Canada

A group of Sikh men broke religious protocol to help hikers stuck near raging waters at a Canadian park. The men created a makeshift rope using turbans and jackets.

Instead of attending the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Sept. 30, the prime minister and his family were on a seaside holiday in Vancouver.

British Columbia resident Ruth Hamilton had a rude awakening earlier this month when a large meteorite plunged from space, through her roof and landed in her bed.

Thousands of Indigenous children in Canada died in the custody of boarding schools meant to assimilate them. Communities are searching for their remains.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau narrowly won reelection on Monday, but he fell short of his goal of winning an outright majority for his Liberal Party.

Shugri Said Salh recounts her journey from goat- and camel-herding nomad in Somalia to nurse and mom of three in California in her memoir, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert.

Starting this fall, Canada's government will also require all federal workers to be vaccinated, citing a "dynamic public health situation" due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michael Spavor was found guilty of espionage in a case condemned by Western diplomats as political hostage-taking related to the detention in Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

After 16 months of closure, the Canadian government announced that vaccinated Americans will be able to travel north of the border, starting Aug. 9.

Canadians can fly to the U.S. but cannot enter by land. Most non-Canadians can't enter Canada by land or air. The government says a full reopening may require 75% of Canadians to be fully vaccinated.