OTTAWA — John Maguire, a former Ottawa man who appears in a new extremist recruiting video, seemed to lack close friends in Canada and kept his distance from others, says an acquaintance who used to pray with him.
OTTAWA — The Harper government signalled Monday it wants to create deeper defence ties with Ukraine, signing a declaration that could lead to broader military co-operation in one of the most volatile parts of the globe.
OTTAWA — A global call for help resettling more than 100,000 Syrian refugees must be answered in part by Canada, the United Nations refugee agency representative in Ottawa says.
OTTAWA — A new court date has been set for a Quebec man accused of impersonating a soldier during last month's Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador says he is reconsidering support of Canada's free trade deal with Europe because the federal government is adding new conditions to a promised fishery fund for his province.
WINNIPEG — A teenage girl who was viciously assaulted and left for dead last month has added her voice to the call for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.