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Canada World News API

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

Get API key for the Canada World 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 226472,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "80273f2aefd2b7a528f0e04b72ce4b4f",
            "title": "Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who sold secrets to the Soviets, dies aged 84",
            "description": "The double agent compromised more than 100 operations and betrayed more than 30 agents spying for the West.",
            "content": "Aldrich Ames, a CIA officer who became one of America's most damaging double agents, has died aged 84.\nThe former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died on Monday at the Federal Correction... [3398 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0n29395j3o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/90b1/live/65cb12b0-eb6f-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-07T02:54:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9a27a1f6e5b61fa1634ab33f8b1dfe7a",
            "title": "Aldrich Ames: CIA spy whose treachery caused the deaths of countless sources has died in federal prison",
            "description": "One of the most notorious spies in United States history, responsible for the arrest and eventual execution of numerous Soviet and Russian officials secretly working on behalf of the US intelligence community, has died at the age of 84.",
            "content": "One of the most notorious spies in United States history, responsible for the arrest and eventual execution of numerous Soviet and Russian officials secretly working on behalf of the US intelligence community, has died at the age of 84.\nAldrich Ames,... [2087 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/us/aldrich-ames-cia-spy-death",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap26007041063739.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-07T02:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7e3de95acaa236a11927d213cbffa955",
            "title": "Military 'always an option' to achieve Trump's goal of controlling Greenland, White House says",
            "description": "U.S. President Donald Trump and his team are discussing various options for acquiring Greenland, including buying it, but the use of the U.S. military in furthering that goal is \"always an option,\" the White House said on Tuesday.",
            "content": "The White House said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump is discussing options for acquiring Greenland, including potentially using the U.S. military, in a revival of his ambition to control the strategic island despite European objections.\nT... [5153 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-greenland-trump-threat-9.7035665",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/8a88db0f-d55d-4cce-bbae-6c163f2e8fd4,1767739480266/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C66%2C5653%2C3179%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-07T01:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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