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OTTAWA — Canada announced the details of a $64.8 million military aid package to Ukraine Friday as National Defence Minister Bill Blair attended a NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels.

MONTREAL — After nearly three decades fighting Canada's tobacco giants, Lise Blais is close to getting compensation for the lung cancer her late husband developed from smoking cigarettes. Under a newly proposed deal, JTI-Macdonald Corp.

The Canadian Cancer Society and other health advocates say a proposed settlement that may see tobacco companies pay out billions of dollars would do little to prevent future generations from becoming addicted to smoking. A proposed $32.

OTTAWA — The federal government says businesses can now request remission from newly announced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products.

MONTREAL — Three tobacco giants are set to pay out roughly $32.5 billion in a landmark deal that would settle decades of litigation with provinces and individual smokers and their families. The proposal, which involves JTI-Macdonald Corp.

OTTAWA — Canada's top court has struck down a driving prohibition handed to a Saskatchewan man convicted in a fatal highway crash. Braydon Wolfe was driving on the wrong side of a divided highway near Langham, Sask.

OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said she is "absolutely confident" the majority of Liberal MPs still support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba is the second province to sign a deal with the federal Liberals to expand school food programs across the province.

MONTREAL — Quebec's largest nurses union has reached a deal with the provincial government more than a year and a half after their collective agreement expired in March 2023.

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