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Book returned to Australian library 150 years overdue after man finds it bricked in fireplace
The book published in 1858 was returned to the library in the seaside town of Kiama last week by a man who had found it during recent home renovations inside a …
Ex-FBI director Comey's lawyer says government tracked his phone, interviewed mob killer
The Justice Department used the Secret Service and FBI to go to extraordinary lengths to bolster its contentious case against former FBI director James Comey, h…
B.C. gallery faces backlash after donated art ends up at Value Village
The Penticton Art Gallery says they made an error after donated pieces of art ended up discarded at the local Value Village. The decision prompted major backlas…
Ontario ministers expected to take questions as fires burn in province's northwest
Mike Harris, Ontario's minister of natural resources, is scheduled to hold a media availability Thursday alongside the ministers of emergency preparedness and I…
''Tis but a flesh wound': Montana man hikes 6 hours impaled by trekking pole
David Cifaldi and his two hiking companions were crossing Montana's ominous Froze-to-Death Plateau and approaching the top of the state's highest peak when thei…
At least 8 killed in Ukraine after Russia hits several regions
A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight into Thursday killed at least eight civilians, including children, and wounded more than …
Kuwaiti worker killed as U.S.-Iran conflict widens
An Iranian strike hit a Chinese firm's building in northern Kuwait Thursday morning, severely damaging the structure and killing a worker, Kuwait's military sai…
P.E.I. quietly drops inquiry into councillor who put up sign ahead of Truth and Reconciliation Day
The provincial government has called off an inquiry it ordered into the conduct of an eastern P.E.I. municipality's councillor who put a sign on his property th…
40 years, no floods. Now her Montreal home's been hit 3 straight years. What's changed?
After decades without flooding, some Montreal-area homeowners have seen their basements fill with water three years in a row. Experts say heavier rain, aging in…
U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver 'sunlight on demand,' but what are the legal implications?
Despite hundreds of public comments opposing a giant space mirror that would shine light roughly five kilometres wide, the U.S. Federal Communications Commissio…
Kids' birthday parties are getting more expensive. Should guests help pay for them?
Many argue you shouldn't throw a party if you can't afford it, while others defend the practice given costs for everything are skyrocketing. But when did the ex…
WestJet flight attendants' union serves 72-hour strike notice
The union representing 4,400 flight attendants at WestJet has issued 72-hour strike notice, setting the stage for a work stoppage that could ground flights in t…
Lifeguard battles massive waves to rescue a child | The Moment
Photographer Scott Vander Dussen tells The National about the moment he captured video of a young lifeguard saving a boy from massive waves on Seabright Beach i…
2 Quebec police officers racially profiled Black man during traffic stop: ethics tribunal
The Tribunal administratif de déontologie policière concluded that Sgt. Simon Deveault-Bonenfant and officer François Bleau-Goulet of the Sûreté du Québec engag…
Canadian film producer Jason Cloth faces fraud charges in U.S.
Canadian film financier Jason Cloth is facing fraud charges in Illinois, where he's accused of defrauding clients out of more than $100 million US.…
Woman reunited with 53-year-old message in a bottle from her late sister
In August 1973, Allison Spencer's mom sent her and her kid sister to the beach in Ocean City, N.J., with a mission: Write a message in a bottle, and cast it off…
4 women accuse actor Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct in BBC doc
Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto is facing allegations of criminal sexual conduct, with four women telling BBC in a new docume…