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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal Keven Rouleau patrols along the Canada-US border, near the border town of Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, on January 30, 2025. (Daphné LEMELIN / AFP)
February 11, 2026, 7:57 am
Ten dead, including shooter, in attack on school and residence in western Canada
Assailant targets secondary school in village of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, wounding 27 in killing reminiscent of shootings in US; PM Carney cancels trip to Munich
By AFP
Illya Rechytskyy, in an undated photo. (Courtesy RCMP)
August 3, 2025, 10:37 am
Body of Israeli man swept down Canadian river found after month-long hunt
Illya Rechytskyy, 65, had last been seen in Cheakamus River, which he frequented while visiting daughter in British Columbia on trip extended by Iran war
By ToI Staff
Students wearing face masks are seen at a campus of the University of British Columbia UBC in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Feb. 7, 2022 (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua via Getty Images).
March 1, 2024, 4:35 pm
Canadian student union rejects vote to boot Hillel from campus, boycott Israel
Overturned on a technicality, measure also called for University of British Columbia to end cooperation with Israeli institutions
By Andrew Lapin
Selina Robinson speaks about the challenges facing women in politics, September 7, 2022. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 13, 2024, 4:04 pm
Jewish Canadian politician fired, gets death threat after snark about pre-Zionist Palestine
Progressive British Columbia minister Selina Robinson forced to step down after anti-Israel activists demand her ouster for calling pre-state Israel a ‘crappy piece of land’
By Robert Sarner
Screen capture from video of a fire aboard the Israeli-owned container ship, MV Zim Kingston, off the coast of Canada, October 24, 2021. (Twitter)
October 24, 2021, 8:36 pm
Zim container ship burns off coast of Canada
No injuries reported in blaze on MV Zim Kingston; 10 containers on board vessel charted by Israeli shipping giant said to catch fire; 40 others units topple into sea in storm
By AP and ToI Staff
In this aerial photo taken from a helicopter, structures destroyed by a wildfire are seen in Lytton, British Columbia, on July 1, 2021. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
July 2, 2021, 1:20 pm
Wildfire consumes small British Columbia town that hit 121 degrees Fahrenheit
Province’s public safety minister says most homes and buildings in Lytton destroyed, some residents unaccounted for
By AP
Arthur Topham, convicted of online hate crimes, arrives in court for sentencing in British Columbia, Canada on March 13, 2017. (Screen capture: Twitter video)
March 14, 2017, 2:43 pm
No jail time for Canadian man convicted of online anti-Semitism
Arthur Topham barred from internet for 6 months, says he has a duty to alert the public to ‘imminent threat of Jewish lobby’
By ToI Staff
Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons)
March 21, 2016, 12:45 am
Boycott stickers cropping up on Israeli products in Canada
Anti-Israel activists launch campaign after Vancouver government condemned divestment and sanctions
By JTA
Fog around Tofino, Canada, in 2014. (CC BY Ruth Hartnup, Flickr)
October 26, 2015, 7:47 am
At least four dead as whale-watching boat sinks off Canada
Several survivors pulled from water in British Columbia on country’s west coast; reason behind sinking unclear
By AP
Fort St. John in British Columbia, Canada (YouTube screenshot)
July 11, 2015, 11:15 am
Suspect charged in Canada for plotting ‘IS-inspired attacks’
Othman Ayed Hamdan accused of calling for murders in the name of jihad; new law criminalizes promotion of terrorism
By AFP
Actress Lea Michele of 'Glee' accepts an award at the Teen Choice Awards, held at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 11, 2013. (photo credit: AP/John Shearer/Invision)
August 12, 2013, 8:35 pm
Lea Michele dedicates Teen Choice Award to Monteith
Tearful ‘Glee’ actress addresses audience wearing a necklace with deceased boyfriend’s name on it
By ALICIA RANCILIO
British Columbia's provincial Parliament building in Victoria, BC (photo credit: CC BY-SA, Another Believer, Wikimedia Commons)
July 2, 2013, 11:15 pm
Canadian police arrest 2 on terror charges
Man and woman taken into custody for attempting to leave a suspicious package at the BC legislature building
Temple Emmanu-el, c1900 (photo credit: Courtesy of Congregation Emanu-El, Victoria)
May 30, 2013, 2:16 pm
Canada’s oldest synagogue celebrates 150
Older than the country itself, the Vancouver Island synagogue’s dedication ceremony will be reenacted in a gala costumed affair
By Arthur Wolak
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