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Honda is set to build an electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a pandemic-related restriction that curbed travel for public-health reasons.

OTTAWA — Canada is targeting Iran's defence minister as part of a new round of sanctions imposed after the country's retaliatory attack on Israel earlier this month.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s justice minister has asked his federal counterpart to make changes to the Criminal Code that he says will help protect victims of domestic and intimate partner violence.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences for child pornography offences. The top court's decision to review the matter flows from Quebec court rulings concerning the sentencing of two men.

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they've arrested 40 sex offenders in an operation involving multiple police forces across the province. The operation targeted people considered a high risk to reoffend.

MONTREAL — A Montreal-area family that was sent the wrong body after a loved one's death in Cuba has received a $10,000 reimbursement and an apology from the Caribbean country.

OTTAWA — Conservative member of Parliament Colin Carrie, who represents Oshawa, Ont., says he will not run in the next election. Carrie was first elected in 2004 and re-elected six times.

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OTTAWA — The Canadian Medical Association asserts the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation will put doctors' retirement savings in jeopardy, but some financial experts insist incorporated professionals are not as doomed as they say th