Canada Science News API

Get the live top science 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=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 147524,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c8e7fab96526f3328d1336ae153af166",
            "title": "South Forest Hill Residences Topped Off, Cladding Nears Completion",
            "description": "South Forest Hill Residences in Toronto’s Forest Hill neighbourhood has reached full height, with both towers topped off and largely clad. The 20- and 21-storey Arcadis-designed development is advancing toward completion less than three years after construction began.",
            "content": "Construction is nearing completion at South Forest Hill Residences, where the pair of condominium towers designed by Arcadis for Parallax Investment Corporation and Westdale Properties are now topped off and largely enclosed. Rising 20 and 21 storeys... [4367 chars]",
            "url": "https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/04/south-forest-hill-residences-topped-cladding-nears-completion.60907",
            "image": "https://cdn.skyrisecities.com/sites/default/files/images/articles/2026/04/60907/60907-197204.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T19:00:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "132239738d73d77fdaaacb5ae1531c58",
                "name": "UrbanToronto",
                "url": "https://urbantoronto.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0d5bcc1f0faa74703a6670b705ad7fff",
            "title": "Ancient toxin that targets insects may have implications for human health and drug discovery",
            "description": "In every backyard, park, and playground on Earth, the ground is teeming with a type of bacteria called Streptomyces — one of the most abundant organisms on the planet. While these dirt-dwelling microbes are known for producing that earthy odour that fills the air after rainfall, that familiar scent is only the tip of their [...]Read More...",
            "content": "In every backyard, park, and playground on Earth, the ground is teeming with a type of bacteria called Streptomyces — one of the most abundant organisms on the planet. While these dirt-dwelling microbes are known for producing that earthy odour that ... [5938 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.mcmaster.ca/discovery-of-ancient-insect-toxin-may-have-implications-for-human-health-and-drug-discovery/",
            "image": "https://news.mcmaster.ca/app/uploads/2026/04/Currie-Lab-Insect-Toxins.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T18:54:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5400bfd519e5574603978b446675ae90",
                "name": "McMaster News",
                "url": "https://news.mcmaster.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "03d4bc05951653fc7ac18f5d01c3790f",
            "title": "How Do Close Binary Stars Form?",
            "description": "Our Sun is a bit of an outlier in the general stellar population. We typically think of stars as being solitary wanderers throughout the galaxy. But roughly half of Sun-like stars are locked in with more than one companion star. If there are two, it’s known as a “binary” system, but in many cases there are even more stars all collectively tied together by gravity. Astronomers have long debated why this happens, and a new paper, available in pre-print on arXiv from Ryan Sponzilli, a graduate student at the University of Illinois, makes an argument for a mechanism known as disk fragmentation.",
            "content": "Our Sun is a bit of an outlier in the general stellar population. We typically think of stars as being solitary wanderers throughout the galaxy. But roughly half of Sun-like stars are locked in with more than one companion star. If there are two, it’... [3738 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-do-close-binary-stars-form",
            "image": "https://www.universetoday.com/article_images/Twin_Outflows_Sponzill-768x461_20260430_182011.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T18:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e209c18934dfc136fe2651208d3d9a69",
                "name": "Universe Today",
                "url": "https://www.universetoday.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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