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THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The trial of a man who threw a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman will hinge on the question of whether evidence proves that his actions contributed to her death, a court in Thunder Bay, Ont., heard Monday.

OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is intensifying efforts to draw a line separating his party's values from those of the Trudeau Liberals, particularly on the fraught ground of free speech.

FREDERICTON — The Crown began its cross-examination on Monday of Matthew Raymond, the man accused of the Fredericton mass shooting, suggesting he knew the victims were real people and not demons.

OTTAWA — Canada Post is using three colourful and festive scenes painted by Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis for its holiday season stamps this year. The agency announced the choice of the works by the late artist today in a news release.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons ethics committee is making a third attempt at examining conflicts of interest in the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, after two tries to probe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's relationship with WE Charity e

MONTREAL — Prosecutors in the United States say a Canadian woman accused of sending a poisoned letter to President Donald Trump is too dangerous to be released. In a memo filed with the Washington D.C.

OTTAWA — The federal government has introduced a long-awaited bill to provide businesses with direct access to emergency rent relief — almost a month after announcing the new measure.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government announced $100 million in funding for mental health services Monday following a fatal sword attack in Quebec City, even as the province's premier and junior health minister warned that it's impossible to fully elimina

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says domestic firms that invested in robots since the late 1990s have also expanded their human workforces.

OTTAWA — A Canadian soldier buried in a nameless grave in the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War has been identified 75 years later, the Department of National Defence said Monday.