National News

WINNIPEG — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers are trying to concentrate on the Liberal government's domestic agenda and how to see it to fruition in a minority Parliament — but unforeseen emergencies continue to demand their urge

WINNIPEG — Canada is keeping up the pressure on Iran to involve outside experts in the investigation into downed Ukrainian jetliner PS752, amid signs that Iran is balking at turning over the flight data recorders.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

OTTAWA — Quebec MP Gerard Deltell says he's decided not to enter the Conservative leadership race. Deltell made the announcement on social media after a meeting with his riding association.

New research suggests Canada's largest national park is not drying out from upstream hydro dams or being contaminated by the oilsands.

EDMONTON — In a few weeks, Ken Block will hang up his uniform as head of Edmonton Fire Rescue and head Down Under to assume command of 5,000 firefighters in Australia.

TORONTO — A one-time Toronto lawyer known for championing underdog causes and whose high profile battles with the profession's regulator spanned decades has been forced into legal retirement.

MONTREAL — Francis Lalonde Langlois's favourite memory of his mother is when he was five years old and she blew up 2,000 balloons on New Year’s Eve because she wanted her three children to remember the first moments of the new millennium.

TORONTO — A single ticket purchased in the Prairies won Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot. And the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan.

VICTORIA — The crisis facing British Columbia's forest industry is intensifying as markets decline, mills shut and a strike involving 3,000 forestry workers enters its seventh month.