VICTORIA — A failed voluntary-retirement program that cost British Columbia's Lottery Corporation $25 million is a "shining" example of why business-and-management improvements are needed at the Crown corporation, says Finance Minister Mike de Jong.
OTTAWA — The top Palestinian diplomat in Canada says the Harper government should not have boycotted a United Nations conference this week that harshly criticized Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
RIVIERE DU LOUP, Que. — The exact cause of the fire at a Quebec seniors' home last January that killed 32 people will likely never be known, a coroner's inquest into the tragedy heard Thursday.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A rare, white kermode bear will have a new home in Kamloops, B.C., waiting when he wakes up from hibernation this spring.
MONTREAL — The accused in Quebec's 2012 election shooting has been denied bail and it appears his murder trial scheduled for early next year may be delayed.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A man who broke down in tears while robbing a store told a clerk he needed hot food, cigarettes and money to pay bills, court has heard.