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.

October 23, 2023 –

Five people are killed in a mass shooting in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. (CBC News)

October 19, 2023 – Canada–India relations

Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India due to India's decision to revoke the diplomats' immunity following the death of Sikh independence leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. (AFP via NDTV)

October 12, 2023 – 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests

Rallies in support of Palestine take place around the world, including in Argentina, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, and Spain. (DD News) (KTBS)

October 6, 2023 –

A Piper PA-34 Seneca training plane crashes in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, killing all three on board. (Vancouver Sun)

October 3, 2023 – 2023 Manitoba general election

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba wins a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly; the party's leader Wab Kinew is set to become Canada's first provincial premier of First Nations descent. (The Globe and Mail)

October 1, 2023 –

A grizzly bear attacks and kills two people and their pet dog in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The bear is later euthanised. (BBC News)

September 26, 2023 –

Anthony Rota resigns as speaker of the House of Commons of Canada amid controversy over his decision to invite Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian–Canadian veteran of the Waffen-SS, to attend a speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and to introduce Hunka as a "hero" to the House of Commons. (CBC News)

September 24, 2023 –

Canadian Speaker of the House Anthony Rota apologizes for inviting Yaroslav Hunka to Parliament during a visit by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy after it was revealed that he had fought for the Galicia Division under Nazi command. (BBC)

September 21, 2023 – Canada–India relations

Death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Amid a diplomatic crisis, India suspends the issuance of travel visas to Canadian citizens due to alleged security threats at its High Commission and consulates in Canada. (BBC News)

September 18, 2023 – 2023 Canada–India diplomatic crisis

Canada expels a top Indian diplomat after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are credible allegations linking the government of India to the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh Khalistani activist and naturalised Canadian citizen shot to death outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia, in June. (AP) (CNN)

September 16, 2023 – 2023 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Lee weakens into a post-tropical cyclone before making landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada. (NBC News)

September 10, 2023 – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup

Canada earns its first medal at the FIBA Basketball World Cup and its first medal at a global men's basketball tournament since 1936, after defeating the United States 127–118 after overtime in the bronze medal game. (AP)

September 2, 2023 –

Two people are killed and six others are wounded in a shooting at a wedding reception in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Ottawa Citizen)

August 19, 2023 – 2023 Canadian wildfires

35,000 people are ordered to evacuate in British Columbia due to wildfires, with another 30,000 people under evacuation alerts. (CBC News)

August 18, 2023 – 2023 wildfire season

2023 Canadian wildfires

Premier of British Columbia David Eby declares a province-wide state of emergency in response to the ongoing wildfires. (CBC News)

The city of Kelowna, British Columbia, declares a state of emergency and evacuations, as wildfires engulf parts of the city and surrounding area. Lake Okanagan Resort and several residential buildings are destroyed. (CTV News Vancouver)

August 17, 2023 – Wildfires in 2023

2023 Canadian wildfires

The city of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, begins a complete evacuation amid the spread of nearby wildfires. (CBC News)

Wildfires near Kelowna, British Columbia, cause the mandatory evacuation of over 2,400 properties and result in multiple structural losses. (Kelowna Now)

August 17, 2023 –

A Canadian woman is sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison in Washington for mailing a threatening letter containing ricin to then-President Donald Trump at the White House. (AP)

August 15, 2023 – Wildfires in 2023

2023 Canadian wildfires

A state of emergency is declared in Canada's Northwest Territories as wildfires spread closer to the territorial capital Yellowknife. The hamlet of Enterprise, South Slave Region, is almost completely destroyed due to the fires. (Reuters)

August 10, 2023 – Wildfires in 2023

2023 Canadian wildfires

August 10, 2023 –

The United States imposes coordinated sanctions with Canada and the United Kingdom on former Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh and several of Salameh's associates for alleged embezzlement and money laundering of $300 million. (AFP via France 24)

August 9, 2023 –

Global Affairs Canada announces new sanctions against Belarus on the three-year anniversary of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. (Global News)

August 2, 2023 –

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announce their separation. (Reuters)