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OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole promised free votes for his MPs Wednesday on two pieces of legislation that are a source of tension within the party.

Alia Youssef and Mohamed El-Sawah have been in a long-distance relationship for the better part of a year, though they live just a 35-minute drive apart. Youssef lives in Windsor, Ont., El-Sawah in a suburb of Detroit, Mich. When the Canada-U.S.

TORONTO — A student found at her high school prom with cocaine in her purse has failed to have her case thrown out as a violation of her rights.

TORONTO — An appeal over wine labelling that threatened to put Middle East politics on trial in Canada's courts has been firmly reined in, with a judge rejecting a dozen groups' bid to weigh in.

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says six single-use plastic items that aren't easily recycled and already have more environmentally-friendly alternatives will be the first to go under Canada's new restrictions on plastics.

OTTAWA — Parliament's spending watchdog says relatively little of the government's new sickness benefit will go to people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Legion is taking the unprecedented step of discouraging Canadians from attending Remembrance Day ceremonies this year as COVID-19 upends the traditional ways of honouring those who sacrificed their lives for Canada.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Facebook has reversed its decision to prevent a seed company in Newfoundland from using a photo of a pile of onions, which the social media giant had deemed "overtly sexual." Jackson McLean, the manager of Gaze Seed Co. in St.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog has cleared two officers of wrongdoing following the arrest of a Black woman who was struck in the face by one officer and later alleged she was a victim of racial profiling.

OTTAWA — Canada's defence minister described China’s continued detention of two Canadians as "hostage diplomacy" on Wednesday and urged the NATO military alliance to keep tabs on the increasingly assertive Asian giant.