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VANCOUVER — A judge was expected to deliver her decision today on a petition that asks the British Columbia Supreme Court to delay the release of results from the B.C. Liberal party's leadership vote.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants to know what people think about the size of canned, cubed, white potatoes — but if you want to know exactly who asked for the change or why this is a priority exercise, you're out of luck.

TORONTO — Friday's $30 million Lotto Max jackpot was won by a ticket holder somewhere in Ontario. The jackpot for the next draw on Feb. 8 will be an estimated $10 million The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Crowdfunding site GoFundMe will reimburse or redirect to charities the vast majority of the more than $10 million raised by demonstrators protesting COVID-19 measures in Ottawa, saying the event has become an occupation.

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is at a "tricky moment" as we near the two-year mark of a global pandemic that has left everyone tired, grouchy and grasping for signs of hope.

OTTAWA — New Conservative Interim Leader Candice Bergen has done a clean sweep of former leader Erin O'Toole's leadership team in Parliament.

OTTAWA — On a frosty Friday morning, a few dozen masked people gathered on the corner of Bank and Somerset Street in downtown Ottawa.

OTTAWA — The government is poised to press ahead with a law combating racial and religious hatred, including online hate, according to Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen.

OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says provinces are going to have to find a balance between containing the virus with public health measures and returning to a sense of normalcy as the Omicron wave continues to crest.

Quebec Premier François Legault said Friday he was confident a trucker protest planned in Quebec City for the weekend against COVID-19 public health orders wouldn't be a repeat of what happened in Ottawa.