Canada

OTTAWA — Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86.

CHICAGO — A Chicago aquarium says several of the belugas that were transferred to its site from Ontario's Marineland have health issues.

OTTAWA — American diplomat Baxter Hunt recalls showing up to work at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa the morning after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and finding "a mountain of flowers" outside the building.

SQUAMISH — Athletics Canada says one of its members went missing while attempting to break a mountain-running record in the Alps along the Switzerland-Italy border.

OTTAWA — In September 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada was officially recognizing the State of Palestine.

VANCOUVER — Lisa Sun recalls watching the SuperDogs at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver as many times as she could as a kid, delighting in the performers' speed, skill and comic relief.

In an executive order, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that Lake Ontario is now called Lake America, a move that infuriated Canadians from coast to coast and prompted politicians of all levels to...

OTTAWA — A new government report says the impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.

After more than six decades in service, the original CT-114 Tutor jets used in the Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerial acrobatic squadron will be retiring this year. That means their appearance at the...