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QUEBEC — The jury at the first-degree murder trial of Carl Girouard in the Quebec City Halloween sword attack started hearing from a final witness late Wednesday. Dr.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada's ambassador to Ukraine will return to the country as soon as it is safe to do so, but neither she nor the prime minister would say whether they are planning to visit.

OTTAWA — If the government wants to solidify reproductive rights in Canada, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh suggests it start by launching pharmacare with a full slate of birth control options. Reproductive health has been in the spotlight since a leaked U.

OTTAWA — YouTube has warned that cooking videos made in people's kitchens and other home videos could be regulated by an online streaming law, despite assurances from the heritage minister that this will not happen.

MONTREAL — Quebec's top public health official said Wednesday the peak of the pandemic's sixth wave has clearly passed and the province is ready to end its mask mandate for indoor public spaces on May 14.

TORONTO — Ontario's election campaign began in earnest Wednesday with the party leaders promising to either build or cancel a planned highway that would cut through and serve key battleground areas.

OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Air Force is relocating two aircraft from Winnipeg to Vancouver Island to address a gap in Canada’s search-and-rescue coverage, the result of yet another delay in Canada’s troubled military procurement system.

TORONTO — A panel of jurors has been chosen to hear the sex assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard.

HALIFAX — A man accused of unlawfully providing ammunition to the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia two years ago has withdrawn his guilty plea and will instead take part in a restorative justice process.

Foul play from an outside source is not suspected in the deaths of four cadets at Canada's Royal Military College last week, the Department of National Defence said Wednesday.