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OTTAWA — Canada's premiers are unanimously urging Ottawa to take "immediate action" to strengthen the country's bail system.

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday's Lotto Max $55 million draw. The four Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each are also going unclaimed. The jackpot for the next draw on Jan.

YELLOWKNIFE — Aurora Rose Gellenbeck has been living out of a hotel in Yellowknife for the past month because she hasn't been able to find anywhere suitable to rent.

WINNIPEG — Conservative party Leader Pierre Poilievre defended his decision Friday to speak to a think tank that has come under fire for comments on residential schools and discrimination.

STAR BLANKET CREE NATION — A First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan is preparing a proper burial after a fragment of a child's jawbone was found in an unmarked grave during a search of a local residential school site.

Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations. “She’s scrambling.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons industry and technology committee is planning to initiate another study of the proposed Rogers-Shaw merger.

MONTREAL — A woman alleging sexual misconduct by a prominent Quebec cardinal has revealed her identity and is accusing the Roman Catholic Church of trying to silence her through “threats and intimidation.

OTTAWA — The federal government says repercussions for public servants who refuse to return to in-person work will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

SAINT-ROCH-DE-L'ACHIGAN, Que.