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NORTH SAANICH, B.C. — The Victoria International Airport says it is closing to commercial flights as the RCMP respond to a call for service. A statement posted on the airport's website Tuesday afternoon asks travellers not to go there.

TORONTO — Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has emphatically denied raping a teenager and a young woman nearly six years ago, testifying Tuesday that both encounters were consensual and "passionate.

OTTAWA — Canada has purchased more than 20,000 rounds of artillery ammunition for Ukraine, Defence Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday.

Quebec Premier François Legault sought to reassure anglophones that his government's language law reform, adopted on Tuesday, won't prevent people from accessing health care in English.

HALIFAX — Two lawyers are criticizing a decision Tuesday to allow senior RCMP witnesses to avoid cross-examination before the inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.

OTTAWA — The Canadian creator of a children’s YouTube channel with 34.2 million subscribers has condemned the government’s online-streaming bill as a "bad piece of legislation" written by people who don't understand how digital platforms work.

VANCOUVER — It's been a difficult year for many since the discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools and those expressing anger are justified in doing so, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

OTTAWA — Expectations are high for ex-Quebec premier Jean Charest as he is set to take the stage for the French-language Conservative leadership debate in his home province, a crucial region that has proven instrumental in the party’s last two leader

Sarah Reid stood surrounded by fallen bricks, branches and shingles in her front yard on Tuesday as she surveyed the damage from a deadly weekend storm that barreled through much of Ontario, leaving many residents still waiting for power to be restor

MONTREAL — Quebec health officials are reporting 10 more cases of monkeypox, for a total of 15 confirmed cases across the province. Last week, the province reported the first cases of the virus in Canada.