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.

August 19, 2025 – 2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike

Air Canada announces it will gradually restart operations tonight after it reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the airline's over 10,000 flight attendants. (NPR)

August 18, 2025 – By-elections to the 45th Canadian Parliament

2025 Battle River—Crowfoot federal by-election

Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre is elected in a by-election in Battle River—Crowfoot, and returns to the House of Commons and his role as opposition leader after previously losing re-election during the 2025 Canadian federal election in Carleton. The seat was vacated by Conservative MP Damien Kurek to specifically give Poilievre an opportunity to return to Parliament. (The Globe and Mail)

August 17, 2025 – 2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike

Air Canada suspends its plan to resume flights after cabin crew continued a strike despite a Canada Industrial Relations Board order and government-imposed arbitration, leaving operations halted and affecting more than 700 flights and about 130,000 daily passengers. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

August 16, 2025 – 2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike

Canadian jobs minister Patty Hajdu orders binding arbitration between Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees. (BBC News)

August 13, 2025 –

Canadian clothing company Gildan finalizes the details for its acquisition of American company Hanesbrands for US$2.2 billion. (AP)

August 6, 2025 –

A month-long legionnaires' disease outbreak that started on July 8 in London, Ontario, Canada, ends after 70 cases and three deaths. (CFPL-DT)

August 1, 2025 – Tariffs in the second Trump administration

U.S. tariffs on more than 90 countries enter force following a 90-day pause to allow the countries to prepare, including a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods. (BBC News)

July 31, 2025 – Tariffs in the second Trump administration, Liberation Day tariffs

U.S. president Donald Trump announces revised tariff rates set to start on August 1, including a new 35% tariff on Canada. (Reuters)

July 30, 2025 – 2025 New York Peace Conference on Gaza, Canada–Palestine relations

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney announces that Canada will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September, conditional on the Palestinian Authority committing to certain reforms. (CBC)

July 5, 2025 –

In Glendora, Mississippi, 13 cars of a Canadian National freight train derail, including one car spilling benzene, forcing an evacuation of the area. (Press-Register)

June 30, 2025 – 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico

National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett announces that the United States will restart trade talks with Canada after they cancel their digital services tax on American technology firms. (CBC)

June 27, 2025 – 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico

U.S. president Donald Trump announces the suspension of the trade talks with Canada, also announcing new tariffs on goods crossing the Canada–United States border. (BBC News)

June 26, 2025 –

The bodies of three missing people are recovered after the June 20 crash of an Airmedic MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 in a lake shortly after takeoff from Havre Saint-Pierre Airport in Quebec, Canada. (CTV News)

June 23, 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announces that European countries and Canada will send Ukraine a combined aid package of €35 billion (US$40.3 billion). (RBC)

June 20, 2025 –

Four people are missing after a Kawasaki medical helicopter on a rescue operation crashes north of Baie-Johan-Beetz near Natashquan on the Côte-Nord in Quebec, Canada. The pilot is found and taken to hospital. (CBC)

June 19, 2025 –

A rockslide at Bow Glacier Falls near Banff, Alberta, Canada, kills at least two people. Three other hikers sustained injuries. (CFCN-DT)

June 15, 2025 –

The 51st G7 summit begins in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. (France24)

June 10, 2025 – War crimes in the Gaza war, Gaza humanitarian crisis

The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway impose sanctions on Israeli far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, including asset freezes and travel bans, due to their conduct during the Gaza war. (Reuters)

May 27, 2025 – 2025 royal tour of Canada

King Charles III, in his capacity as King of Canada, visits Canada along with Queen Camilla on Prime Minister Mark Carney's advice. He also read the Speech from the Throne, the first reigning monarch to do so since 1977. (NPR)