National News

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the Tories still have a small lead over the governing Liberals and have slightly widened the gap.

TORONTO — Three large television screens in the nerve centre of the operating room at Canada's largest pediatric hospital display a list of its surgical spaces, showing which ones have children undergoing procedures at the moment.

MILTON, N.S. — Geno Francis loved most things about fishing on the high seas, but his son says that in his final year, fear overshadowed that passion.

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has lots of reasons to be losing sleep. Soaring living costs have Canadians lined up at food banks. The federal Liberals are anticipating a possible recession.

There was no winning ticket sold in Tuesday's Lotto Max $30 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Dec. 16 will be an estimated $40 million. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The winning numbers in Tuesday's Lotto Max draw for an estimated $30 million: 12, 13, 14, 31, 35, 39 & 50. Bonus: 48 In the event of any discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail.

VANCOUVER — The defence lawyer in the B.C. Supreme Court murder trial of an escaped inmate says the jury must acquit his client because the evidence doesn't align with the prosecution's theory of events.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is trying to find the dividing line between guns suitable for hunting and ones that have no place in society because they pose significant dangers in the wrong hands.

OTTAWA — The federal and provincial governments appear deadlocked in their negotiations on the future of health care in Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's latest comments suggest he will not be the one to blink first.