CANADA

The joint US-Canadian military monitoring agency has continued its decades-long tradition of tracking Santa's whereabouts, helping children around the globe find out when his reindeer-powered, present-filled sleigh is coming to town.

Canada's print media will receive nearly two-thirds of an annual Can$100 million (US$75 million) payment from Google to the country's news outlets in exchange for distribution of their content, the federal government announced Friday.

Canada's public broadcaster on Monday announced it would cut 600 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, as it confronts financial challenges sparked by a drop in television ad revenues and competition from digital news outlets.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced murder-for-hire charges against 52-year-old Indian national Nikhil Gupta for his alleged involvement in an assassination plot that was thwarted by U.S. officials.

US prosecutors unveiled charges on Wednesday against an Indian national they say planned to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader on US soil under the direction of an Indian official.

The leaders of Canada and the European Union reiterated strong support at a summit Friday for Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion, with new military assistance announced by Ottawa.

Indian-born lawyer and Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was allegedly the target of an assassination plot that U.S. authorities thwarted. The U.S. also gave India a warning over concerns about the Indian government's involvement.

U.S. and Canadian authorities are investigating the explosion near a border checkpoint.

Several hundred thousand school, hospital and social services workers in Canada's Quebec province walked off their jobs Tuesday for the first day of what is billed as a historic strike to demand better pay and working conditions.

Following a series of setbacks, Canada's renewable energy transition got a push from the private sector last week.

The ISA ultimately decided not to decide the fate of deep sea mining Wednesday, setting up a final decision next year.

The International Seabed Authority meets this week in Jamaica to discuss allowing the beginning of large-scale deep sea mining.

A response to International Business Times from Pannun's email id, listed on the SFJ website, clarified the Khalistani leader was warning about a "global blockade" of Air India and not a "bombing."

Canadian group Restaurant Brands said the conflict in the Middle East could have a negative impact on its businesses.

A key oil pipeline extension project in Western Canada is three-quarters complete and far over budget -- and no one is willing to pick up the rest of the tab.

Demonstrators and police clashed Tuesday in Panama as protests over a copper mine spilled into their fifth day, with President Laurentino Cortizo vowing he would prosecute acts of "vandalism."

Police in Panama fired teargas Monday at protesters burning tires and blocking roads to protest a contract allowing a Canadian company to continue operating Central America's biggest copper mine.

Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar said New Delhi asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence in India due to Canada's interference in Indian affairs.

Trudeau said the festival offers Canadians a chance to learn more about Hindu communities and also recognize their "invaluable contributions" to Canada.

The moment Kim Prosser learned that her 19-year-old son Ashtyn had died by suicide, she says she dropped to the floor, where she lay "shaking and so cold."

India's foreign minister S Jaishankar reportedly had a "secret meeting" with Melanie Joly when he visited Washington from Sept. 27 to 30.