Public polls are showing the Liberals and Conservatives in a tight battle to form a government, with the New Democrats in third but falling back. That pressure has created a few storylines and races to watch in the home stretch.

Several student candidates are running in the federal election, juggling their studies with door-knocking, debating and trying to win a seat in Ottawa.

Yet another billionaire entrepreneur is set to ride into space this week, strapped inside the capsule of a SpaceX rocketship as part of an astro-tourist team poised to make history as the first all-civilian crew launched into Earth orbit.

The National for Sept. 12 — Erin O’Toole takes questions from voters on affordability, climate change and vaccine mandates. Plus, the growing COVID crisis in Alberta.

Britney Spears announced her engagement Sunday to her boyfriend Sam Asghari with an exuberant post displaying a diamond ring engraved with the word "lioness."

North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months that underscored how it continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the U.S.

Russia's Daniil Medvedev defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to capture his first major title at the U.S. Open in New York City on Sunday.

The head of Iran's civilian nuclear program says Tehran will allow United Nations inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive atomic sites and to continue filming there.

The Missouri-based company has decided that a $31-billion bid from Canadian Pacific is the best of two offers on the table.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is pledging to boost financial support to grieving parents as the election campaign enters its final stretch.