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OTTAWA — The federal fisheries minister says the lucrative elver fishery will stay closed for the 2024 season.

An eruption of magma under the Pacific Ocean floor far off Vancouver Island will be so hot the water will fizz but only scientists will notice.

There is no evidence of widespread diversion of safe-supply drugs, British Columbia's solicitor general and the RCMP said Monday, after Federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith cited a recent drug seizure to criti

MONTREAL — A Quebec provincial police officer told a coroner's inquest on Monday that there isn't enough collaboration between police and the mental health system on matters of public safety.

MONTREAL — Wedne Colin says he feels like he's leading a "double life," living in Montreal but constantly worrying for his family in Haiti. "It's like we're here, but at the same time we're in Haiti," he said Monday in an interview.

CALGARY — Former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi came out of political retirement on Monday, announcing a run for Alberta's NDP leadership to challenge what he termed an “immoral” United Conservative government.

OTTAWA — The federal advocate for victims of crime is investigating how Canada's justice system treats sexual assault survivors.

CALGARY — Naheed Nenshi cloaked himself in purple -- a mix of Liberal red and Conservative blue -- during his dark-horse bid to become Calgary's mayor in 2010, for the 11 years he stayed in the job and in much of his post-city hall life.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is pledging $1 million to support Israeli victims of sexual violence during last October's attacks by Hamas.

CALGARY — Six contenders are competing for the helm of the Alberta New Democrats, with the successor to long-time party leader Rachel Notley to be chosen in June.