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Canada Science News API

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

Get API key for the Canada Science News API

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": 132308,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8280a93f234dc1372641b57d79a9d54f",
            "title": "NASA: Spacewalk postponed for astronaut medical issue",
            "description": "NASA has postponed Thursday's spacewalk from the International Space Station because of an astronaut medical issue. The person is stable.",
            "content": "Jan. 8 (UPI) -- NASA has postponed Thursday's spacewalk from the International Space Station because of an astronaut medical issue, the agency said.\nThe crew member and the illness have not been identified for privacy reasons, and NASA may cut the mi... [713 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/nasa-spacewalk-postponed-astronaut-medical-190922672.html",
            "image": "https://media.zenfs.com/en/united_press_international_articles_356/b6339fcd56cf57b690e99d0a5a819bca",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T19:09:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "799424d3c79ab729ff5bc582a7f5f5c2",
            "title": "European Space Agency DG Aschbacher highlights 2026 milestones in annual address",
            "description": "European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher held his annual press briefing today which included highlighting Canada's significant funding increase to the agency.",
            "content": "European Space Agency (ESA) Director General (DG) Josef Aschbacher held his annual new year press briefing today which included highlighting Canada’s significant funding increase to the agency.\nESA has a new mandate and record budget of €22.3 billion... [23984 chars]",
            "url": "https://spaceq.ca/european-space-agency-dg-aschbacher-highlights-2026-milestones-in-annual-address/",
            "image": "https://spaceq.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/esa_dg_aschbacher_annual_new_year_press-briefing.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T18:24:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d6220621a7caee6d5fb781ec3f920f30",
                "name": "SpaceQ",
                "url": "https://spaceq.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "074cd16e2ed308015b76de8a897caac0",
            "title": "Il souffrait de démence à seulement 24 ans, un jeune Britannique meurt et donne son cerveau à la science",
            "description": "Un jeune Anglais de 24 ans est mort fin décembre dans une maison de retraite des suites de sa démence précoce",
            "content": "Un jeune homme de 24 ans est mort le 27 décembre à l’hospice Priscilla Bacon Lodge de Norwich (Royaume-Uni). Il était entré en maison de retraite en septembre dernier car il souffrait de démence. Puis il a progressivement perdu ses capacités mentales... [1965 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.20minutes.fr/sante/4195042-20260108-souffrait-demence-seulement-24-ans-jeune-britannique-meurt-donne-cerveau-science",
            "image": "https://img.20mn.fr/U0wZ7w9HRWydYWpHQD3Fxyk/1444x920_l-homme-etait-atteint-d-une-tumeur-au-cerveau-particulierement-agressive",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T16:47:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "92e7e89f421accb3d56cecfb428a7d20",
                "name": "20 Minutes",
                "url": "https://www.20minutes.fr"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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