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Canada News API

Get the live top 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 355564,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "09ad22f0dfe544eb5d0dc85a9f2137f9",
            "title": "Jusqu’à 20 cm de neige d’ici jeudi soir",
            "description": "Un avertissement de neige d’Environnement Canada est en vigueur dans plusieurs régions du Québec, jusqu’à jeudi soir. En comptant les précipitations de mercredi, il tombera au total entre 10 et 20 cm de neige selon l’endroit.",
            "content": "Un avertissement de neige d’Environnement Canada est en vigueur dans plusieurs régions du Québec, jusqu’à jeudi soir. En comptant les précipitations de mercredi, il tombera au total entre 10 et 20 cm de neige selon l’endroit.\nL’avertissement de l’age... [1249 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/2025-12-10/avertissement-de-neige-au-quebec/jusqu-a-20-cm-de-neige-d-ici-jeudi-soir.php",
            "image": "https://mobile-img.lpcdn.ca/v2/924x/r3996/f0a441ea98c039bea8f19f14ee6ea1f1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T03:27:34Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "9929f9b2d4820f4ed54220376fab7d4c",
                "name": "La Presse",
                "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "94b2198ba0f0136990b4287a112a468b",
            "title": "Report alleges national museum CEO mistreated staff, called leadership team 'sluts'",
            "description": "Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Harriet Solloway found that Marie Chapman, who holds the most senior job at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, engaged in a pattern of behaviour over a decade that caused emotional harm to employees.",
            "content": "The CEO of one of Canada's national museums committed serious code of conduct breaches by yelling, mistreating staff and using inappropriate language including calling a senior leadership team \"sluts\" publicly, the Office of the Public Sector Integri... [6528 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/museum-of-immigration-ceo-behaviour-9.7011235",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/8cfed452-03f5-4ac1-9a33-be6cf38c5bf1,1765418066714/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%2857%2C0%2C910%2C511%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T02:13:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e5ae5be63d26e2c31690181a7879b16a",
            "title": "Bettman: Slow construction of Milan Cortina rink 'disappointing'",
            "description": "NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Wednesday expressed concern about the construction delays regarding the hockey rink for the Milan Cortina Olympics, referring to the slow construction as \"disappointing.\"",
            "content": "WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Wednesday expressed concern about the construction delays regarding the hockey rink for the Milan-Cortina Olympics.\nThe slow construction of the main rink is \"disappointing,\" he said at the Winni... [906 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/47272142/gary-bettman-voices-concern-construction-delays-hockey-rink-milan-cortina-olympics",
            "image": "https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1211%2Fr1587959_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T01:48:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0207e330d5d787ce8251900411dd488d",
                "name": "ESPN",
                "url": "https://www.espn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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