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WASHINGTON — Police used pepper spray to clear a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested dozens of demonstrators on Wednesday just as city officials were set to appear before hostile lawmakers in Congress to account for their handling of the two-week-old protest. Read More

Quebec plans to pass a bill that would prohibit insurance companies from demanding medical notes from doctors, to free the physicians from unnecessary paperwork. Read More

OTTAWA — A new national dental-care plan denies independent hygienists equal reimbursement for the same services offered in dentists' offices -- and the federal health minister said this week he isn't convinced by the rationale that led to that disparity. Read More

OTTAWA — Jewish students from major Canadian universities appeared on Parliament Hill Wednesday to raise the alarm about a rise in antisemitism on their campuses amid the Israel-Hamas war. Read More

OTTAWA — Public service unions say they’ll launch further legal challenges and grievances over new rules that federal employees must work from the office at least three days a week. Read More

MEULABOH, Indonesia — The boat glided across waters that were dark and still, under a night sky that was cloudless and calm. But on board, the 12-year-old girl quaked with fear. Read More

A Crown prosecutor has told court the man who killed four women in Winnipeg staked out homeless shelters and targeted vulnerable, Indigenous victims.

Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don't emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane -- according to a report published Wednesday by Ember, a think tank based in London. Read More

Sparks caused by a locomotive's exhaust system likely started the sequence of events that ended in flaming train cars barrelling through downtown London, Ont., in late April, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says.

WASHINGTON — Facing heat over its military support for Israel's war, the Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict this week on whether the airstrikes on Gaza and restrictions on delivery of aid have violated international and U.S. laws designed to spare civilians from the worst horrors of war. Read More

A 42-year-old Ottawa man has been charged with arson and attempted murder in connection with a high-rise fire last week that sent three people to hospital in critical condition and forced the building's evacuation. Read More

Jewish students in Canada have launched a democratic organization aimed at representing Jewish interests on campus and communicating with the media. Read More

A Quebec Superior Court judge raised questions Wednesday about how a jury reached a unanimous decision to convict Lachine resident Véronique Manceaux of first-degree murder before he confirmed the automatic sentence she received two Saturdays ago. Read More

PORTLAND, Maine — The Presidential Medal of Freedom is America’s highest civilian honour. Since John F. Kennedy established the award in 1963, every president has recognized “especially meritorious contribution” to the nation. Read More

An injunction has been granted against a northern Alberta camp established by a First Nation to protest drilling operations on its traditional lands.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An immigration lawyer in Toronto says new figures from the federal government show just how “grudging” Ottawa’s efforts have been to rescue Canadians’ family members from the war in the Gaza Strip. Read More

Two Ottawa residents face a number of drug-related charges following a month-long investigation. Read More

Wild turkey sightings are on the rise in Montreal, where this spring alone one was seen picking a fight with a car in a Dollard-des-Ormeaux driveway, another hanging around the Verdun Hospital and a third wandering around Pointe-St-Charles for several days in a row. Read More

With each viral video showing parents, fans, players or coaches verbally or physically abusing referees online, the focus on these interactions grows. To deal with that abuse, clubs like CS Saint-Laurent now include role-playing scenarios in their referee training.

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said he is "disappointed" that there will be no official ceremony at City Hall next Tuesday when the city raises Israel's blue-and-white flag to mark Israeili Indendence Day. Read More