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Many countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Canada, evacuate their nationals and some civilians from Khartoum, or announce plans to do so.
2023-04-23

A court in China sentences a Canadian man to death on drug charges. His alleged accomplice receives life imprisonment. Police had confiscated 120 kilograms (266 pounds) of ketamine from the defendant's home. He is the third Canadian citizen to receive the death sentence for drug smuggling since Canadian authorities arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in late 2018 on an extradition request from the United States.
2020-08-6

The Chinese embassy in Ottawa issues a rebuke of Canada, saying that it has "grossly interfered" in its affairs a day after Canada suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong.
2020-07-4

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada orders Othman Hamdan, a Fort St. John man whose Facebook posts promoted the Islamic State, deported. The deportation is not immediate and requires additional events to occur.
2018-10-26

A mass shooting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, occurs, leaving two people dead and 13 others injured. The shooter is found dead nearby after exchanging gunfire with police and fleeing.
2018-07-22

Iran releases Canadian-Iranian sociocultural anthropologist Homa Hoodfar, who had been held since June, as the countries begin talks on restoration of diplomatic ties.
2016-09-26

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" becomes the highest-grossing film ever in the United States and Canada, overtaking "Avatar".
2016-01-6

A shooting at a daycare kills two people in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
2013-04-5

Voters in Canada's most populous province Ontario go to the polls for a general election with the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Dalton McGuinty, winning another term under a slight minority government.
2011-10-6

Jack Layton, leader of Canada's New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition, dies from cancer at age 61.
2011-08-22