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Officials in flood-stricken western Canada announced travel and fuel restrictions Friday as the region grapples with supply difficulties, the latest on a list of struggles caused by torrential rains. Record rainfall hit southwestern British Columbia Sunday and Monday resulting in landslides and flooding which destroyed roads and infrastructure and forced …

U.S. President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold their first in-person meeting in Washington on Nov. 18, Mexico’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. The meeting, which will be the first summit held by the three countries in five years, will …

A crane attached to a high-rise under construction in Kelowna, British Columbia, collapsed on Monday causing multiple fatalities, police said. Several workers were near the crane when it collapsed, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Adam MacIntosh told reporters in Kelowna, according to a video of the news conference. JUST IN: …

The residents of a village in Canada’s British Columbia province have been ordered to evacuate after a wildfire sparked by the country’s hottest-ever temperatures ripped through homes and other buildings. On Wednesday evening, Mayor of Lytton Jan Polderman issued an evacuation order after a high of 49.6C (121.1F) was registered …

Multiple cities scrapped Canada Day celebrations on Thursday after the discovery of hundreds of remains of children at former indigenous schools sparked a reckoning with the country’s colonial past. Calls to scale back or cancel celebrations snowballed after, beginning in May, almost 1,000 unmarked graves were found at former so-called …

Canada is extending a ban on non-essential travel with the United States until July 21 and will soon reveal how existing COVID-19 restrictions will be relaxed, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said on Friday. Canada’s Liberal government is under increasing pressure from businesses and the tourism industry to ease the …

Oil prices reached fresh multi-year highs on Friday, closing out a third straight week of gains on an improved outlook for worldwide demand as rising COVID-19 vaccination rates help lift pandemic curbs. Brent crude futures settled at $72.69 a barrel, rising 17 cents after reaching their highest since May 2019. …

Four people killed after a car jumped the curb and ran into them on Sunday night were deliberately targeted in an anti-Islamic hate crime, Canadian police said on Monday. “It was pre-planned and premeditated and that’s why first-degree murder charges were laid,” London Detective Superintendent Paul Waight told reporters. Waight …

Protesters have toppled and beheaded a statue of Egerton Ryerson, an architect of Canada’s infamous residential school system for indigenous children, amid growing anger over the recent discovery of mass graves at one such school. The incident occurred on Sunday following a rally held at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto. …

Remains of 215 Indigenous children were found at a former residential school in the province of British Columbia this week. Indigenous people across Canada are grappling with the discovery of the remains of more than 200 Indigenous children, including some as young as three, at the site of a former …

Three people were killed and 24 others were injured when their sightseeing bus rolled over in Canada’s Jasper National Park, authorities and tour officials said Sunday. The all-terrain Ice Explorer was on its way to Athabasca Glacier, the most visited glacier in North America, in the remote Columbia Icefield of …

One person is dead following a daytime shooting in Toronto’s Corsa Italia neighborhood. According to Toronto Police, on Friday morning at 11:40 am, they received calls reporting multiple gunshots heard in the area of St. Clair Avenue West and St. Clarens Avenue. Police on scene confirmed the shooting and said …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a knee in support of the anti-racist protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd at an Ottawa rally but was quickly reminded of little action on racial issues at home. Trudeau joined dozens of demonstrators outside the Canadian parliament who rallied in support …

President Donald Trump denied any involvement by the US government in what Venezuelan officials have called a failed armed incursion in the South American country that led to the capture of two American “mercenaries.” Trump made the comment to reporters at the White House after socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro …

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that Canada is banning assault-style weapons immediately. Trudeau cited numerous mass shootings in the country, including the killing of 22 people in Nova Scotia April 18 and 19. Trudeau has said the government was on the verge of bringing in stricter gun control …

One Canadian military member was killed and five others are still missing after a helicopter crashed in international waters between Greece and Italy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed on Thursday. The helicopter is said to have been carrying four Royal Canadian Air Force members and two Royal Canadian Navy members …

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that there were “worrying upward trends” in early epidemics in parts of Africa and Central and South America, while also warning that opening up global travel needed to be managed carefully. “Most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics …

A gunman disguised as a police officer went on a 12-hour rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, shooting people in their homes, setting fires and killing at least 18 people, including a policewoman, in the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s history. Officials said the suspect, identified as …

Police in the Atlantic Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Sunday arrested a 51-year-old gunman who they said was suspected of shootings that had resulted in several victims. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the shootings occurred in the small coastal town of Portapique, about 130 km north (80 miles) …

One person was shot dead and three were seriously wounded in downtown Ottawa on Wednesday, about a kilometer (0.6 miles) from parliament, police said. Police in the Canadian capital responded to reports of multiple gunshots at about 7:30 a.m. ET and three people were rushed to the hospital, a statement …