Beyond Local

WASHINGTON — Whether because of high-tech foreign spies, weather researchers or interplanetary visitors, Canada and the United States are keeping a wary eye on the sky — as well as the shared continental defence system that's supposed to be watching it for them. 

OTTAWA — The final version of a new telecom policy directive first unveiled by the federal government in May of last year is now in force.

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s president outlined Monday what she described as a plot by Moscow to overthrow her country’s government using external saboteurs, put the nation “at the disposal of Russia” and derail its aspirations to one day join the European Union.

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament have summoned the heads of Canada's largest grocery store chains to answer for rising food prices.

Edward Ambrose remembers wanting to be just like his father — a mentor, a hard worker, a proud family man. More than sixty years later, Ambrose would receive shocking news. That man was not his father.

Tristan Goodman, president for The Explorers and Producers Association of Canada advocate is cautiously optimistic about the direction energy development is going in the country.

OTTAWA — Officials say the investigation is now ongoing after 12 people were injured in an apparent gas explosion that rocked an east Ottawa suburb on Monday morning, including two children and two people who were pulled out of the rubble.

OTTAWA — A model F-35 sits in a place of prominence on the corner of Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny's desk. The miniature grey aircraft is propped in the air by a plastic stand as if it is flying, and Royal Canadian Air Force markings are visible on its wings.

VIENNA (AP) — Austria has come under heavy criticism for granting visas that will allow sanctioned Russian lawmakers to attend a Vienna meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines on Monday accused a Chinese coast guard ship of hitting a Philippine coast guard vessel with a military-grade laser and temporarily blinding some of its crew in the disputed South China Sea, calling it a “blatant” violation of Manila’s sovereign rights.