Canada and Japan have signed a new strategic partnership agreement that aims to boost co-operation on defence, energy, trade and technology.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada is pursuing multiple options to help more than 2,000 Canadians who have requested assistance to leave the Middle East, as some Canadians in the region are calling on the government to do more to help them get home.
Canada and Australia have a "rare" ability to help convene a coalition of middle powers because their allies know they can be trusted, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a speech to Australia's Parliament on Thursday.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada can't rule out military participation in the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
Canada's secretary of state for defence procurement says the government is planning to choose just one company to build the country's next fleet of submarines.
Police in Vancouver say two teens have been charged for a stabbing last month after a basketball game at a local secondary school.