National News

OTTAWA — Canada only has two women from the military deployed on United Nations peacekeeping missions right now, raising concerns Ottawa is failing to lead by example and may be called out by the international body for missing its targets.

OTTAWA — HIV activists say there is mounting frustration in communities affected by the virus, amid near-silence from the federal government nearly 10 years after the Liberals pledged to reform laws surrounding HIV disclosure.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s largest wildfire has grown as firefighters continue to deal with stronger winds forecast for the province’s Annapolis Valley.

Sometimes it happens without any more warning than the sound of cracking.

MONTREAL — A Quebec college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in English-language programs, contravening the province's language law, is postponing the first day of classes scheduled for Monday.

MONTREAL — Lawyers involved in a class-action lawsuit over the drug Rexulti say a $4.75 million settlement has been reached on behalf of patients and the estates and families of those who were prescribed the drug.

WARSAW — Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in Poland on Saturday, kicking off a broader mission to deepen economic and security ties with European allies.

VANCOUVER — The Parole Board of Canada says convicted sex offender Randall Hopley remains an "undue risk to society" after the B.C. man left a halfway house in May the day he was released from prison.

EDMONTON — Ren Alva is no stranger to leaving a good tip. The Edmonton university student believes in tipping service workers for a job well done, even leaving more during the holidays and after special events.

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty's office says she is reviewing a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order for parties involved in a decade-long First Nations child welfare case to resume talks to reform the system after an impasse.