Canada’s foreign affairs minister has condemned what he calls the “depravity” of the continuing offensive by security forces in Syria and moves to prevent the Red Cross from reaching the dead and injured in the central city of Homs. “The depravity and reprehensible acts of the Assad regime continue to sink to new lows,” John [...]

Enbridge shut down a pipeline running from Canada to the United States after a fatal two-vehicle crash southwest of Chicago. Two vehicles plowed through a fence around a pumping station in New Lenox County, Ill. just after 2 a.m. Saturday, causing a massive explosion and fireball, according to local reports. Enbridge, in a statement Sunday, [...]

Vladimir Putin has claimed victory in Russia’s presidential election after exit polls cited by state television indicated he won by an overwhelming margin, as opposition parties and independent observers say the vote was tainted by widespread violations. Putin, the country’s current prime minister who previously served as president between 2000 and 2008, made the claim [...]

Erin Mielzynski came out of nowhere Sunday to give Canada its first World Cup slalom victory since 1971. The 21-year-old from Guelph, Ont., had never placed higher than 13th on the World Cup circuit but used a strong second run to race to gold. “This has been my dream for as long as I can [...]

Audio was not required for Brad Gushue’s fourth-end meeting with his teammates at the Canadian men’s curling championship Sunday in Saskatoon, Sask. The body language of the skip and his curling team from Newfoundland and Labrador said it all when they congregated where the ice and blue carpet meet. Tied 2-2 against Ontario’s Glenn Howard [...]