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OTTAWA — French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau say their governments will collaborate more on issues ranging from the war in Ukraine to foreign interference, as they face off against rising populism and misinformation.

OTTAWA — A new watchdog report says there are fundamental issues with the use of polygraphs for security screening by Canada's cyberspy agency.

MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Quebec's premier of saying things that he "knows aren't true" about immigration as the two leaders continue to clash over the issue.

OTTAWA — The federal government is mulling new ways to inform the public about possible foreign interference developments during an election campaign, a senior official told a commission of inquiry Thursday.

OTTAWA — Accusations of homophobia and partisan jabs took centre stage in the House of Commons on Thursday as MPs debated another Conservative motion aimed at toppling the government, after their first attempt failed.

QUÉBEC — Canadian rapper K'naan, known for the global hit "Wavin' Flag," has been charged for an alleged sexual assault in Quebec City dating back more than 14 years.

OTTAWA — An NDP MP has introduced a bill that would criminalize residential school denialism, saying it would help stop harm caused toward survivors, their families and communities.

TORONTO — A coalition of disability rights organizations has launched a Charter challenge against a part of Canada's law on medical assistance in dying, calling it an "abandonment” of people with disabilities.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is going to court to fight the dumping of contaminated soil along the shores of a lake in the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, west of Montreal.

A defence lawyer for Jacob Hoggard accused the complainant at his sexual assault trial of trying to disguise that she was hoping to have sex with the musician, a suggestion the woman repeatedly pushed back against during emotional testimony on Thursd