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Extreme heat wave alert issued for most of Ontario

Published on: July 5, 2023
16:27

Ottawa, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Older people, children and others at increased risk of heat-related illness are urged to take extra caution during a "multi-day" heat wave alert issued for Ontario.

South Korea to send firefighters to Canada to fight forest fires

Published on: July 1, 2023
07:30

Ottawa, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) South Korea will send 151 firefighters to Canada to join the efforts to extinguish hundreds of forest fires that have devastated vast forests in the country, according to local media.

Costa Rican minister priases firefighters’ aid to Canada

Published on: June 29, 2023
18:09

San José, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rican Environment and Energy Minister Franz Tattenbach praised Thursday the aid provided by his country´s firefighters to Canada in order to dpuse wildfires affecting the North American nation, especially in Alberta province.

Toxic haze keeps over 120M Americans under air quality alert

Published on: June 29, 2023
16:07

Washington, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Over 120 million people were under air quality alerts in over a dozen states spanning from the Midwest to the East Coast as a result of an immense smoke plume from hundreds of wildfires raging across Canada.

Over 90M Americans under air quality alert

Published on: June 28, 2023
16:35

Washington, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) About 92 million people in the United States are under air quality alerts as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts to USA.

Canada, Dominican Rep. to confirm bilateral relations and cooperation

Published on: June 22, 2023
15:26

Santo Domingo, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican Republic and Canada on Thursday sent a joint statement confirming their strong bilateral relations and expressing their interest to contribute to Haiti´s peace and stability.

Wildfire smoke blankets upper Midwest, forecast to head east

Published on: June 15, 2023
15:54

Washington, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) The smoke from Canadian wildfires is currently covering the upper Midwest of the United States, while authorized entities on Thursday reported such conditions could also be impacting the east in the next few days.

Haitian former parliamentarians sanctioned by Canada

Published on: June 15, 2023
14:46

Port-au-Prince, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Canada announced sanctions against former Haitian senator Gracia Delva and former deputy Victor Prophane, as part of its measures against those who promote the crisis in Haiti.

India hails halt of deportation of Indian students from Canada

Published on: June 11, 2023
11:34

New Delhi, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) The Indian government today welcomed Canada's decision to halt the deportation of several students from the Asian country who were facing deportation for allegedly submitting fraudulent admission letters.

Ukraine says 20 countries support NATO membership

Published on: June 11, 2023
10:33

Kiev, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) Today, Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office, said that about twenty countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) support Ukraine's entry into the Alliance.

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