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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau orders the takedown of an unidentified flying object over Yukon, which is later shot down by a United States Air Force F-22 Raptor using a AIM-9X Sidewinder. The Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to collect and analyze the object.
2023-02-11

Canada bans its soldiers from joining the volunteer forces in Ukraine, stating that their presence could be used in Russian propaganda.
2022-03-24

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces the extension of Operation Unifier for three years. Sixty more troops will also be deployed to Ukraine in the coming days. Trudeau's government also announces a shipment of non-lethal equipment and intelligence sharing.
2022-01-26

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs places sanctions against the chair and vice-chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom and Canadian MP Michael Chong. Beijing’s sanctions followed those imposed by the United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada earlier this week for what they say are violations of the rights of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
2021-03-27

Canadian Conservative MP Kelly McCauley demands an audit, alleging that more than 800,000 ineligible people received Canada Emergency Response Benefit money from the Canada Revenue Agency.
2020-11-20

The House of Commons of Canada votes to legalize recreational cannabis. The bill will now head back to the Senate, where it is expected to be passed into law.
2018-06-18

The Canadian Senate agrees with the House of Commons to make the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", gender neutral. The second line of the song will now read "in all of us" instead of "in all thy sons."
2018-02-1

Canada announces that it will deploy 1,000 soldiers of the Canadian Armed Forces to Latvia to bolster one of the four NATO battalions stationed there.
2016-07-1

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

The United Arab Emirates closes its airspace to Canada's Defence Minister Peter MacKay over a growing dispute over aviation rights.
2010-10-11