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CALGARY — A former junior hockey player with life-altering injuries from a bus crash four years ago is getting a boost he's been anticipating for two years.

TORONTO — The $70 million Lotto Max jackpot is going unclaimed yet again, with no winning ticket was sold in Tuesday night's draw. However, there were seven Maxmillion prize winners, with three in the Prairies, three in Ontario and one in Quebec.

OTTAWA — Canada's Conservatives continue to reject the target the Liberal government set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as the party searches for a new leader who will decide its approach to tackle climate change.

OTTAWA — A consultation by the telecommunications regulator has been told that a three-digit suicide prevention hotline should be accessible to people who are deaf or living with other disabilities.

OTTAWA — The federal government has signalled it is open to MPs tweaking a bill that would subject streaming companies, such as Netflix, to the same rules as traditional Canadian broadcasters.

OTTAWA — The plan to settle thousands of Ukrainians in Canada so far appears to offer no effective means to keep track of new arrivals and connect them directly with community supports, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress says.

ROME — Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier sat down in a taxi as she left a private tour of the Vatican Museums and fell deep into thought.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the Canadian oil industry Tuesday that it should use the massive bump in profits from the current surge in prices to fund a transition to cut their emissions.

Mounties have laid a new charge against a Roman Catholic priest who has previously avoided trial for multiple allegations of sexual abuse linked to his time in Nunavut.

OTTAWA — Then-defence minister Peter MacKay climbed into a fake F-35 cockpit before smiling for the cameras and flashing a thumbs up.