National News

OTTAWA — Local police say there's a "high possibility" that two Canadians are dead after a popular 19th-century streetcar crashed in Portugal's capital on Wednesday, The Associated Press reports.

TORONTO — Finance Minister François Philippe Champagne acknowledged Thursday that "adjustments" are coming to the public service as Ottawa looks to trim its spending in the fall budget.

Drought-stricken parts of Canada could be in for some underwhelming fall foliage if stressed trees lose out on the energy needed to generate some of the season's most brilliant colours, experts say.

OTTAWA — A Canadian Armed Forces member deployed to Latvia has been reported missing since Tuesday. A news release from the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces says an investigation and search efforts are ongoing. Lt.-Gen.

OTTAWA — NDP MP Jenny Kwan says she will ask Parliament to close a loophole that could allow the U.S. to purchase Canadian weapons for Israel, despite a ban on exporting various forms of arms to that country.

MONTREAL — The man accused of killing convicted serial killer Robert Pickton in a jailhouse attack intends to plead guilty, the Crown says.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's parliamentary secretary will go to China to join Saskatchewan's efforts to get Beijing to scrap its canola tariffs and address other "trade irritants," the prime minister's office said Thursday.

TORONTO — Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada – but first, he says his own province needs a centralized digital vaccine system. Dr.

TORONTO — The head of a controversial right-wing American think tank dropped off the list of speakers who were set to brief Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet behind closed doors Thursday.

WINNIPEG — First Nations chiefs voted down a resolution at their national assembly on Thursday that opponents said would have amounted to an endorsement of the federal government's major projects legislation.