National News

VICTORIA — Elections BC is looking into a complaint of voting irregularities in a riding where a narrow NDP win gave it a one-seat majority in October's election, with B.C.

MONTREAL — Canada's highest court has put an end to a 12-year legal saga that pitted comedian Mike Ward against the family of a disabled Quebec singer whom he mocked in his routines.

The Canadian agency that co-ordinates cross-border wildfire response with the United States says it's working to send a pair of airtankers to Southern California.

OTTAWA — Ontario MP Chandra Arya is the second Liberal to announce he wants to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal party.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Superior Court has ruled against a real estate development company that wanted the heritage status removed for First World War fortifications overlooking the St. Lawrence River east of Quebec City.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The sentencing hearing for three leaders of the Coutts, Alta., border blockade is now a sentencing hearing for two.

MONTREAL — A Montreal man has been sentenced to 40 months in prison by a United States federal court for running a scheme to illegally export millions of dollars' worth of electronic components to Russia for military use.

OTTAWA — Newfoundland MP Gudie Hutchings says she's not planning to run in the next federal election.

The list is not final and Ottawa has made no decisions yet on retaliation, according to a senior government official.

MONTREAL — Water-bombing pilots and crews from Quebec and a British Columbia company have been grappling with high winds and heavy turbulence in the battle against massive Los Angeles wildfires, as Canadians with homes in the area are forced to flee