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OTTAWA — As a highly educated immigrant Black woman with degrees in gender studies, the environment and international law, Conservative leadership hopeful Leslyn Lewis says there is a "left-leaning narrative" about what she should think and how she s

MONTREAL — As Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominique Anglade spent Thursday campaigning in Sherbrooke and Gatineau, her Conservative counterpart Éric Duhaime was in one of her stronghold ridings in Montreal, looking to court her traditional base.

VANCOUVER — Sometimes we all need somewhere for a little alone time.

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday's Lotto Max $50 million draw. But one of the two available $1 million Maxmillion prizes will go to a lucky ticket holder in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next draw on Sept.

TORONTO — The winning numbers in Friday's Lotto Max draw for an estimated $50 million: 08, 17, 21, 31, 34, 37 & 39.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for Enoki mushrooms distributed by WK Produce due to a possible Listeria contamination.

SASKATOON — A judge has granted bail for a Saskatoon woman accused of faking her death and that of her son and illegally crossing the border into the United States.

QUADRA ISLAND — A pod of orcas surprised a group of friends visiting Quadra Island, British Columbia, last weekend, appearing metres from where they stood on the waterline of Moulds Bay.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Eight people were sent to hospital Friday after an explosion at a refinery in Come By Chance, N.L., about 150 kilometres west of St. John's, police said.

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government says it's changing its rollout plan for a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine due to limited supply of a vaccine targeting the Omicron variant in Canada.