OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says Canada fully supports U.S. airstrikes against Islamic extremists in northern Iraq and has received no request for military assistance in the volatile region.
MONTREAL - A sentencing hearing has been postponed for a Quebec woman found guilty in the deaths of two motorcyclists who colliided with her car after she stopped for ducks on a Montreal-area highway.
AMSTERDAM - A Dutch-led forensic team says it has identified the remains of 23 victims aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, including a 24-year-old medical student from Ontario.
EDMONTON - About 50 soldiers are set to run a relay across five provinces to retrace a route used by troops before the First World War.
MONTREAL - The Supreme Court of Canada says it won't hear a former Quebec construction magnate who is trying to get out of testifying at the province's corruption inquiry.
Members of a tiny Metro Vancouver-area First Nation went public with messages of support for their chief on Thursday, a week after he was lambasted for quietly accepting an $800,000 bonus connected with successful development contracts.