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China is to blame for much of the increase in illegal ozone-depleting substances (ODS) since 2013, according a study published by the journal Nature on Thursday, with domestic companies accused of violating a global production ban. Source

A lucky Whitby, Ont., resident is set to become Canada’s newest multimillionaire, collecting a whopping $55 million Lotto Max jackpot Thursday morning.WATCH LIVE @ 11 ET: Winner of $55 million lottery jackpot revealed According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the lone mystery winner will collect the top prize from the April 5 draw the lottery prize centre in downtown Toronto at 11 a.m. Source

Canada's two biggest banks posted profits of more than $3 billion dollars each in the second quarter, exceeding analyst expectations. Royal Bank of Canada earned $3.23 billion, helped by growth in its capital markets, personal and commercial banking and wealth management businesses. Source

In this Jan. 24, 2002 file photo, John Walker Lindh, far right, leaves the Alexandria Detention Center in Alexandria, Va., before dawn, on the way to his first appearance in a nearby federal court. Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. Source

John Walker Lindh, the American captured in Afghanistan in 2001 while fighting for the Taliban, was released from federal prison on Thursday, according to a report. Lindh, photographed as a wild-eyed, bearded 20-year-old at his capture in November 2001, leaves a federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind. Source

BERLIN -- A senior German diplomat headed Thursday to Tehran to press Iran to continue to respect the landmark nuclear deal, despite the unilateral withdrawal of the U.S. and increasing pressure from Washington. Tensions have soared in the Mideast recently as the White House earlier this month sent an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the region over a still-unexplained threat it perceived from Iran. Source

TORONTO -- Ten former Ontario health ministers representing three political parties are urging the provincial government to reverse its cuts to public-health funding. Six former Liberal ministers, three New Democrats and one Progressive Conservative have signed an open letter to Health Minister Christine Elliott, imploring her to stop what they call "drastic" cuts. Source

BERLIN -- Austrian police say that a woman and her two daughters who were found dead at their Vienna apartment earlier this week appear to have starved to death. The bodies of the 45-year-old mother and her daughters, both aged 18, were found in municipal housing in the Austrian capital's Floridsdorf district on Tuesday. Source

A Canadian teacher has been fired from an unlicensed daycare centre in Japan after a co-worker recently shared videos online he secretly captured with a pen camera that appeared to show the man hitting and roughly handling young children. Source

Recently discovered remains of a Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (RHLI) soldier who died in the Second World War will be buried with the rest of his body nearly 75 years after his death. The Canadian Armed Forces say partial skeletal remains found near Verrières, a village in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay France, have been identified as those of Sgt. Source