Portal:Canada/Current events

Canadian current events contains a listing on an ongoing automated basis of importance events, trends and newsworthy developments related to Canada. Below are listed 200 entries of the past 90 days of Canadian current events featured in the main page of the Canada portal.

May 15, 2023 –

American-Canadian mass media company Vice Media files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (Reuters) (BBC News)

May 11, 2023 – Nuclear power in Canada

The world's first micro-modular reactor is announced to be built at Chalk River Laboratories in Canada by Global First Power. (CTV News Ottawa)

May 9, 2023 – Canada–China relations

The Government of Canada expels Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei following allegations that Zhao targeted Canadian politician Michael Chong. China has denied the allegations and stated that the action would undermine bilateral relations. (CNN)

China expels Canadian diplomat Jennifer Lynn Lalonde in a tit-for-tat decision following the expulsion of Zhao Wei. (ABC News)

May 6, 2023 – 2023 Alberta wildfires

Over 25,000 residents in Alberta, Canada, are ordered to evacuate because of wildfires. (CNN)

April 23, 2023 – 2023 Sudan conflict

Many countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Canada, evacuate their nationals and some civilians from Khartoum, or announce plans to do so. (BBC News)

Canada and the United States suspend all diplomatic operations in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict. (Barron's) (Washington Times)

April 21, 2023 – 1980 Paris synagogue bombing

A court in Paris, France, sentences Lebanese Canadian lecturer and professor Hassan Diab to life in prison over the bombing of a Parisian synagogue in 1980. Diab was tried in absentia and he remains in Canada under the request of arrest and extradition from French authorities. (The Guardian)

April 19, 2023 – 2023 Canadian federal worker strike

Over 155,000 Canadian federal workers go on strike after the Public Service Alliance of Canada failed to reach an agreement with the government over pay raises and remote work. (BBC News)

April 18, 2023 – 2023 Sudan clashes

Canada closes its embassy in Sudan and advises its citizens against travelling to the country. (Global News)

April 14, 2023 – Cannabis in Quebec

The Supreme Court of Canada upholds Quebec's provincial ban on homegrown cannabis despite a 2018 federal ruling which allowed small quantities of cannabis to be grown at home. (Reuters)

April 6, 2023 – 2023 Canada ice storm

Two people are killed and over a million people are without power after an ice storm strikes Ontario and Quebec, Canada. (Reuters)

March 16, 2023 –

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. (CBC News)

March 13, 2023 – 2023 Amqui truck attack

Two people are killed and nine others are injured when a truck strikes a group of pedestrians in Amqui, Quebec, Canada. (CBS News)

March 6, 2023 – Canada–China relations

2019 Canadian Parliament infiltration plot

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau appoints an independent special rapporteur to investigate alleged foreign electoral intervention by the Chinese government in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)

February 28, 2023 – Censorship of TikTok

Canada bans social media platform TikTok from all government-issued devices, citing "an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security" from the Chinese-owned app. (BBC News)