National News

TORONTO — A Bell Media executive is taking a leave from his job amid the fallout from the ousting of Lisa LaFlamme as anchor of the company's flagship newscast.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Police say a baby boy in Kelowna, B.C., has survived a suspected drug overdose on his first birthday after an officer administered naloxone. RCMP Const.

MONTREAL — The former producer of one of Quebec's most popular television programs was sentenced Friday to two years less a day in jail and three years of probation for sexually touching a 12-year-old girl.

Ottawa is forking over another $187 million to add two years to its lease of a converted civilian ship the navy has been using as a temporary supply vessel while it waits for permanent replacements to finally arrive.

NUNAVUT — The Nunavut government says it is expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to all children aged six months to four years. Health Canada authorized the use of Moderna's Spikevax vaccine for babies and young children in July.

COLD LAKE, Alta. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants European allies to know that when Canada invests in defending North America and the Canadian Arctic, they also benefit.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Environment Department has released a list of eight companies that have the right to exceed provincial norms when it comes to water or air emissions.

OTTAWA — Canada's chief justice is welcoming the appointment of the first Indigenous member of the Supreme Court of Canada.

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they have found a lithograph by the late internationally renowned Quebec painter Jean Paul Riopelle that was stolen more than 15 years ago.

MONTREAL — United States prosecutors say they are seeking formal authorization to offer a plea deal to the Montreal-area woman accused of mailing poison to former president Donald Trump.