National News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — About a dozen fishers interrupted a news conference with the country's environment ministers in St. John's on Wednesday to demand the federal government reinstate a 32-year moratorium on commercial cod fishing in the province.

OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations wants Manitoba to hold an independent inquiry into the killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg.

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Michael McLeod says he has made the "bittersweet" decision to not seek a fourth term in the next federal election.

OTTAWA — Federal officials say six decades of road salt has spelled the end for a 123-year old interprovincial bridge in Ottawa. The Alexandra Bridge has to be taken down because of rust, officials from the Procurement Department say.

MONTREAL — Under pounding rain, pro-Palestinian protesters carried their belongings off McGill University's downtown Montreal campus on Wednesday, as bulldozers and security forces dismantled the encampment that had been on the school's lower field s

OTTAWA — A group of agencies that certify Kosher meat took the government to court Wednesday to ask for an injunction against Canadian Food Inspection Agency guidelines for the ritual slaughter of animals.

OTTAWA — Canadian security officials are warning about a Russian propaganda campaign that used social-media site X to spread online disinformation.

MONTREAL — The head of the Assembly of First Nations has informed chiefs that a draft deal with Ottawa on child-welfare reforms is worth $47.8 billion, a source who was in the room says — more than double what was initially promised.

OTTAWA — The administrative wing of the Prime Minister's Office says it has new procedures for vetting federal appointees following concerns it failed to search online posts made by the incoming head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

AGASSIZ, BRITISH COLUMBIA — RCMP say a family of three, including a baby, has been killed in a head-on crash with a tractor trailer in Agassiz, B.C. Police say it happened early Tuesday morning on Lougheed Highway just outside the community.