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Canada's PM Justin Trudeau near tears hearing stories of Ukrainian refugees in Poland

As Kate Kliuchnyk and her mother, Yuliia, pondered the next chapter of their lives in the crisp sunshine outside Warsaw's Central Station on Thursday morning, a brief smile flashed across their faces.

Mar 10, 2022 5:56 PM Read more >

Who's in, who's out and who else may join the Conservative party leadership race

OTTAWA — With Sept. 10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place.

Mar 10, 2022 5:25 PM Read more >

B.C. to ease COVID-19 restrictions on masks, long-term care visits, vaccine cards

VICTORIA — British Columbia will lift its mask mandate and capacity limits for faith gatherings on Friday, while restrictions of visitors at some long-term care facilities will be dropped, as long as they are fully vaccinated and tested for COVID-19

Mar 10, 2022 5:05 PM Read more >

Quebec families of alleged brainwashing experiment victims still fighting for justice

MONTREAL — As a young adult, Susan Lapp always wondered why she had virtually no childhood memories of her mother.

Mar 10, 2022 4:27 PM Read more >

Two of six crew in hospital after air force helicopter crashes at Newfoundland base

GANDER, N.L. — Two military members were in hospital Thursday evening after a search and rescue helicopter crashed at 9 Wing Gander air force base in central Newfoundland, officials said.

Mar 10, 2022 4:19 PM Read more >

Health workers prescribe radical changes to health care to treat pandemic burnout

OTTAWA — Canada's ailing health systems need some drastic intervention from federal and provincial governments if there is any hope of reviving them post-pandemic, an emergency summit of nearly 40 health-worker organizations concluded at an emergency

Mar 10, 2022 3:47 PM Read more >

Canada sends Quebec man to United States to face ransomware charges

OTTAWA — A Quebec man has been extradited to the United States to face charges in Florida arising from alleged participation in an elaborate ransomware operation. Following a request from U.S.

Mar 10, 2022 3:22 PM Read more >

Exiled Belarus opposition leader says her country's people oppose Russian invasion

OTTAWA — Belarus's exiled opposition leader says ordinary Belarusians are actively resisting the invasion of Ukraine, disrupting railway supplies to Russian forces and warning Ukrainians about movements of Russian aircraft.

Mar 10, 2022 2:37 PM Read more >

Scrap thresholds in requests to decriminalize simple drug possession: coalition

OTTAWA — More than 20 advocacy organizations are urging the federal minister of mental health and addictions to not require quantity limits from jurisdictions requesting to decriminalize simple drug possession.

Mar 10, 2022 1:35 PM Read more >

Budget office says federal spending on health care going up faster than planned

OTTAWA — Federal spending on health care and elderly benefits are set to rise at a faster clip over the next 12 months than previously planned under forecasts the parliamentary budget officer warns don't account for looming budget promises.

Mar 10, 2022 12:37 PM Read more >