Ever since becoming leader in 2011, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has made his nuclear weapons program a national goal — almost a doctrine — arguing it is the only way for smaller powers to keep from being “mercilessly violated” by superpowers.

As the war in the Middle East continues, crude oil prices are hovering well above the $100 US mark — a pressure that is starting

The number of inmate-on-inmate assaults appears to be rising in the province, according to Ministry of the Solicitor General figures. The big concern in northern Ontario is violence fuelled by overcrowding and a lack of options to separate the person who was attacked from the perpetrator.

Canada’s finance minister François-Philippe Champagne is in China to continue diversifying trading partners and strengthen the economy. This visit follows that of Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier this year as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war has driven more and more countries to turn toward China, the world’s second-largest economy.

President Donald Trump has been pressuring U.S. oil and gas executives to invest in Venezuela’s energy sector, nearly three months after the toppling of former president Nicolás Maduro, as the country is said to have the largest crude oil reserves in the world.

The Canadian government will transfer control of Nunavut’s land and resources to the territory next April. But there are many big changes to be worked out before the transfer date. Some federal jobs will be transferred to the Nunavut government, a new department responsible for land and resources will be established, and Ottawa still needs to remediate contaminated sites on federal land.