Canada's national team is playing socca, a six-a-side version of soccer, at its third international competition this year.

Music fans heading for the latest Bluesfest extravaganza should start planning their cool-off strategies. Environment Canada has issued a notice that they expect “a prolonged period of near heat warning levels” beginning Friday and possibly lasting until about Thursday.

President Donald Trump announced a 35% tariff on Canadian imports, starting Aug. 1, the latest letter to a trade partner that threatens high rates.

The revised policy mandates prospective international students, including those from India, to demonstrate sufficient financial capacity to cover their tuition fees, higher living expenses, and transportation costs without relying on employment in Canada.

Coal, the last surviving member of a colony of cats that thrived for decades outside Canada’s Parliament and became popular with tourists, has died. He was believed to be 17. A Facebook page devoted to Coal said he had had an aggressive form of cancer that had spread to his lungs and received a veterinarian-administered death on Tuesday.

Women seeking gynecologic care in Canada often face barriers to access, such as long wait times and dismissive attitudes.

The festival is way more blues, with country, pop, rock, punk, hip hop, and electronic artists performing. Some of the headliners include Shania Twain, Lainey Wilson, Green Day, and Sean Paul.