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The Université du Québec à Montréal says it has informed pro-Palestinian protesters who erected an encampment on campus it will need to “take actions” if the protest continues to impede access to some of its buildings. Read More

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The first distribution of badly needed aid is expected to begin this weekend after rolling off a newly built U.S. pier off the coast of Gaza, even as aid workers warn much more access is needed to the besieged territory where famine might be under way. Read More

KYIV, Ukraine — A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest city. Read More

OTTAWA — A major international report on the safety of artificial intelligence says experts can't agree on the risk the technology poses -- and it's unclear whether AI will help or harm us. Read More

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Wildfire crews have reported no further growth in the wildfire that continues to burn southwest of Fort McMurray. Read More

It's 2:55 a.m. on a recent evening at Blue Dog bar, in Montreal's Plateau district. A bell rings, the bartender shouts "last call," and a handful of people wander to the bar for one more drink. Read More

A 27-year-old man has died after being stabbed early Saturday morning in Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough. Read More

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Who better to talk about a banner week for Montreal restaurants than Lesley Chesterman. Read More

Amid all the news about student encampments, I've had my own encampment to think about: a tent village of unhoused people living outside my home. Read More

The kids broke that gorgeous crystal vase you inherited. Read More

For the past several months, most opinion polls on voter intentions in Quebec highlighted how support for Premier François Legault and his Coalition Avenir Québec was in free fall, inversely proportional to the rise of the Parti Québécois and its leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. The Léger poll released this week, instead, shone the spotlight on Québec solidaire and its co-spokesperson, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois. Reeling from recent turmoil within the party, QS shed six percentage points, a third of its support, since March. Read More

Public Health Ontario says a young child has died after being hospitalized for measles — the first such death in more than a decade. Read More

OTTAWA — Feelings of hope and relief flooded Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Sarnia, Ont., on Friday after the federal government moved to enforce tougher air quality standards at a styrene plant that has been emitting dangerous levels of benzene for years. Read More

EDMONTON — An American sex offender, who died more than a decade ago in prison, killed four women and girls in Calgary in the 1970s — and there may be more victims, RCMP announced Friday. Read More

FORT NELSON, B.C. — The mayor of a northeast British Columbia community threatened by wildfires is warning people who stayed behind in the evacuation zone to stay on their properties and not share images of fire destruction on social media. Read More

OTTAWA — Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks has rejected Toronto’s request to decriminalize the possession of controlled drugs, citing concerns about public safety. Read More

WINNIPEG — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says with the biggest Canadian grocer now on board, the grocery code of conduct is much more likely to succeed. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some immigrants to Canada who lack official status need a pathway to help them stay, while in other cases Ottawa must speed up deportation procedures. Read More