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MONTREAL — Items used by a three-year-old boy and his alleged kidnapper have been found on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River northeast of Quebec City in a discovery that police said is a sign the pair is alive and in the area.

OTTAWA — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawyers are fighting a federal attempt to quash their client's lawsuit over his removal as head of Canada's vaccine distribution campaign.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba and Nova Scotia are joining two other jurisdictions in recognizing a new federal statutory holiday to contemplate the history and harmful legacy of residential schools.

EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney, two months after declaring victory over COVID-19, is offering $100 to Albertans who aren't vaccinated to try to curb nation-leading cases of the illness that have again pushed the province's hospitals to the brink.

MONTREAL — A Black Montreal man wrongfully arrested and detained for six days who is suing police and prosecutors for more than $1 million was not the victim of racial profiling, a judge concluded in a report released Friday.

OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says there is an urgent need for more people between 18 and 39 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to reduce the impact of the Delta variant. "This is a crucial moment," Dr.

SMITHERS, B.C.

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau found himself the target of his political opponents over the timing of an election call during the fourth wave of COVID-19, as new modelling suggests the country is headed for a difficult fall.

IQALUIT — Nunavut is reporting one new case of COVID-19, the territory's first since June. The case is in Rankin Inlet, a community of about 3,000 people in Nunavut's central region. Acting chief public health officer Dr.

Some doctors and nurses are frustrated with large groups of anti-vaccination protesters outside hospitals in cities across the country and say limited health-care resources are being used to save the lives of those who decided not to protect themselv