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MONTREAL — The court challenge to Quebec's secularism law has been temporarily suspended after a person who had attended the proceedings tested positive for COVID-19.

MONTREAL — The family of a Montreal woman found dead Tuesday on a beach in Cuba wants answers about the circumstances surrounding her violent death.

OTTAWA — Kellie Leitch, the former Conservative MP once accused of trying to be Canada's Donald Trump, says there is a lesson for all politicians in how well Trump did in this month's U.S.

OTTAWA — The federal ethics watchdog said Thursday a Liberal MP broke the rules when he took far too long to comply with the conflict of interest code.

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OTTAWA — Canada and Britain say they are in the final stages of negotiating a new trade deal before a Dec. 31 deadline.

OTTAWA — A not-for-profit group that promotes public awareness of digital rights says the Trudeau government has missed an opportunity to ensure political parties come under federal privacy law.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:24 p.m. EST on Nov. 18, 2020: There are 311,110 confirmed cases in Canada.

VANCOUVER — The border officer who led Meng Wanzhou's immigration exam at Vancouver's airport before her arrest two years ago says he wanted to adjourn the process as quickly as possible but was told to wait.

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he will lobby Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tell Canadians that travel within the country at this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic should only be for essential purposes.