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Parties' leaders pledge to support workers with more benefits

Parties' leaders pledge to support workers with more benefits

OTTAWA — The three main federal party leaders marked Labour Day with promises of better working conditions and more benefits for Canadian workers, along with additional supports for businesses.
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Quebec introduces pilot project for free youth protection mediation service

Quebec introduces pilot project for free youth protection mediation service

MONTREAL — A new pilot project in Quebec is encouraging parents to seek mediation and solutions outside legal procedures for the better good of children.
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9/11 terrorist attacks, ensuing war propelled Canada's military into 21st century

9/11 terrorist attacks, ensuing war propelled Canada's military into 21st century

OTTAWA — Andrew Leslie clearly remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Forest company, RCMP, old-growth defenders due in court this month for four hearings

Forest company, RCMP, old-growth defenders due in court this month for four hearings

VICTORIA — The ongoing battle over old-growth forests on southern Vancouver Island is heading back to court where a forest company will seek to extend an injunction order and the RCMP and protesters will face off over police powers.
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Kovrig, Spavor supporters march in support of freeing the prisoners, as China objects

Kovrig, Spavor supporters march in support of freeing the prisoners, as China objects

OTTAWA — As Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor mark 1,000 days in separate Chinese prisons, their supporters took to the streets of Ottawa and beyond on Sunday to push for their freedom.
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Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks

Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks

Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center.
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O'Toole clarifies gun policy, leaders talk Chinese detention of Canadians on campaign

O'Toole clarifies gun policy, leaders talk Chinese detention of Canadians on campaign

OTTAWA — Canada's party leaders entered the fourth week of the federal election campaign expressing support for the families of two men who have been detained in China for 1,000 days.
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Child who went missing in Quebec now reunited with mother, police arrest dad

Child who went missing in Quebec now reunited with mother, police arrest dad

MONTREAL — A nearly week-long saga involving a missing three-year-old boy in northern Quebec came to a peaceful conclusion on Sunday as police reunited the child with his mother and arrested his father for alleged involvement in his disappearance.
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Canada, allies watchful of how China will fill Western void in Afghanistan

Canada, allies watchful of how China will fill Western void in Afghanistan

OTTAWA — With the United States and its allies, Canada included, having left Afghanistan firmly in the hands of the Taliban, another world power is stepping into the void to exert its influence on the troubled country — China.
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No winning ticket for Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

No winning ticket for Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $6 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept.
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