Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said Wednesday (Sept 13) that they were investigating a case in which a 17-year-old Sikh student was assaulted by two other teenage males during a bus ride in British Colombia (BC) province.

Sikh student ‘assaulted, pepper-sprayed’ in Canada, Sikh group demands urgent action

The Royal Canadian Navy announced Thursday will adopt gender neutral ranks, changing references to "seaman" in designations to "sailor" in order to be more diverse and inclusive, and to recruit more women.

Royal Canadian Navy drops ‘seaman’ title for gender-neutral term ‘sailor’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped Chrystia Freeland to be Canada's first female finance minister on Tuesday as an ethics scandal that clipped her predecessor's wings reverberates through the government.

Trudeau names Chrystia Freeland as Canada's first female finance minister

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Monday for not recusing himself from discussions about a government contract to a charity that had paid his family large sums of money for speaking appearances.

Canada's Trudeau admits 'mistake'; apologises over controversial charity contract

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing his third conflict of interest probe over his government's decision to award a contract worth more than C$900 million (S$926 million) to an organisation that he and his family have ties to.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces third ethics probe over charity grant program

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, responding to Iran's statement that a missile shot down a Ukrainian airliner this week, said on Saturday that his government sought a full investigation and full cooperation from the Iranian authorities.

Canada: PM Justin Trudeau wants 'full investigation' into plane crash

Canada on Friday lowered the number of its citizens killed in the crash of a jetliner in Iran from 63 to 57. "This is based on additional information we had about birth dates and comparing the travel documents that people were travelling on when they boarded the flight," Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told a press conference.

Ottawa lowers Canadian death toll in Iran air crash to 57