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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.


February 17, 2026 – 2026 Cuban crisis
Canadian mining firm Sherritt International announces that it will suspend operations in Moa, Holguín, Cuba, after planned fuel deliveries were not fulfilled due to the U.S. blockade affecting oil shipments to the island. (AA)
February 10, 2026 – Connections of Jeffrey Epstein
Canadian pensions funder La Caisse suspends all future ventures with multinational logistics company DP World following the disclosure by the U.S. Department of Justice that its CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem had maintained close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (The Gazette)
February 10, 2026 – United States embargo against Cuba, Cuba–Mexico relations, Canada–Mexico relations, United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
Mexico confirms it has suspended all shipments of fuel to Cuba to avoid punitive tariffs by the United States which is enforcing an oil blockade of the island, while vowing to continue shipments of humanitarian aid. (AA)
Canadian airlines Air Transat and WestJet suspend all flights to Cuba amid a shortage of fuel for commercial aviation, and say efforts are underway to return Canadians stranded on the island. (Bloomberg)
February 10, 2026 – 2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting
Nine people are killed, including the suspect, in a school shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. (CBC News) (The Jerusalem Post)
February 9, 2026 – United States embargo against Cuba
Air Canada suspends all flights to Cuba and deploys empty aircraft to repatriate stranded passengers after the country's fuel supply was exhausted due to the U.S. blockade and the end of fuel supplies from Venezuela. (Reuters)
February 6, 2026 – Greenland crisis
Canada–Denmark relations, Denmark–France relations, Foreign relations of Greenland
Canada and France open consulates in Nuuk, Greenland, to reinforce support for the Danish Realm against United States president Donald Trump's threats to unilaterally annex the territory. (DW)
February 6, 2026 – Schellenberg smuggling incident
China overturns the death sentence of Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg after he was detained on drug trafficking charges in 2014. (AFP via CTV News)
February 6, 2026 –
Bodies and remains are found in an area where search and rescue operations are ongoing for 10 missing workers kidnapped from a Canadian gold and silver mine in Sinaloa, Mexico, on January 28. Four people are arrested. (CP24)
February 5, 2026 – 2026 Winter Olympics
The match between Finland and Canada in the women's ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics is postponed to February 12 after a norovirus outbreak affected 13 members of the Finnish team. (NBC)
January 29, 2026 – Crime in Canada
The Cree Nation of Mistissini, Quebec, Canada, enters lockdown after a shooting yesterday killed two men, prompting the closure of schools and public buildings while provincial police investigate a case linked to organized crime and drug activity. (Reuters)
January 22, 2026 – January 2026 North American winter storm
A state of emergency is declared in several U.S. states in anticipation for a potentially severe winter storm affecting the South and Eastern United States, Atlantic Canada, and Northern Mexico. (CBC)
January 22, 2026 –
Canadian drug trafficker and fugitive Ryan Wedding, who is on the FBI Most Wanted List, is arrested in Mexico. (PBS)
January 19, 2026 – Greenland crisis
NORAD announces that it will deploy American and Canadian aircraft to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland for long-planned activities, describing the deployment as routine and coordinated with the Denmark with diplomatic clearances and with the Government of Greenland informed of the planned operations. (AA) (Task & Purpose)
January 16, 2026 – Canada–China relations
Canada and China reach a trade agreement that reduces Canadian tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola seeds, following a high-level summit in Beijing. (CNN)
December 16, 2025 – Canada–Israel relations
Israel denies entry to six Canadian MPs trying to visit the occupied West Bank as part of a nonprofit-sponsored tour. (Al Jazeera)
December 10, 2025 – Terrorism in Canada
Canada designates 764, Islamic State – Mozambique Province, Terrorgram, and Maniac Murder Cult as terrorist entities. (CBC News) (Reuters)
December 5, 2025 – Canada–Syria relations, Terrorism in Canada
Canada removes Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from its list of terrorist entities following a review of the Syrian transitional government. (Reuters)
December 1, 2025 – Canada–European Union relations
Canada agrees to join the European Union's Security Action for Europe initiative, which will allow Canadian defense firms greater access to EU markets and encourage European defense investment in Canada. (Reuters)
November 27, 2025 – Green economy policies in Canada, Anti-environmentalism
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Alberta premier Danielle Smith sign an agreement removing planned federal emissions caps and eases clean-energy rules in exchange for strengthened provincial carbon pricing and support for carbon-capture projects, while also committing to enable a privately financed oil pipeline to British Columbia. (Reuters)