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.

March 15, 2026 – 2026 Winter Paralympics

In para ice hockey, the United States defeats Canada 6–2, completing the three-peat of hockey championships at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Italy. (AP)

March 12, 2026 – Arctic policy of Canada, NATO Arctic Sentry, Polar Icebreaker Project

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney announces nearly CAN$35 billion (US$25.7 ‌billion) in funding to strengthen Canada's Arctic infrastructure, including upgrades to military facilities and the construction of new icebreakers to expand the country's operational capacity in the region. (AFP via France 24)

March 11, 2026 – 2026 FIFA World Cup, Iran at the FIFA World Cup

Iranian sports minister Ahmad Donyamali states that Iran will not participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, citing security concerns amid the Iran war. (Reuters)

March 10, 2026 –

Shots are fired at the United States consulate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with no casualties. Police are investigating the shooting as a national security incident. (CBS News)

March 2, 2026 – Canada–India relations

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi agree to a deal that would strengthen their economic partnership, aimed at boosting ties after two years of strained relationship between the two countries. (AP)

March 1, 2026 –

Two Canadian nationals are killed and 18 others are injured in a bus crash near Cumayasa, La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic. (CTV)

February 23, 2026 – Connections of Jeffrey Epstein

Canadian-American author and former researcher Peter Attia resigns from CBS News following backlash after lewd messages between him and Jeffery Epstein were released. (CNN)

February 22, 2026 –

A suspect is injured in a shootout with a United States Border Patrol agent near the Canada–United States border in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation says they are investigating. (CTV News)

February 22, 2026 – 2026 Winter Olympics

The United States defeats Canada 2–1 during overtime, winning gold in the men's tournament in ice hockey for the first time since 1980, exactly 46 years after the Miracle on Ice. (KNBC-TV)

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)