National Lifestyle

OTTAWA — When a lumber baron first built a home for his wife at 24 Sussex Drive, he described it as a place of peace. Now, it has become a place of rodents.

VICTORIA — Bookkeeper William Scott Gurney says he's sure he won't be back for another tax season. He doesn't have to after claiming the winning ticket on Tuesday for the $55-million Lotto Max draw on Feb. 28.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The manufacturer of eyedrops recently linked to deaths and injuries lacked measures to assure sterility at its factory in India, according to U.S. health inspectors.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yiyun Li's novel “The Book of Goose,” the story of two mischievous teenage girls in post-World War II France and their improbable literary success, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Whether a ban all gender-affirming care for minors will become law in Indiana remains unclear after the state's Republican governor said Tuesday that the bill on his desk is “clear as mud.

OTTAWA — Canadian R&B singer Jully Black was celebrated by the Assembly of First Nations on Monday for her meaningful one-word change to the lyrics of O Canada at the NBA All-Star Game earlier this year.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In the years it takes Kentucky bourbon to mature in new oak barrels, producers have faced two certainties: They lose a portion of the aging whiskey to evaporation — known as the angel's share — and pay a tax on the containers.

When Santos Enrique Camara arrived at Shoreline Community College in Washington state to study audio engineering, he quickly felt lost. “It’s like a weird maze,” remembered Camara, who was 19 at the time and had finished high school with a 4.

Canada's baby formula shortage has stabilized and the situation is improving, say officials including Health Canada, pediatricians and industry representatives.

TORONTO — Lovable loser Michael Cera is getting dolled up for the new "Barbie" movie, in which he'll portray a discontinued and long-forgotten character in the toy line. The Brampton, Ont.