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Trudeau announces $250M in food aid, blames Russia for skyrocketing prices

Kigali: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid his respects to victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in Kigali before announcing $250 million in new food...

Shooting at traffic stop leaves Edmonton police officer wounded, civilian dead

The Canadian Press EDMONTON: An Edmonton police officer is in hospital and a civilian is dead after both were shot during a Monday night traffic...

Supreme Court of Canada affirms ‘starting point’ approach to criminal sentencing

By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Ottawa: The Supreme Court of Canada says it is appropriate for appeal courts to set starting-point benchmarks for sentencing offenders...

HBC settles race complaint from shopper, agrees to educate staff on...

By Rob Roberts, THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX: The Hudson's Bay Company has agreed to educate its staff on racial profiling as part of a settlement...

Canadians must be savvy in navigating COVID 19 expertise: observers

Toronto: As scientific and medical discourse plays out in real time online and in the media during the COVID-19 pandemic, observers specializing in science...

PM: Canada will ease border restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers, eventually

Washington: Canada will indeed be taking steps to ease restrictions at the border for fully vaccinated travellers, Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he just won't...

Federal government sends $2B in health transfers, other funding to...

Ottawa: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the provinces, territories and municipalities have now received more than $2.85 billion promised months ago for health care,...

Canada ending evacuation flights out of Israel next week due to...

Ottawa will end evacuation flights from Israel next week, citing decreasing demand and increasingly available commercial options now that a number of Canadians have...

Feds waiving normal EI rules for British Columbians left jobless by...

The federal government promised to expedite employment insurance applications and ease travel restrictions at British Columbia's borders on Sunday, among a host of measures...

Ottawa announces $2.8 billion to settle remaining part of B.C. day...

Vancouver: The federal government has come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two British Columbia first nations related to...

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