By Steve Scherer and Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

A Texas man bought dozens of guns from licensed dealers in the state before illegally reselling at least 16, U.S. officials say. Twelve were traced to crimes committed in America. The other four were traced to crimes in Canada.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

A Cree woman who captured global attention with her anguished song before Pope Francis on Monday said she was moved to do so when he donned a gifted feathered headdress without first removing his skullcap – something she saw as disrespectful.

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Timon Johnson – Reuters

Pope Francis is scheduled to land in Canada on Sunday on what he has called a “pilgrimage of penance” to apologize for the abuse indigenous children endured at hands of largely Catholic-run residential schools.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

When Pope Francis travels to Canada, indigenous leaders and residential school survivors say, they are hoping for more than an apology: They want action.

By Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

A new wave of COVID-19 cases and rising hospitalizations ahead of an October election are creating fresh headaches for Quebec’s government, which says it has no plans to reintroduce mask mandates in the Canadian province despite calls by some doctors to do so.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Health authorities across Canada have cut the hours of hospital emergency departments and urgent care clinics in recent weeks, a move that in some cases may extend through the summer, due to a surge in patients and staff shortages.

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Jackie Botts and Kayla Tarnowski – Reuters

Some Americans without access to safe local abortions in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling are looking to the country’s northern and southern neighbors for access to reproductive care.

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Ismail Shakil – Reuters

Canada’s federal government introduced a bill on Friday to hold some people criminally responsible if they harm someone else while extremely intoxicated.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

A man who plowed a rented van into dozens of people on a busy Toronto street in 2018, killing 11, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.

By Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Quebec’s plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address a tight labor market in the Canadian province.