National News

OTTAWA — Canada's top general is taking no comfort from the fact the number of sexual assaults reported to military authorities more than doubled last year, after suggestions the increase represented a sign of progress in the fight against such behav

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's government-owned cannabis retailer said it has successfully taken measures to prevent people from skirting the access code required as part of age verification for online sales.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's Crown-owned utility says it has directed the main contractor at the Muskrat Falls hydro-electric megaproject site to stop work.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant's chances of holding onto power are looking increasingly bleak, after every opposition member officially declared Thursday they don't want to be Speaker.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is proposing changes to strengthen laws against bestiality and animal fighting, but advocates against animal cruelty, including a Liberal MP, say these measures are the bare minimum of what is needed.

VANCOUVER — A 14-year-old girl's quest to give away two tickets to Ellen Degeneres's appearance in Vancouver has turned into an 82-ticket giveaway complete with all the "winners" singing O Canada before show time.

TORONTO — Canada's beer producers have welcomed the federal government's decision to exempt from tariffs most beer cans imported from the United States. The Canadian government set the tariffs on imports of U.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The chief commissioner of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls says she hasn't seen much progress from the federal government since the inquiry's critical interim report was published last year.

TORONTO — A campaign adviser to Premier Doug Ford has been appointed as Ontario's trade representative to the United States. Ian Todd will take on the post in Washington, D.C.

OTTAWA — The father of a British-Canadian man imprisoned in Syria says his son is not a terrorist and deserves Canada's protection.