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Would you like to access news/blog content published by sources located in Canada?
Code example
If you'd like to make a REST call, then make a following POST request:
Endpoint /api/v1/article/getArticles
Request body
{
"sourceLocationUri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada",
"resultType": "articles",
"apiKey": "API_KEY"
}
If you'd like instead to do a GET request then call:
/api/v1/article/getArticles?sourceLocationUri=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCanada&resultType=articles&apiKey=API_KEY
Example of JSON response
Below is an example JSON object that you would receive as the result of the request. You can retrieve also additional properties such as concepts, categories, source details, etc. by specifying additional parameters in the request as described on the documentation page.
{
"articles": {
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"title": "Novak Djokovic overcomes a slow start and hostile crowd in 1st-round win at French Open",
"body": "Even opponents nearly half his age -- and in front of a hostile crowd.\n\nDjokovic came back from a set down for a 5-7, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 victory over 22-year-old home player Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the first round of the French Open on Sunday in his record 82nd Grand Slam appearance.\n\nGrunting during long rallies and digging deep on the opening night session on Court Philippe-Chatrier, it wasn't until 1 hour, 45 minutes in that Djokovic finally found a way to break his 6-foot-7 (2.01-meter) opponent and even the match at a set all.\n\nThe crowd was pumped for a potential stunner -- after all, Djokovic hasn't lost in the first round of a Grand Slam in 20 years. But after two tense sets, Mpetshi Perricard seemed deflated of energy.\n\nDjokovic, on the other hand, was just getting warmed up in only his second match on clay this year. In his other match on the surface this season, Djokovic lost to Croatian qualifier Dino Prižmić at the Italian Open after two months out due to a right shoulder injury.\n\nJust by stepping on court two days after his 39th birthday, Djokovic set the men's record for most Grand Slams contested -- one more than Roger Federer and Feliciano Lopez. Djokovic has won a record 24 of those 82 Grand Slams.\n\nDjokovic also tied French players Richard Gasquet and Antoine Gentian with a men's record 22nd appearance at Roland Garros. He has reached at least the quarterfinals in 19 of the last 20 editions and raised the Coupe des Mousquetaires trophy in 2016, 2021 and 2023.\n\nDjokovic taunts the pro-French crowd\n\nThe 80th-ranked Mpetshi Perricard had plenty of crowd support and the fans erupted into chants of \"Gio-vanni, Gio-vanni, Gio-vanni\" when he ripped a forehand winner on his fourth break point to conclude a long rally during a tense game at 5-5 in the first set. Mpetshi Perricard then finished the set off with consecutive aces -- the first of which clocked in at 223 kph (139 mph).\n\nDjokovic couldn't convert a break point until his 10th try when he concluded the second set with a drop shot that Mpetshi Perricard couldn't get back. Then Djokovic held his hand to his ear to taunt the pro-French crowd.\n\nLate in the fourth set after he pulled off a delicate half-volley winner, Djokovic skipped back to the baseline in apparent glee. And when it was over, Djokovic performed a celebratory wiggle on the baseline.\n\nDjokovic can't meet Sinner until the final\n\nDespite his reduced schedule of late, it should be remembered that Djokovic reached this year's Australian Open final where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz and has made the semifinals or better at five straight Grand Slams.\n\nWith Alcaraz, the two-time reigning French Open champion, sitting out Roland Garros and Wimbledon with an injured right wrist, Djokovic sees a chance for himself in the lower half of the draw. He would meet top-ranked Jannik Sinner, who is on a 29-match winning streak, only in the final.\n\nAlong with 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka, who is playing in his final French Open, Djokovic is the only former men's singles champion competing in Paris.\n\nMatch-fixing whistleblower\n\nDjokovic wasn't the only player at an advanced age in the win column at Roland Garros on Sunday.\n\nMarco Trungelliti, who at 36 recently became the oldest man in the professional era (since 1969) to break into the top 100 of the rankings, beat Kyrian Jacquet 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.\n\n\"I feel that there is a lot to be done yet in terms of tennis,\" Trungelliti said. \"I'm reaching my peak (at) 36.\"\n\nTrungelitti partly attributed his late development to being ostracized from the tennis tour years ago when he became a whistleblower against match-fixing in the sport.\n\n\"Really hurt me back then,\" said Trungelitti, who still lives in exile in Andorra and feels uncomfortable going home to Argentina. \"I was very innocent in the sense that I was expecting that the system would help me out a little bit, and it was completely the opposite.\n\n\"The whole package of institutions were never there, and they are still not there,\" Trungelitti added. \"I have a spine in my heart, and it's going to be there forever.\"\n\nSorana Cirstea, another 36-year-old who this week became the oldest player to make her debut in the top 20, beat 17-year-old Ksenia Efremova 6-3, 6-1.\n\nAnd on Monday, 41-year-old Wawrinka will play Jesper De Jong in his final Roland Garros before retirement at the end of the year.",
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"title": "Moins de sirop d'érable cette année à l'est de RImouski",
"body": "La version audio de cet article est générée par la synthèse vocale, une technologie basée sur l'intelligence artificielle.\n\nEn 2026, les érables n'ont pas offert la meilleure saison à certains acériculteurs, notamment dans l'est du Bas-Saint-Laurent.\n\nC'est dû à la chaleur puis au froid du mois d'avril, constate Stéphane Deschênes. Il est propriétaire de deux érablières, et comptabilise près de 60 000 entailles.\n\nLa hausse du prix du carburant n'a pas joué en faveur des producteurs qui l'utilisent pour faire bouillir leur eau d'érable. Les conditions météorologiques en ont rajouté, et ont compliqué la saison.\n\nCette année j'ai fait 3,3 livres à l'entaille, décrit l'acériculteur. Ce n'est même pas la récolte moyenne.\n\nLes deux printemps précédents étaient plus fructueux pour lui. En 2024 j'avais fait 6,43 livres par entaille, et en 2025 j'ai fait 5,56.\n\nIl l'explique par un mois de mars et un début d'avril particulièrement froids, diminuant les coulées. Fin avril, les quelques jours de chaleur ont suffi à faire éclore les bourgeons.\n\nOn a eu quatre jours de chaleur assez intense, rapporte le président des Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Bas-Saint-Laurent et de la Gaspésie, Justin Plourde.\n\nC'est un peu ce qui a mis fin de manière abrupte à la saison, affirme-t-il.\n\nC'est sûr que les producteurs de la Matapédia et à l'est et au nord de la Gaspésie, c'est une saison décevante.\n\nLe président note toutefois que la préparation en janvier s'est faite dans de belles conditions, sans trop de neige. C'était un hiver favorable pour les travaux en forêt.\n\nIl souligne que certains acériculteurs font le choix courageux d'étirer leur saison en produisant un sirop corsé, de catégorie industrielle.\n\nComme la saison était plus petite, elle a demandé moins de carburant, souligne Stéphane Deschênes. De plus, il suggère de se préparer de plus en plus tôt.\n\nC'est sûr que la température, on ne peut rien faire. Des années, ça coule beaucoup plus de bonheur, alors on peut essayer d'être prêt [...] et tout entailler fin février pour être sûr de récupérer toute l'eau qui va couler.\n\nDe plus, devant ces pertes, Stéphane Deschênes n'a pas hésité à déposer un avis de dommage auprès de son assurance, La Financière agricole, afin de recevoir une compensation.\n\nJe conseille à tout le monde de prendre une assurance. Pour des petites années de même, ça vient compenser.\n\nLe syndicat régional des producteurs acéricoles doit d'ailleurs faire le bilan saisonnier des acériculteurs et acéricultrice de la région en début de semaine.\n\nAvec les informations de Raphaëlle Ainsley-Vincent",
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NCC-1701-D is Picard's Enterprise from TNG, NX-01 is Captain Archer's, and NCC-74656 belongs to Voyager. NEXT → QUESTION 2 / 8CREW 02 Kirk's most trusted officer is a half-human, half-Vulcan science officer famous for his logic and iconic salute. Who is this legendary character? AData BSpock CTuvok DSarek ✓ Correct! Mr. Spock, played by Leonard Nimoy, is the half-Vulcan science officer whose \"Live long and prosper\" salute became a cultural icon. His struggle between logic and emotion defines the heart of the Original Series. ✗ Red alert! The answer is Spock. Data is an android from TNG, Tuvok is Voyager's Vulcan tactical officer, and Sarek is Spock's Vulcan father. Only Spock is the half-human, half-Vulcan first officer of Kirk's Enterprise. NEXT → QUESTION 3 / 8STARFLEET LAW 03 Starfleet's most important regulation forbids interference with the natural development of alien civilizations. What is this guiding principle called? AThe Temporal Accord BGeneral Order One CThe Omega Directive DThe Prime Directive ✓ Correct! The Prime Directive (also known as General Order 1) is Starfleet's most sacred law. It prohibits interfering with less-developed civilizations -- though Kirk, Picard, and Janeway have all famously bent or broken it when lives were at stake. ✗ Red alert! The answer is the Prime Directive. While \"General Order One\" is technically another name for it, the Prime Directive is the universally known term. The Omega Directive and Temporal Accord are separate, more specialized Starfleet protocols. NEXT → QUESTION 4 / 8ENEMIES 04 \"Resistance is futile.\" This chilling declaration belongs to a cybernetic collective that assimilates entire civilizations into its hive mind. What is this fearsome species called? AThe Borg BThe Dominion CThe Romulans DSpecies 8472 ✓ Correct! The Borg are Star Trek's most terrifying villains -- a hive-mind collective that forcibly assimilates species and technology. Captain Picard was famously assimilated and transformed into Locutus in the landmark TNG episode \"The Best of Both Worlds.\" ✗ Red alert! The answer is the Borg. The Dominion is the Gamma Quadrant empire from DS9, the Romulans are a rival empire, and Species 8472 is actually one of the few species that the Borg themselves fear. Only the Borg declare \"Resistance is futile.\" NEXT → QUESTION 5 / 8CAST 05 Captain Jean-Luc Picard commands the Enterprise-D in The Next Generation and later received his own series, Star Trek: Picard. Which acclaimed actor portrays him? AWilliam Shatner BAvery Brooks CPatrick Stewart DScott Bakula ✓ Correct! Sir Patrick Stewart brought gravitas, Shakespeare, and Earl Grey tea to the captain's chair for seven seasons of TNG, four films, and three seasons of Star Trek: Picard. His \"Make it so\" is one of TV's most iconic catchphrases. ✗ Red alert! The answer is Patrick Stewart. 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NEXT → QUESTION 7 / 8STARFLEET ACADEMY 07 At Starfleet Academy, cadets face a notorious no-win scenario designed to test their character under impossible circumstances. James Kirk is the only cadet who ever beat it -- by cheating. What is this test called? AThe Prometheus Trial BThe Omega Simulation CThe Corbomite Maneuver DThe Kobayashi Maru ✓ Correct! The Kobayashi Maru is an unwinnable rescue simulation that tests how cadets handle certain death. Kirk reprogrammed it so he could win -- earning a commendation for original thinking. It was memorably featured in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. ✗ Red alert! The answer is the Kobayashi Maru. The Corbomite Maneuver is a TOS episode, not an Academy test. The Kobayashi Maru is the famous no-win scenario that Kirk defeated by reprogramming the simulation -- because he doesn't believe in the no-win scenario. 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Doctor Agnes Jurati bonded with a Borg Queen from an alternate timeline, creating a new type of Collective, one built upon cooperation rather than assimilation. Jurati's Borg were promptly forgotten, but now she plays a major role in IDW's Star Trek: The Last Starship.\n\nAfter 600 Years, the Borg Return to Menace the Galaxy\n\nStar Trek: The Last Starship #7 was written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Hernan Gonzalez. The Omega, carrying Jurati and a revived Captain Kirk, travel to space station Deep Space Hope. The station, primarily crewed by the Children of Ni'Var, has apparently made a breakthrough that could help the galaxy recover from the devastating Burn.\n\nYet the Omega quickly discovers something has gone horribly wrong. Deep Space Hope has opened a singularity, allowing a dark intelligence to seep into our dimension and infect those on the station, and eventually, everyone in the galaxy. The infected aboard Deep Space Hope attack the Omega. 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The Borg's \"scary factor\" made them popular with Star Trek fans.\n\nRelated Star Trek Announces Special 60th Anniversary Release, And It's Massive\n\nIDW Publishing is helping Star Trek celebrate its 60th anniversary in style, with new stories by Brian Michael Bendis and many, many more!\n\nPosts 12 By Shaun Corley\n\nThe Borg's first appearances in Star Trek lore depicted them as nigh-unbeatable. By assimilating other species and technology, the Borg were able to quickly develop countermeasures, rendering the Federation's most advanced technology useless. The Borg could adapt to virtually any attack, and their ships could repair themselves, even at high warp velocities. When the Borg finally attack the Federation in the classic two-parter \"The Best of Both Worlds,\" the crew of the Enterprise beat them by the skin of their teeth.\n\nSome fans complained these frequent appearances neutered the Borg.\n\nHowever, the Borg began to lose some of their luster as the lore developed. 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"body": "Dalton is a freelance writer, novelist, and filmmaker from Orlando Florida. He currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, and pursues writing full-time. He is an avid reader, film buff, and amateur historian who also publishes novels on the side. Dalton graduated from the University of Central Florida with a BFA in Film and he often applies his industry-specific knowledge when writing about film and television. Along with his blog, Dalton's critical essays on film have been published in various places online.\n\nThough the history of cinema is filled with classic animated movies that everyone remembers, these gems don't get the praise that they deserve. Animation is not necessarily a genre, but more of a medium through which stories are told. This means that animated movies can come in all shapes and sizes, and a range of genres like action, horror, and comedy.\n\nHowever, the best animated flicks use the unrestrained nature of their medium to tell stories that can only be told outside the realm of live-action. They transcend expectations and offer unlimited potential for imagination and creativity. Most classics have interesting visuals, but keep the storytelling in familiar territory, while others are completely untethered from the restraints of conventionality.\n\nIn most parts of the West, animation is viewed as a children's medium, but other parts of the world don't see it that way. Countries like Japan produce countless animated films that touch nearly every genre. While other nations develop new ways to tell age-old stories through the lens of animation. Because so much is being produced worldwide, plenty of amazing movies slip through the cracks each year.\n\nThis list of praiseworthy animated films is a rich mix of styles and national origins. Some use stop-motion techniques, while others feature opulent painted art that rivals classical works. The only thing that truly links them is a boundless sense of creativity, and the fact that they are all wildly underrated. These movies prove that some of the greatest films ever made are animated.\n\n10 Seoul Station (2016)\n\nTrain to Busan is perhaps the most popular zombie film in recent memory, but its animated prequel is almost completely forgotten. Seoul Station takes place during the outbreak in Train to Busan, and concerns a sex worker, her father, and her boyfriend as they try to survive and reunite during the zombie apocalypse. Despite using a different medium, the prequel is thematically linked.\n\nThe film unabashedly tackles pressing social issues in South Korea, and is a bit more upfront with its themes. The zombies work well in animated form, and the movie still has a lot of tension despite not being live-action. Even though it's attached to such a popular horror flick, Seoul Station is often overlooked for precisely the same reasons it's a strong prequel.\n\n9 Mad Monster Party? (1967)\n\nThe duo of Rankin and Bass are known for their Christmas specials that have entertained generations, but their lone Halloween effort is a praiseworthy gem. The \"Animagic\" stop-motion chiller concerns Dr. Frankenstein as he calls monsters from all around the globe to vote for his successor. Horror movie icon Boris Karloff lends his voice to the main character.\n\nOverall, Mad Monster Party? is a campy tribute to classic horror. It has all the charming cheesiness of the other Rankin/Bass productions, but it's tailor-made for monster kids. Though it will always be overshadowed by their Christmas specials, the feature-length Mad Monster Party? deserves to be a Halloween staple.\n\n8 Missing Link (2019)\n\nMissing Link is remembered for one thing, though probably not the reason the filmmakers intended. Mr. Link is a sasquatch who hires an explorer to help him locate his long-lost relatives in Shangri-La. The Laika stop-motion movie is known for its exorbitant costs, and for the fact that it likely lost upwards of $100 million at the box office.\n\nPutting that aside, Missing Link is a beautifully-crafted and heartwarming adventure story. Laika's films often go unnoticed by the public, despite being some of the best animated movies of the 21st century. Missing Link is one such praiseworthy movie, and it's still waiting for the renaissance it so rightly deserves.\n\n7 Mad God (2021)\n\nPhil Tippett's Mad God is a passion project for the ages, and proof that animation is truly the most unrestrained medium to tell a story. A mysterious masked figure descends into the bowels of hell, dying along the way and being brought back to start his journey again. Mad God is a horrific nightmare with Sisyphean themes.\n\nPainstakingly animated via stop-motion, the film also incorporates live-action footage for a surreal viewing experience. Mad God isn't for the faint of heart, nor is it a disposable piece of idle entertainment. Because it's so challenging, Tippett's masterpiece is never going to be as popular as mainstream animated films, but it is certainly worth seeking out.\n\n6 Anomalisa (2015)\n\nAnimation can make even the most mundane situations seem beautiful, and never is that more clear than in 2015's Anomalisa. A motivational speaker is at the end of his rope, but a short-lived affair gives him a new lease on life. Charlie Kaufman wrote and directed the stop-motion film, and it has all the creator's brilliant quirks.\n\nSmall touches of surrealism divorce Anomalisa from the real world, but it never loses touch with the universal meaning of the story. The soft glow of the movie's photography is in stark contrast to the abundant vibrancy of other animated films. Kaufman's movies are an acquired taste, but Anomalisa is a praiseworthy effort that shows the filmmaker is the master of multiple mediums.\n\n5 The Illusionist (2010)\n\nFrench filmmaker Jacques Tati passed away before he could make The Illusionist, and Sylvain Chomet finally brought Tati's vision to life in 2010. In the 1950s, an elderly magician befriends a young woman in Scotland who comes to believe he really can work miracles. Tati's tottering hero, Mr. Hulot, is the inspiration for the main character, and the cartoon recreates a bit of Hulot's comedic genius.\n\nThe earnest and heartfelt story is pure Tati, and Chomet clearly understands what makes the late filmmaker so special. The art is illustrative and whimsical, with just the right mix of exaggeration and realism. Overall, The Illusionist isn't just a fitting tribute to Tati, but a cap on an iconic career that helped shape the trajectory of comedy around the world.\n\n4 Fantastic Planet (1972)\n\nThe vibrant pastel colors of Fantastic Planet are instantly recognizable, but the praiseworthy animated movie isn't talked about enough. On a bizarre alien world, the gigantic blue Daags keep the miniature Oms as pets, but an Om uprising upsets the balance of society. 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