Canada condemned Palestinian fighters for endangering the lives of civilians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as 39 Canadians awaited an evacuation that has already been postponed once.

A Canadian was among the 62 people killed in a nightclub fire in Bangkok on New Year's Eve, Canada's Foreign Affairs Department confirmed Tuesday.

France and Egypt announced a new ceasefire proposal late Tuesday aimed at ending the latest conflict in the Gaza Strip, after Israeli forces attacked an area near a United Nations school where hundreds had sought shelter.

A Canadian army captain accused of shooting and killing a severely-wounded insurgent after a deadly battle in Afghanistan could be released from a military prison on Wednesday.

A 27-year-old eastern Ontario man who dreamed of becoming a professional pilot was one of two men killed in a plane crash southeast of Quebec City Tuesday morning, according to friends and family.