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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signs a legislation banning the state from doing business dealings with Belarus and Russia.
2022-03-9

Lithuania declares a state of emergency amid an increase in the number of undocumented migrants crossing into the country from neighbouring Belarus. The Government of Lithuania accuses Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of deliberately trying to destabilize the country by encouraging and allowing refugees, mostly Syrians, to cross the border.
2021-07-2

Ontario reports Canada's first case of the Lineage P.1 variant in a person who travelled from Brazil to Toronto.
2021-02-7

Nationwide, a record 5,713 new cases reported in Canada in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide confirmed cases to 337,555.
2020-11-23

Belarus says that it was seeking the arrest of opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for jeopardizing national security. Nikolai Karpenkov proceeded to threaten the use of firearms against protesters.
2020-10-16

Facebook suspends AggregateIQ, a Canadian data firm, over concerns about possible data misuse. AggregateIQ was used by the Vote Leave campaign during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.
2018-04-6

Canadian Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty resigns, planning a return to the private sector. Joe Oliver is named to replace him.
2014-03-19

Parliamentary elections are held in Belarus. The opposition sees the vote as undemocratic and boycotts it.
2012-09-23

Luka Magnotta, a suspect in a murder case in Canada, is arrested in an Internet cafe in Berlin.
2012-06-4

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