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OTTAWA — The crown prince of Luxembourg, who is in Toronto on an official trade visit, has spoken out publicly about how his family took refuge in Canada during the Second World War.

VANCOUVER — A Cree woman who was taken from her mother and placed in care as a child says the cycle of assimilation that began with residential schools continues with the overrepresentation of Indigenous kids in the child welfare system.

MONTREAL — Former Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair is almost certainly facing jail time after pleading guilty Monday to sexually assaulting two men in their early 20s after meeting them online.

SHERBROOKE, Que. — An expert told a coroner's inquiry Monday that Quebec provincial police were justified in using lethal force in a 2018 intervention that left a 17-year-old dead.

OTTAWA — MPs are being given panic buttons to increase their personal security following a series of threats, and rising concern about harassment of Parliamentarians.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government was preparing Monday to extend a local state of emergency to a neighbourhood in Saguenay, Que., north of Quebec City, after almost 200 people were recently forced from their homes due to a threat of landslides.

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is publishing new regulations this week to finally enact the government's long-promised ban on some single-use plastic items. Here is a quick lowdown on what this means.

OTTAWA — The federal government is banning companies from importing or making plastic bags and takeout containers by the end of this year, from selling them by the end of next year and from exporting them by the end of 2025.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand committed billions in new spending over the next 20 years to modernize North America’s aging defensive systems in an announcement on Monday that was big on promises, but lacking several important details.

OTTAWA — The governing Liberals want members of Parliament to have the option to appear virtually for another year, while Conservatives contend they should instead be signalling it's time that Canada return to a pre-pandemic normal.