The U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Senior administration officials previewed the new policy late Tuesday on the condition of anonymity to speak ahead of the formal announcement • Full Story

A couple hundred Jews live in Regina, the capital city of Saskatchewan, as well as the surrounding prairies known as the Land of the Living Skies. Every element of observant life can be a struggle in this Jewish wilderness – Kosher food travels 3000 km to get to Regina and a full minyan and proper Mikvah is either 600 km east or 700 km west • Full Story, Donate

Victoria Police say a suspect has been identified amid an investigation into anti-Semitic graffiti that appeared at the Chabad Centre for Jewish Life and Learning earlier this past week • Full Story

Canadian Police are investigating antisemitic graffiti that was discovered on a Chabad Jewish community center in Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia • Full Story

A Victoria synagogue says it has received government approval to restart limited in-person services due to specific religious needs. Article courtesy of CTVNews.ca • Full Story

The COVID-19 travel restrictions in place at the Canada-U.S. land border will remain in effect until Nov. 21 at least. While the extension of the closure was anticipated, given the ongoing rate of virus transmission on both sides of the border, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair confirmed the plan on Monday • Full Story

The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month, Canada’s public safety minister said Friday. The land border restrictions aimed at controlling the coronavirus pandemic were first announced in March and have been renewed monthly • Full Story

Canadian lawmaker Erin O’Toole said on Wednesday that he would move his country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem if he were elected the next prime minister. “Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people, and the modern presence there just cements this. The Knesset, the Supreme Court and Foreign Ministry are all in west Jerusalem,” O’Toole said • Full Story

The Trump administration said on Tuesday it would extend existing restrictions on non-essential travel at land ports of entry with Canada and Mexico due to continued risks from the novel coronavirus pandemic • Full Story

Canada and the United States are set to extend a ban on non-essential travel to late July as both countries seek to control the spread of the coronavirus, according to three sources familiar with the matter • Full Story

An agreement has been reached between Canada and the United States to keep the border closed to all non-essential travel for another month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced • Full Story

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday that the Canadian Center for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University has been given the green light by the federal health authority to begin clinical trials of vaccine candidate • Full Story

A Chassidish family in Quebec, Canada made a thoughtful gesture to their non-Jewish neighbors who had become the unwitting audience for the outdoor tefillos of their neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic • Full Story

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday the U.S. and Canada have agreed to keep their border closed to nonessential travel for another 30 days and he said it will be undoubtedly longer before the restriction is removed • Full Story

Canada is barring entry to all travellers who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today • Full Story

It didn’t take York Regional Police too long to make an arrest in a case of vandalism that targeted a sukkah at the home of a Chabad rabbi in the town of Keswick, Ont. The arrest brought a sense of relief to Rabbi Yossi Vorovitch, who has lived in Keswick with his family for the past two years • Full Story

Most residents of Toronto’s sizable Jewish community probably don’t know that there are Jews living in smaller communities throughout Ontario. But the Jewish Russian Community of Ontario (JRCC) does • Full Story, Photos

A Canadian court on Monday ruled that it was “false, misleading and deceptive” to label wines made in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as a “Product of Israel.” Canada’s Federal Court had been asked to rule in the case of David Kattenburg • Full Story

Developing Story: A search effort is underway to find a young Yeshiva Bochur from Montreal who went missing while hiking on a trail in Killington, Vermont, on Wednesday night • Full Story

Over 500 people attended the event, as Chabad of Markham, Ontario, Canada, welcomed a new Sefer Torah in loving memory of Zalmy Plotkin, OB”M. A Torah parade was held after the last letters of the Torah were inscribed • Full Story, Photos

Dovid and Mushky (nee Sirota) Caytak with their family are Iy”H going to be moving on Shlichus to the Westboro area of Ottawa under the Shliach, Rabbi Dovid Hayes • Full Story

Rabbi Menachem Matusof, Senior Shliach and Director of Chabad in Alberta delivered the invocation as the United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney and his cabinet ministers were officially sworn in as Alberta’s new government in Canada • Watch

The Chabad of Markham, Canada, directed by Rabbi and Mrs. Avraham Plotkin, has a special ‘Bar Mitzvah Club’ which celebrated the highlight of the year earlier this week, the boys and their fathers got to experience firsthand what it’s like to be a Yeshiva Student • Full Story, Photos

Chabad of Georgina, ON, Canada, led by Rabbi Yossi Vorovitch, held its very first Giant Menorah lighting on Motzoei Shabbos, with scores of local Jews in attendance. Also joining in the festivities were Georgina Mayor Margaret Quirk, who was honored with lighting the Shamash • Full Story, Photos

Harley Finkelstein, Chief Operating Officer, at Shopify, has donated $500,000 to build/renovate a Chabad Jewish Community Center in Sandy Hill. It has special meaning to him and his faith. Video by Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia • Watch