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The thick smoke and haze that turned the New York City skyline orange and brought some of the worst air quality levels the Northeast has seen in decades was spawned by a series of wildfires burning in Canada. The fires, which began in early June and have affected Ontario and …

The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday. At least eight people were killed following powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces, the country’s authorities said, as emergency crews continued a massive clean-up to …

A protester has pelted pebbles at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a campaign trail in Ontario. The Liberal Party leader was leaving an event and was returning to his campaign bus on Monday when a handful of gravel was thrown at him from the crowd. Apart from Trudeau, two …

August 1 is now recognised across Canada as Emancipation Day, marking the end of slavery in the British Empire in 1834. After years of campaigning by Black legislators and community advocates, Canada on Sunday is officially marking the abolishment of slavery nearly 200 years ago in its first nationwide Emancipation …

A spike in deaths has been reported in Canada’s British Columbia as it bears the brunt of a record-breaking heatwave stifling the country. Dozens of people are believed to have fallen victim to the extreme temperatures. A wave of searing heat has plagued Canada’s western provinces since Friday, resulting in …

Police accuse Nathaniel Veltman of running down a Muslim family in London, Ontario ‘because of their Islamic faith’. A man accused of running down a Muslim family in the Canadian city of London, Ontario, this month, killing four people including a teenage girl, now faces terrorism charges, authorities announced on …

Thousands of people marched on Friday in support of a Canadian Muslim family run over and killed by a man driving a pick-up truck last Sunday in an attack the police described as a hate crime. The four victims, spanning three generations, were killed when Nathaniel Veltman, 20, ran into …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday promised to take more action to dismantle far-right groups after a hate-motivated attack that killed four members of a Muslim family in the city of London, Ontario. “This was a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred, in the heart of one of our communities,” …

Canada Day is exactly what it sounds like: a federal holiday to celebrate the country and show off national pride. When is it? July 1 is Canada Day. How did it start? July 1 commemorates the joining of Canada’s original three provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province, …