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No winning ticket for Friday's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot

No winning ticket for Friday's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw.
Visit to flooded farm gives 'greater sense of loss': B.C. agriculture minister

Visit to flooded farm gives 'greater sense of loss': B.C. agriculture minister

ABBOTSFORD, B.C.
B.C. businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rules

B.C. businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rules

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's highest court has upheld a lower-court ruling allowing a prominent businessman and philanthropist's defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. to proceed in the province. The decision released Friday by the B.C.
Iqaluit residents can drink city water again after 60-day health order

Iqaluit residents can drink city water again after 60-day health order

IQALUIT — People in Iqaluit can drink the city's tap water again after 60 days of living under a do-not-consume notice. The notice was lifted Friday by Nunavut's Health Department. Residents of the territorial capital were told on Oct.
Canada to U.S. on EV tax credits: 'No choice but to forcefully respond' if passed

Canada to U.S. on EV tax credits: 'No choice but to forcefully respond' if passed

WASHINGTON — Canada suddenly raised the stakes Friday in its ongoing electric-vehicle feud with the United States, threatening a barrage of retaliatory tariffs and a reversal of certain dairy-related trade concessions if Congress approves a controver
Health workers say existing law against intimidation isn't strong enough: Lametti

Health workers say existing law against intimidation isn't strong enough: Lametti

OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti said a new law to single out health care workers for special protection from intimidation and threats at work is a response to a need identified by the workers themselves.
Legault blames school board after teacher with hijab forced from class under Bill 21

Legault blames school board after teacher with hijab forced from class under Bill 21

MONTREAL — Premier François Legault said Friday a school board in western Quebec should never have hired a woman who had to be removed from her teaching duties because she wears a hijab.
16-year-old charged with attempted murder after teacher stabbed in Montreal classroom

16-year-old charged with attempted murder after teacher stabbed in Montreal classroom

MONTREAL — A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed in a Montreal high school classroom Thursday.
Minister Marci Ien self-isolating after potential COVID-19 exposure

Minister Marci Ien self-isolating after potential COVID-19 exposure

OTTAWA — Marci Ien, minister for women and gender equality and youth, has gone into self-isolation after attending an in-person event on Sunday where she might have come in contact with several COVID-19 cases.
China envoy says Kovrig, Spavor confessed to crimes, warns against rejecting Huawei

China envoy says Kovrig, Spavor confessed to crimes, warns against rejecting Huawei

OTTAWA — China's ambassador to Canada says Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor confessed to crimes before their release from his country's prisons this past September.