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WINNIPEG — Conservative party Leader Pierre Poilievre defended his decision Friday to speak to a think tank that has come under fire for comments on residential schools and discrimination.

STAR BLANKET CREE NATION — A First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan is preparing a proper burial after a fragment of a child's jawbone was found in an unmarked grave during a search of a local residential school site.

Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations. “She’s scrambling.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons industry and technology committee is planning to initiate another study of the proposed Rogers-Shaw merger.

MONTREAL — A woman alleging sexual misconduct by a prominent Quebec cardinal has revealed her identity and is accusing the Roman Catholic Church of trying to silence her through “threats and intimidation.

OTTAWA — The federal government says repercussions for public servants who refuse to return to in-person work will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

SAINT-ROCH-DE-L'ACHIGAN, Que.

TORONTO — A wave of high-profile cyberattacks has recently hit hospitals, businesses and organizations in Ontario, including the LCBO this week and Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and Scouts Canada in December.

OTTAWA — As Canada plans to significantly ramp up its immigration levels in the coming years, some policy experts are worried about potential effects on health care, housing and the labour market.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced new sanctions against two more Haitian political elites.