Canada

A recent court case between two rival neighbors near Montreal boiled down to whether flipping someone off is considered a crime.

The announcement of a probe of possible Chinese influence in Canadian elections follows a newspaper report stating that China preferred to see Trudeau's Liberals re-elected in the 2021 election.

Nordstrom chief executive Erik Nordstrom said the Seattle-based retailer is exiting Canada because it does not see a realistic path to profitability for the business in the country.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government's ban of TikTok on all government-issued mobile devices might be a first step to further action or that it might be it.

Both the U.S. and Canada have called off searches for three unidentified airborne objects shot down over North America. No debris has been found.

Polar bears in Western Hudson Bay — on the southern edge of the Arctic — are continuing to die in high numbers, a government survey has found. Females and bear cubs are having an especially hard time.

It's also now forbidden to bring newly acquired handguns into the country. "We have seen too many examples of horrific tragedies involving firearms," the Canadian prime minister said.

Government officials also confirmed Canada is dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering the country at the end of the month.

One official said Myles Sanderson died from self-inflicted injuries after police forced the stolen car he was driving off a highway in Saskatchewan. Other officials declined to discuss how he died.

Myles Sanderson, the second suspect in the stabbing deaths of 10 people in the province of Saskatchewan, died after going into what police described as "medical distress."