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MONTREAL — Joseph-Christopher Luamba told a Montreal court on Monday that when he sees a police car while driving, he starts getting ready to pull over.

MONTREAL — Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had the country's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 2021.

HALIFAX — The Mountie who led the early response to the Nova Scotia mass shooting testified Monday that his plans to block the killer's escape were thrown off by a subordinate's "misunderstanding" and a crush of competing duties.

REGINA — A Saskatchewan Health Authority business card with a number written on it lay on the ground where Samwel Uko's body was pulled from a lake.

OTTAWA — The federal ethics commissioner has opened an investigation into the conduct of International Trade Minister Mary Ng over a contract given to a company co-founded by a Liberal strategist.

OTTAWA — Large-scale Canada Day celebrations will return to the national capital July 1, with most of the action taking place in a park just west of Parliament Hill.

HALIFAX — The federal government is announcing nearly $247 million to help create more than 25,000 apprenticeship positions in the skilled trades across Canada.

HALIFAX — The Mountie in charge of the RCMP's initial response to the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia began testifying before an inquiry Monday, but the public has been barred from listening. For unspecified health reasons, Staff Sgt.

Paul Renaud is only too aware of what the power of wind can do to trees.

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