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People with disabilities are twice as likely to live in food insecure households than those without disabilities, a new Statistics Canada report says. The report, published on Wednesday, used data from the 2021 Canadian Income Survey and found 26.

D’ELVERT LAKE — The Quebec coroner's office has identified the three people who died in a helicopter crash late Sunday in the province's northwest. Eighty-year-old Gérard Legault and 77-year-old Aurore Lanoix from Amos, Que.

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri has deleted a post on X that claimed the affordability crisis has driven parents to traffic their kids.

QUÉBEC — Montreal municipal officials and the Quebec government are having second thoughts about a project in the city's southwest that caters to unhoused people living with addiction or mental health issues.

PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily recovered at least one body Wednesday, as the search continued for more missing passengers and questions intensified about why the sailboat sank so quickly.

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The largest study of Canada's catastrophic 2023 wildfire season concludes it is "inescapable" that the record burn was caused by extreme heat and parching drought, while adding the amount of young forests consumed could make recovery harder.

OTTAWA — International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says Canada will provide $5.7 million for Ukrainians to meet their basic needs.

CHICAGO — Barack Obama cautioned the party faithful not to get distracted by the excitement building since Kamala Harris swiftly ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket as the former president capped off a night of powerful speeches at the Democ

OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs in Manitoba are calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to rescind the appointment of veteran broadcaster Charles Adler to the Senate.