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Quebec’s police watchdog investigating after person seriously injured in Montreal
MONTREAL — Quebec’s independent police watchdog has launched an investigation after a person was seriously…
Lab confirms Canada’s first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.
Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is…
Freeland finds safety in numbers on digital sales tax
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland isn’t flinching now that the U.S. can move forward…
Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts
OTTAWA — The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the…
Trudeau to attend APEC in Peru, G20 summit in Brazil as peer nations brace for Trump
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Lima, Peru, where he will attend…
Energy experts think Donald Trump will make tariff exemptions for Canadian oil
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10…
Class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Canadian Indigenous group homes
VANCOUVER — A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from…
In the news today: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to start Toronto run
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
Rise in asylum seekers to Canada as migrants’ protected status set to expire in U.S.
MONTREAL — There has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum…
Train derailment and spill near Montreal leads to confinement order
LONGUEUIL, Que. — People in a part of Longueuil, Que., were being asked to stay…
NDP unveil campaign pledge to remove GST on internet, heat, diapers, more
OTTAWA — The NDP would remove the GST on all “essentials” if it forms the…
Quebec orders audits at 17 schools over alleged behaviour ‘contrary to Quebec values’
MONTREAL — Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville says his department will investigate complaints involving 17…
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of man convicted in Alberta hunters’ deaths
OTTAWA — Canada’s top court has declined to hear the appeal of one of two…
RCMP rolls out body-worn cameras for officers nationally
OTTAWA — The RCMP is rolling out body-worn cameras for officers, deploying more than 10,000…
Ambitious Centre Block renovation project nearly ready to enter the rebuilding phase
OTTAWA — The major restoration of Parliament’s Centre Block is nearly ready to enter the…
Anti-abortion activists challenge Quebec law forcing demonstrators to keep distance
MONTREAL — A Superior Court judge heard final arguments Thursday in a constitutional challenge of…
Chair of Liberal Indigenous caucus says identity ‘complicated’ as members questioned
OTTAWA — The chair of the Liberal party’s Indigenous caucus says Indigenous identity is “complicated”…
$375M announced for Indigenous-led conservation in Northwest Territories
OTTAWA — K’ahsho Got’ine guardians Twyla Edgi-Masuzumi, John Tobac and Buddy Gully pulled more than…
Police in B.C. put lid on grocery store theft, but thousands in cheese still ruined
NORTH VANCOUVER — RCMP say officers interrupted a theft at a North Vancouver grocery store…
Purolator workers won’t handle Canada Post packages if strike occurs, union says
Teamsters Canada says if Canada Post workers go on strike or are locked out, its…
Ottawa names experts to advise on creation of national pharmacare program
OTTAWA — The federal government has tapped a panel of five experts to craft the…
B.C.’s chief vet tells clinics to set up avian flu protocols amid human exposure risk
British Columbia’s chief veterinarian has told clinics that treat wild birds that they must establish…
Nova Scotia election debate: Leaders clash over pace of health-care improvement
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s NDP and Liberal leaders attacked Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston’s claims…
Vancouver police say one person taken into custody, later released, in hate case
VANCOUVER — One person was taken into custody over what Vancouver Police say is part…