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Montreal police say they've opened a homicide investigation into the death last week of an 81-year-old-woman at a seniors residence. Police spokesman Const. Julien Lévesque says paramedics notified police on Oct.

OTTAWA — A New Democrat member of Parliament says she will be holding the government accountable after her motion calling on the federal government to recognize Canada's residential schools as genocide passed with unanimous consent.

OTTAWA — The federal government is restricting the involvement of foreign state-owned companies in Canada's critical minerals sector amid a global rush for the resources and growing tensions with China.

OTTAWA — The Public Order Emergency Commission is tasked with understanding what led the Liberal government to invoke the Emergencies Act to clear protests against COVID-19 mandates and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that gridlocked Ottawa streets and

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is moving toward providing dental-care insurance directly to qualifying Canadians, rather than working with provinces and territories to bolster existing coverage.

OTTAWA — Canada's top court has struck down parts of the national sex offender registry.

WINNIPEG — The federal government is issuing new savings bonds to raise money for Ukraine and is imposing sanctions on 35 more Russians.

TORONTO — A group of advocates is urging the federal government to remove the limit on applications to sponsor certain Afghan refugees in Canada – or at least stop counting rejected applications towards it.

OTTAWA — A looming recession and Canada's need to keep up with the United States on clean energy investments will be front and centre next week when Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers her fall mini-budget.

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a surplus of $3.9 billion for the first five months of its 2022-23 fiscal year.