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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": 335328,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b6a782d66654c55738762689fafcd347",
            "title": "Edmontonian buys neighbouring house to prevent infill development",
            "description": "An east Edmonton resident made a life-changing decision — risking his financial future by buying his neighbour's home so it wouldn't be turned into a massive infill development.",
            "content": "When Mike Thomas’ elderly neighbour got sick and needed to sell his small bungalow on a wide lot in east Edmonton, Thomas immediately became concerned about the home being torn down and replaced with something much bigger.\nThomas said he has invested... [2757 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11655112/edmonton-infill-prevention-property-purchase/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Housing.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T01:26:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8ca12f9c851f81a3ac98159699226944",
            "title": "Truck driver who caused Humboldt Broncos crash one step away from deportation, lawyer says",
            "description": "The Immigration and Refugee Board is still considering a previous application to restore Sidhu's permanent resident status on humanitarian grounds.",
            "content": "A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says his client is one step closer to being deported to India.\nLawyer Michael Greene says the Immigration and Refugee Board has rejected a request for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu... [686 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/truck-driver-jaskirat-singh-sidhu-humboldt-broncos-crash-deportation-refugee-decision-9.7076665",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.4969875,1603987284000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28405%2C216%2C1806%2C1015%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T00:33:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8d839eb11bbbf4bdb3c4138558a0693a",
            "title": "Developing anti-drone weapons at home? Experts weigh in on bizarre Ontario explosives investigation",
            "description": "As four people remain in custody after being accused of storing materials that could be made into explosives at an Ontario house, some engineers say it’s ‘not unusual’ for scientists to have at-home labs, but cite a slew of safety concerns.",
            "content": "Engineers following the case of four people who face criminal charges for storing materials that police allege could be made into explosives say it’s ‘not unusual’ for scientists to have home labs, but cite a slew of safety concerns about what they'v... [4515 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/why-london-accused-made-counter-drone-weapons-in-garage-9.7076637",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/a9e353b4-0876-44cb-a12c-89f9547a865b,1770336151567/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T00:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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