National News

OTTAWA — Federal Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is pressing the party to decide whether it will hold a third debate for contenders seeking the top job.

A First Nations woman says she is disappointed a 92-year-old priest accused of assaulting her when she was a student at a former residential school did not attend his first court appearance

OTTAWA — Infectious disease experts are at odds over how valuable it is to randomly test travellers arriving in Canada for COVID-19, as the federal government relaunched its mandatory testing program.

WASHINGTON — Canada joined forces Wednesday with the United States in a bilateral effort to push back against what they consider protectionist energy policies in Mexico that violate both the spirit and the letter of North America's new trade rules.

OTTAWA — A Canadian Judicial Council inquiry committee says a Quebec judge who displayed "aggressive and disagreeable" attitudes toward lawyers and failed to render decisions on time should be removed from office.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday it cannot publicly disclose any details about a secret trial involving a police informant that came to light earlier this year.

OTTAWA — You've just returned from a fabulous trip abroad. You make it through Canadian customs, ready to get home and settle back into normal life, or at least the new normal you've established since the pandemic.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — A city on Montreal's south shore is planning a controlled hunt with crossbows this fall to kill most of the deer living in a local park, after their population jumped by almost 50 per cent over the last year.

MONTREAL — Kevin Vuong, a Toronto member of Parliament and naval reservist, has been fined $500 for failing to tell the Royal Canadian Navy about a 2019 sexual assault charge. Naval Reserve spokesman Lt.

BROSSARD, Que. — Quebec provincial police say two people are dead and 10 injured after a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday night on Highway 30, south of Montreal.