National News

A 26-year-old mother saw clouds gathering and was headed home when she, her young son and his playmate were struck by lightning in a soccer field, the distraught woman’s husband said Thursday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is urging Canada’s beleaguered nuclear agency to pick up the pace in repairing a leaky reactor at Chalk River, Ont., down until at least next spring.

A federal appeals court is to rule today on whether the government must seek to bring Omar Khadr home from a U.S. military prison.

Three months after a Toronto woman was detained in Kenya because officials questioned her identity, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday that Ottawa is working hard to bring her home.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff reaffirmed his support for nuclear energy before a receptive audience Thursday.

VANCOUVER, B.C. — There is a report that Taser International is poised to launch legal action against the public inquiry looking into the death of Robert Dziekanski.

A young bear weighing about 75 kg lbs has been terrorizing garbage cans in the Picton Street area of Thunder Bay, Ont., for the past week and has finally met its match, Thursday.

HALIFAX — Federal New Democrats are hoping that provincial success in Nova Scotia and Manitoba — as well as a possible name change — can boost the party’s electoral prospects as delegates gather for their annual convention beginning Friday in Halifax.

KITCHENER, Ont. — The federal government will get to the bottom of why a Toronto woman ended up stranded in Kenya for nearly three months over false claims that she was an impostor, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised Thursday.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The National Parole Board has turned down Robert Latimer’s request to live on his own during the workweek and only stay at a halfway house on weekends.