finances.

Canada issues weather statement ahead of extreme winter storm

Published on: January 8, 2024
17:56

Ottawa, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Waterloo Region and Wellington County are under a special weather statement ahead of what Environment Canada says is a “major winter storm” expected to hit a large swath of Ontario Tuesday.

Canada: Death toll surges to 7 from cantaloupe salmonella outbreak

Published on: December 23, 2023
12:19

Ottawa, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting another death from a salmonella outbreak involving cantaloupes, bringing the total to seven.

Canadian ambassador Gartshore tours Guantanamo province (+Photo)

Published on: December 7, 2023
17:05

Guantánamo, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Ambassador to Cuba John Geoffrey Gartshore concluded on Thursday a tour across sites of historical and tourist interest in the easternmost of Cuba's provinces, according to Venceremos newspaper.

Toll of people using Ontario food banks surged 38 percent in 2022

Published on: November 27, 2023
15:42

Ottawa, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) A report released today indicates the number of people who used Ontario food banks went up 38% last year, which it says is the largest single-year increase recorded by the province's food bank network.

Academic ties strengthen universities in Canada and Cuba

Published on: November 27, 2023
14:28

Ottawa, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuban and Canadian universities explored new possibilities of collaboration after a visit by a delegation of the Ministry of Higher Education (MES) of Cuba to several provinces of this country, reports today a dispatch from the Cuban Embassy in Canada.

PAHO, Canada launch initiative to expand vaccination program in Haiti

Published on: October 18, 2023
17:37

Washington, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Government of Canada announced today the launch of a joint initiative to support Haiti to expand vaccination against potentially lethal vaccine-preventable diseases, including polio, measles, diphtheria and tetanus.

CARICOM-CANADA SUMMIT BEGINS

Published on: October 17, 2023
08:46

Ottawa, Oct 17 (Prensa Latina) The first Canada-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit will take place from October 17th to October 19th under the theme "Strategic partners for a resilient future", with the fundamental objective of strengthening cooperation between both parties.

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