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Two police officers are killed by a 16-year-old gunman while responding to a domestic dispute call at an apartment complex in Inglewood, Edmonton, Canada. The perpetrator kills himself after seriously wounding his mother.
2023-03-16

At least twelve people are injured by an explosion at a construction site in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2023-02-13

In an official joint statement, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, agree to remove some Russian banks from SWIFT. The group also commits to "imposing restrictive measures that will prevent the Russian Central Bank from deploying its international reserves in ways that undermine the impact of our sanctions."
2022-02-26

A Chinese court jails Canadian Michael Spavor for 11 years over alleged spying.
2021-08-11

Trump implements a tariff of 10% on aluminum imports from Canada, pursuant to Section 232 of the US Trade Expansion Act. The United States previously imposed tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum in 2018 citing national security concerns, before removing them last year as part of the USCMA Free Trade Agreement. Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau vows "dollar-for-dollar" countermeasures.
2020-08-6

A 200-car pileup in La Prairie, Quebec, Canada, kills two people and injures 69 others.
2020-02-20

A state of emergency is declared in Montreal, Canada as 1,200 Canadian Forces personnel are deployed in the province of Quebec to help with rising floodwaters. 146 communities are affected and more than 1,500 residents have been evacuated from their homes.
2017-05-7

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifts the 32-year-old, lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. Men can donate if they haven't had sex with another man in the previous year. The FDA stance is in line with other countries, such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.K., and is consistent with rules on recent blood transfusion or accidental exposure to another individual's blood.
2015-12-21

A Canadian man shoots dead two people in a court in Cebu, Philippines, and seriously injures another.
2013-01-22

A Canadian House of Commons committee tables a report recommending that the Conservative government of Stephen Harper be found in contempt of parliament.
2011-03-21