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OTTAWA — They were the eyes and ears of Canadian soldiers on the ground in the Afghanistan war, but a decade on many are still hitting a wall of bureaucracy as they try to access the kind of health benefits available to soldiers.

Southern mountain caribou are disappearing in British Columbia and the federal government has been dragging its feet for more than a decade on protecting the endangered herds, conservation groups say in a letter to the environment minister.

MONTREAL — Despite assurances, Montreal police have made no new arrests in the two months since a November anti-NATO protest in the city's downtown turned violent. The Nov.

MONTREAL — A 44-year-old Haitian man found dead in 2023 after he had tried to cross into the United States made a final phone call to his wife before succumbing to hypothermia and drowning in shallow water, a coroner has found.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Poland next week for events marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

VANCOUVER — An American man recently found guilty of rioting at the U.S. Capitol four years ago remains in immigration custody in British Columbia, even after being given a presidential pardon for his actions.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces is no longer automatically disqualifying applicants with certain medical conditions such as allergies and ADHD, as it works to improve its numbers and grow the size of Canada's military.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada ready to respond to U.S.

OTTAWA — Groups representing U.S. businesses and big tech companies are warning the CRTC that its efforts to modernize Canadian content rules could worsen trade relations with the United States.

OTTAWA — While U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Canada is alarming enough, other measures he announced Monday after his inauguration could have their own implications for Canada.