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OTTAWA — Tamara Lich, a key organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" protest that gridlocked Ottawa for weeks, will remain released on bail while awaiting trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.

TORONTO — Prosecutors in Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial suggested Wednesday that the Hedley frontman lied about his encounters with a teenage fan and a young woman, pointing to several other instances in which he lied to get out of "difficult s

TRURO, N.S. — The relatives of victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting have told their lawyers to boycott the public inquiry investigating the tragedy, after its commissioners decided to prevent cross-examination of key Mountie witnesses.

MONTREAL — Quebec's hydro utility says more than 80,000 customers are still without power following last weekend's violent storm that left a trail of damage from Gatineau to Quebec City.

MONTREAL — Quebec has tabled a bill that would extend the province's assisted death legislation to people with Alzheimer's disease.

MONTREAL — Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard's sexual assault and forcible confinement case in Quebec will return to a Montreal courtroom July 8.

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TORONTO — There was no winning ticket sold in Tuesday's Lotto Max $70 million draw. Only one of the 15 available $1 million Maxmillion prizes was claimed, by someone from the Atlantic provinces.

NORTH SAANICH, B.C. — The Victoria International Airport has reopened after all commercial flights were cancelled Tuesday following the discovery of something that police said looked like "an incendiary device" in someone's luggage.

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