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OTTAWA — As conservative premiers change the rules around pronoun use in schools, members of the federal Conservative grassroots want Pierre Poilievre to wade further into the debate around gender expression.

OTTAWA — Canada has been pondering a new way to settle First Nation land claims, newly released internal documents show.

QUEBEC — It's the final bell for cellphones in Quebec classrooms as the province's education minister plans to ban the devices in most teaching settings, calling them a distraction for students.

MONTREAL — An arbitration tribunal has ordered the reinstatement of an orderly who was fired after an Indigenous woman filmed Quebec hospital staff insulting her as she died. In an Aug.

OTTAWA — Canada is sanctioning more Russians accused of supporting the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, with a focus on banks, defence companies and the nuclear sector.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The federal Liberal cabinet wrapped up a three-day retreat in Prince Edward Island on Wednesday promising to heed calls from Canadians to fix the housing crisis, but without any specific new plans to do so.

LILLOOET, B.C. — The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an "incredibly rare" fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interior.

Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville attempted to reassure parents Wednesday as he confirmed that the province is still missing thousands of teachers just days before the start of the school year.

OTTAWA — Despite what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said recently, a new poll suggests 40 per cent of Canadians think his government is to blame for the country's housing crisis. Leger surveyed 1,537 people between Aug.

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