Temperature has reached 49.6C (121.3F) in Lytton, British Columbia this week; the Vancouver area has registered more than 150 sudden deaths but the number of heat-related fatalities is likely to rise as some areas have yet to collate the data

The province of Alberta has signed a new energy deal that will position Canada as a global energy superpower while working toward net-zero emissions; the agreement involves a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast with Indigenous co-ownership

Swimmer Penny Oleksiak has been given a two-year ban from competition for an anti-doping rule violation between October 2024 and June 2025, said the International Testing Agency; suspension ends in July 2027, before the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics

Veterans, dignitaries and public celebrated Remembrance Day in ceremonies across Canada on 11 November, this year marking also the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War; as per tradition, children put a poppy on soldiers' graves