Canada

As Remembrance Day inches closer, we’re becoming more accustomed to seeing veterans and cadets selling poppies. The red flower is an iconic symbol of the tragedy and sacrifice of war and what our armed services do for our country. But in Edmonton, someone might need a refresher lesson on what Remembrance Day means. Cadets hoping to sell poppies in front …

Canada’s first airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq destroyed construction vehicles used by the terror group to build ground defences. Canada launched its first airstrikes on Sunday, the Department of National Defence confirmed. Two CF-18s dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs near the Iraqi city of Fallujah in a mission that lasted about four hours.

Canadian fighter jets dropped bombs over Iraq late Sunday night, Iraqi time, Defense Minister Rob Nicholson announced in a statement from Ottawa.

Lake Muskoka, near Gravenhurst, Ontario, is yielding up a 70-year-old secret. Canadian Armed Forces personnel began bringing the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Northrop Nomad aircraft #3521, which crashed in the lake on December 13, 1940, to the surface.

New Brunswick is getting a blast of winter weather today, prompting Environment Canada to issue snowfall warnings for much of the province.

The Conservative government plans to increase immigration levels significantly as it heads into an election year in 2015.

Toronto police are seeking the public’s assistance in an investigation into assault and sexual assault allegations made against former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi, saying three women have come forward to speak with officers.

Former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro, once a political pitbull who defended his party from partisan claims of dirty electoral tricks, has been found guilty of exceeding spending limits during the federal campaign in 2008.

Cop killer Justin Bourque has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 75 years. New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench Judge David delivered the precedent-setting ruling on Friday afternoon.

Luka Magnotta’s defence could begin Friday, with his lawyer claiming Magnotta didn’t know it was wrong to kill a Chinese student, cut him to pieces and video himself having sex with the parts.

Ottawa Police detained a Saudi Arabian diplomat for impaired driving after a vehicle was pulled over on Bank Street at 9:30pm Tuesday night.