In Canada as well as in the U.S., advocates of gun restrictions are cheering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's ban on so-called "assault weapons" in the wake of a mass murder in Nova Scotia.

Canada's new nationwide ban on handgun sales, purchases and transfers goes into effect Friday in the government's latest move to reduce gun violence across the country. Beginning Friday ...

Canada’s new gun “ban” is not a ban. It might sound like a ban to urbanites who are unfamiliar with Canada’s labyrinth of federal gun regulations, and indeed, the government is quite ...

Canada on Thursday announced a ban on 324 assault-style firearms in a continued effort for more stringent gun control. Leaders in Canada also said that they are working with the government of ...

Anti-gun activists point to American shootings as an argument for enacting a ban. Groups representing Canada’s 2.2m licensed gun owners say regulations on buying, storing and transporting ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada said Thursday it is outlawing ... assault-style firearms were not included in the 2020 ban. “This means these firearms can no longer be used,” LeBlanc said.

On Thursday, Canada announced a prohibition on 324 additional ... This prohibition follows the earlier ban from May 2020, ...

Canadian hunters and gun rights advocates are blasting a contentious gun control bill that could potentially outlaw a number of commonly used hunting rifles and shotguns. Pointing to the last-minute ...

The legislation and the ban both include exemptions for those ... the United States doesn’t reflect the true number of firearms in Canada because most that are used in crimes are illegally ...

OTTAWA—Canada’s Liberal government repealed on Friday elements of its gun-control legislation that proposed banning rifles and shotguns widely used by hunters, farmers and indigenous communities.

OTTAWA, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday it would temporarily ban the import of restricted handguns from Aug. 19 in a move designed to indirectly achieve goals of a gun control legislation ...