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OTTAWA — Police in Ottawa made several arrests Friday while facing off against protesters opposed to COVID-19 mandates, wearing helmets and carrying batons as big-rig trucks and campers attempted to make their way to Parliament Hill.

Four cadets at the Royal Military College have died in an early-morning vehicle accident at the institution's campus in Kingston, Ont., the Department of National Defence said Friday.

LAS VEGAS — Alabama receiver John Metchie III was the first Canadian selected in the 2022 NFL draft. Metchie III, of Brampton, Ont., was taken by the Houston Texans in the second round, No. 44 overall, Friday night. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Former Conservative MP Leona Alleslev says she has failed to raise the thousands of dollars needed to make it as a candidate in the party's leadership race.

OTTAWA — The first COVID-19 vaccine for infants and very young children is now under review by Health Canada.

OTTAWA — Judges will have to undergo regular training on domestic violence and coercive control if a bill known as Keira's Law passes through Parliament.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia has ditched a controversial plan forcing youth to undergo treatment for up to seven days after an overdose and will now develop a new strategy with First Nations groups.

OTTAWA — Police breached a Quebec man's constitutional right to counsel by undermining the advice given by his lawyer, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

RED EARTH CREE NATION — Indigenous leaderswere urging police Friday to issue an Amber Alert for a five-year-old Saskatchewan boy missing for 11 days.

QUEBEC — The man accused in Quebec's Halloween 2020 stabbing attacks that left two people dead was in a state of psychosis and suffering from delirium, a psychiatrist testifying for the defence said Friday. Dr.