National News

OTTAWA — The Liberals are planning to introduce legislation to exempt the Canada Disability Benefit from being treated as income under the Income Tax Act.

MONTREAL — Canada Post trucks, conveyors and mail carriers swung back into motion Tuesday after a month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers left letters and parcels in limbo and a massive backlog to sort through.

TORONTO — A man facing terror charges for allegedly plotting an attack in Toronto with his son is now also facing multiple war crimes charges, police said Tuesday.

Canada's annual inflation rate remained stable in November, coming in a touch below the Bank of Canada's two per cent target, though economists anticipate some volatility in the months ahead.

OTTAWA — For the second year in a row, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been chosen as The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year.

OTTAWA — Chrystia Freeland resigned from cabinet Monday, leaving her post as deputy prime minister and finance minister on the same day she was expected to deliver the government's fall economic statement.

OTTAWA — Canada's housing shortage, widely recognized as a national crisis and the catalyst of significant immigration cuts, is The Canadian Press News Story of the Year.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is hailing a decisive British Columbia byelection victory in Cloverdale-Langley City, where Tamara Jansen has won with about two-thirds of the vote.

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has adopted regulations banning the sale of most new gasoline-powered vehicles as of 2035.

OTTAWA — An Ontario Superior Court judge has "reluctantly" given the federal government another three months to pass legislation aimed at granting citizenship to the so-called lost Canadians.