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OTTAWA — The Afghan ambassador is urging Canada to send officials to Pakistan and other countries bordering Afghanistan to help "accelerate" the passage of refugees fleeing the Taliban.

OTTAWA — The newest member of Canada's highest court says the only unifying principle that seems to stitch his life together is an abiding belief in pluralism.

MONTREAL — A Quebec man who killed his daughters before taking his own life last July was troubled by an impending divorce and was in psychosis, a coroner's investigation into their deaths has concluded.

WINNIPEG — Police in Manitoba were working Thursday to make sense of the discovery of two bodies in different homes and a brazen stabbing in a crowded hospital atrium.

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be available starting Monday for eligible residents aged 50 and up.

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OTTAWA — Critics of a major drug-price overhaul hope a fresh federal cabinet will put a temporary stop to the new regulations set to take effect in January.

OTTAWA — A new analysis suggests the Liberal climate plan could meet Canada's greenhouse gas emissions targets for the first time before the end of this decade.

TORONTO — The Ontario legislature unanimously called Thursday on an Independent member who has been publicly opposed to COVID-19 vaccines and pandemic-related lockdowns to apologize for "a string of disreputable conduct.

HALIFAX — A probe by Nova Scotia's fire marshal's office has found that the travel trailer where a family of six died amid toxic smoke last month no longer had smoke detection devices.