Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a surprise, secret visit to Canadian military aircrew and medical technicians deployed on the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Gao, Mali.
With no deal, partial U.S. government shutdown likely to drag past Christmas
With no deal in sight on a bill to fund the U.S. government, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell sent senators home until Thursday.
Dozens killed, hundreds injured in Indonesia tsunami
A tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed at least 43 people after the waves hit the coast around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water some 20 metres inland and damaging hundreds of houses including hotels, the government and witnesses said.
Montreal boxer Adonis Stevenson awake from coma, girlfriend says
“Despite recent reports being leaked to media, I wanted to clarify that Adonis is awake,” his partner Simone God wrote in a news release Saturday evening. The Montreal boxer has been in hospital since a boxing match Dec. 1 that left him with a brain injury.
Big telcos offer bonus-data deals but 3 provinces get the best bargains
The holiday season has sparked wireless wars amongst Rogers, Bell and Telus, which are all doubling the data on select phone plans. But not all customers are thrilled because of glaring regional price differences.
The race is on to build a better shoelace — and companies are stepping up
There are suddenly plenty of new options for people to choose from when it comes to tying — or not tying — their shoes.
B.C. regulator says fracking caused earthquakes near Fort St. John
The B.C. regulator says the events 20 kilometres south of Fort St. John on Nov. 29 occurred because of fluid injections during hydraulic fracturing at a Canadian Natural Resources wellsite.
2 arrested in Gatwick Airport drone disruptions
Police in the United Kingdom say they have made two arrests in connection with a drone disruption at London’s Gatwick Airport.
U.S. joins Freeland in condemning ‘arbitrary detention’ of Canadians and calls for ‘immediate release’
Canada and its allies are pushing back against China with their strongest diplomatic language yet, accusing Chinese authorities of detaining two Canadians without cause and calling for them to be promptly freed.
U.S. government to shut down in battle over Trump’s border wall
The U.S. government is heading toward a partial shutdown at midnight after President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the Senate failed to muster the votes needed to approve $5 billion US he has demanded for a border wall that is fiercely opposed by Democrats.