National News

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

OTTAWA — Efforts by Canada's financial intelligence agency over the last three years uncovered activity related to homegrown terrorism, the bankrolling of international terrorist groups and attempts by Canadians to take part in extremism abroad.

HALIFAX — A new and unusual theory has emerged about the coyotes that killed a young Toronto woman on a Nova Scotia hiking trail 13 years ago. Researchers say that on Oct.

TORONTO — The winning numbers in Wednesday's Lotto 649 draw for an estimated $5 million: 09, 21, 34, 37, 41 & 44.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for Everland brand organic coconut chocolate bark because the candy contains milk that is not listed on the label.

VANCOUVER — The daughters of a man killed by two inmates who escaped a Vancouver Island prison say they're grateful and relieved the men are being held accountable for the crime, but a guilty verdict won't bring their father back.

VANCOUVER — The federal government is offering to buy Pacific salmon commercial fishing licences from those looking to get out of the declining industry as it tries to protect the fish that remain.

MONTREAL — The Yukon and federal governments have signed a new agreement to advance nature conservation and protection across the territory.

WINNIPEG — Police are to be part of a committee led by First Nations groups to determine the feasibility of recovering the remains of two Indigenous women believed to in a landfill outside Winnipeg.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says she is sorry if anyone misinterpreted earlier remarks to conclude she was equating Ottawa’s treatment of Alberta to the systemic and horrific abuse of First Nations people in Canada.