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Canada closes its embassy in Sudan and advises its citizens against travelling to the country.
2023-04-18

Australia and Canada announce that they will require travelers from China to present a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter their countries beginning on January 5.
2023-01-1

U.S. President Joe Biden signs a 72-point executive order placing tighter regulations and scrutiny on major corporations in a variety of sectors, including Big Tech companies. Policies outlined include banning non-compete clauses, curbing the ability of manufacturers to restrict the right to repair certain products, granting the Federal Trade Commission the ability to set guidelines on data collection, banning unfair competition practices in online marketplaces, and ordering the Food and Drug Administration to work with states and Native American tribal governments on procuring cheaper medicines from Canada.
2021-07-9

The number of sudden deaths due to the extreme hot temperatures in British Columbia, Canada, increases to 486. The death toll represents a 195% increase of the 165 sudden deaths that would normally occur over this period. While the official cause of death for each deceased person has not yet been established, many are linked to the hot temperatures.
2021-06-30

An attacker stabs three people at a Tim Hortons in Montreal, Canada.
2018-02-19

Three members of the Shafia family are convicted of murder in relation to the Shafia family deaths in the Canadian city of Kingston, Ontario.
2012-01-29

The United States House of Representatives passes a bill extending a payroll tax extension containing another bill expediting the Keystone XL pipeline between Canada and Texas.
2011-12-13

The London Stock Exchange in the United Kingdom is in advanced talks to merge with the TMX Group that operates Canada's two stock exchanges in Montreal and Toronto.
2011-02-8

Canadian poet Anne Michaels's novel "Fugitive Pieces" has been judged, by a panel of teenagers, the best Orange Prize for Fiction winner in its 15-year history. "Fugitive Pieces" won the Prize in 1997.
2010-06-7

James Cameron's "Avatar" becomes (not accounting for inflation) the second highest grossing movie in the United States and Canada and the best selling movie overseas.
2010-01-24