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Canada Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

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API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Canada.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ca&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 371460,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "940e6bb599d892f8f51ff386d404e3de",
            "title": "UPDATE: One killed in collision near Walkerton",
            "description": "OPP have reopened Bruce Road 3 following an investigation.",
            "content": "One person has died in a two-vehicle collision that took place Saturday morning just outside of Walkerton.\nEmergency services responded to a crash along Bruce Road 3 around 10 a.m.\nAccording to South Bruce OPP, a 27-year-old man sustained life-threat... [254 chars]",
            "url": "https://cknxnewstoday.ca/news/2026/03/28/one-killed-in-collision-outside-walkerton",
            "image": "https://media.mynewstoday.ca/i/lqLWZ19W",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T00:09:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7fdcd80ffa08fa02d0f01c804a20b53f",
                "name": "CKNX News Today",
                "url": "https://cknxnewstoday.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8c858b02dd7deb37d5c8e137b59bcc78",
            "title": "Legendary Banff grizzly 'The Boss' awakens as Alberta bears begin to emerge",
            "description": "The awakening of Banff National Park's most iconic grizzly heralds the return of bears to the Alberta landscape. Parks Canada calls him Bear 122, but he's better known to most in Alberta — and across Canada — as The Boss.",
            "content": "The awakening of Banff National Park's most iconic grizzly heralds the return of bears to the Alberta landscape.\nParks Canada calls him Bear 122, but he's better known to most in Alberta — and across Canada — as The Boss.\nBelieved to be in his mid-to... [2007 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-grizzly-the-boss-9.7146083",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/697fc68c-971a-496c-ae20-cc29dadb92e6,1774741043707/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C89%2C1390%2C781%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-28T23:54:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2bef9629fd85764c84b43ab6e7f73c02",
            "title": "Special weather statement issued for Calgary with snowy Sunday expected",
            "description": "Calgary is expecting another round of spring snowfall, with forecasters warning of difficult travel and changing conditions through the remainder of the weekend. A special weather statement issued Saturday afternoon by Environment Canada cautions that poor travel conditions are expected tonight through Monday morning, as “bands of heavy snow” develop across southern Alberta. The agency […]",
            "content": "Calgary is expecting another round of spring snowfall, with forecasters warning of difficult travel and changing conditions through the remainder of the weekend.\nA special weather statement issued Saturday afternoon by Environment Canada cautions tha... [1439 chars]",
            "url": "https://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/03/28/special-weather-statement-issued-for-calgary-with-snowy-sunday-expected/",
            "image": "https://calgary.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/8/2026/01/29/CP165211097-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-28T23:37:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c633d3b2459dde2c4d5fcc4df04ec951",
                "name": "CityNews Calgary",
                "url": "https://calgary.citynews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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