National News

OTTAWA — An Iranian man is challenging the federal government's decision to deny him a permit to study at a Montreal university because he is considered a danger to the security of Canada.

VANCOUVER — Police are investigating whether a dog that fell to its death in downtown Vancouver may have been deliberately thrown from a window.

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — Mourners and officials paid tribute Monday to those who died after the Iranian military shot down Flight PS752 four years ago, as they called for the Iranian regime to be held accountable for what happened.

OTTAWA — An Ontario woman fears her brother's death in Gaza will disqualify his pregnant wife from a forthcoming program to help extended family escape to safety.

OTTAWA — John Scully wants to know that a medically-assisted death would be an option for him, should he want one. The former war correspondent suffers from severe mental illness, a mix of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety.

DAUPHIN, Man. — The Manitoba government is promising $12 million to improve a highway intersection where a crash last year killed 17 people on a minibus on their way to a casino.

OTTAWA — Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips is hopeful Ottawa's famed Rideau Canal will open for skating this year despite winter's slow start.

MONTREAL — The family of one of the men killed in an alleged hit-and-run on New Year's Day in Montreal attended a court appearance on Monday for the accused, saying they wanted to make sure justice is served. Just after 1 a.m. the morning of Jan.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's transport minister has written to his federal counterpart asking for the closure of road safety gaps he says allow some trucking companies to avoid consequences while operating unsafely across Canada.

OTTAWA — These are the 10 most expensive years for natural disasters in Canada as measured by insurance payouts, adjusted for inflation in 2022. This data is from the Insurance Bureau of Canada. 1. 2016, $5.