TORONTO — The $5 million jackpot prize in last night`s Lotto 649 draw went unclaimed.
The jackpot for next Wednesday`s draw will rise to approximately $7 million, and there will also be one guaranteed prize of a million dollars.
HAMILTON — An animal rights group known for some controversial ad campaigns is proposing a new billboard in Hamilton based on the case of a woman who kept her husband's corpse in a bedroom for six months.
TORONTO — The company that supplied a swing stage involved in a deadly scaffolding collapse in Toronto on Christmas Eve 2009 has been fined $350,000 for failing to ensure the platform was in good condition.
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has put on hold a controversial bill that would have allowed gay students to form support groups, but only if schools approved them.
OTTAWA — The federal government approved the takeover of Tim Hortons Inc. by Burger King Worldwide Inc. on Thursday after securing promises on jobs and that the coffee shop chain will remain a distinct brand.
OTTAWA — The Canadian military says it is confident that no civilians have been killed to date as a result of its airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
OTTAWA — Why has the backlog plaguing the Conservative government's social security tribunal grown so large as ailing, injured and debt-addled Canadians denied Canada Pension Plan disability benefits wait years for appeal hearings?