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OTTAWA — Prince Edward Island signed a $94-million deal with the federal government to fund improvements to the province's health-care system. This makes P.E.

MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc. will not contest the federal government's decision to replace the military's aging patrol planes with aircraft from U.S. rival Boeing Co., the Quebec jet maker says.

NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION AND THUNDER BAY, ONT. — Charla Moonias lost her friends, her language and the connection to her culture after she left her northern Ontario First Nation at 14 years old to go to school hundreds of kilometres away.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is The Canadian Press 2023 Newsmaker of the Year.

OTTAWA — Canada's justice minister said he hopes to avoid accusations that the Liberal government is trying to regulate or curb speech with its planned bill to protect people from online harms.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

OTTAWA — "Merry Christmas, everybody! Merry Christmas.

Norm Allard knows he may never see the full impacts of his efforts to restore wetlands and floodplains in southeastern British Columbia, but he takes a"generational view"of the work that exemplifies a key part of climate resiliency.

OTTAWA — Israel should do more to stop "extremist settler" violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, said a recent statement of "grave concern" issued by 14 countries, including Canada.

MONTREAL — Overcrowding in Quebec hospitals is "out of control" and putting the lives of patients at risk, says a group representing chief doctors in the province's emergency departments.