National News

Quebec's chief coroner has accepted a request by the province's public security minister to hold public inquests into the killing of a provincial police officer and a fire in Old Montreal that left seven people dead.

OTTAWA — The excitement was palpable on Tuesday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally admitted Quebec-based Chantier Davie into the exclusive club of shipyards eligible for billions of dollars in federal work.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government waited a month before calling an emergency response to one of the biggest releases of oilsands tailings in the province's history, a leaked document shows.

A Romanian family who had hoped to build a life near Toronto with their two Canadian-born children saw their dreams end tragically in the frigid waters off Akwesasne, Que., after fleeing a deportation order.

OTTAWA — A lobbying firm that filed a defamation lawsuit against a lawyer who represented "Freedom Convoy" organizers during a public inquiry says the case has been resolved out of court.

OTTAWA — When a lumber baron first built a home for his wife at 24 Sussex Drive, he described it as a place of peace. Now, it has become a place of rodents.

VICTORIA — Bookkeeper William Scott Gurney says he's sure he won't be back for another tax season. He doesn't have to after claiming the winning ticket on Tuesday for the $55-million Lotto Max draw on Feb. 28.

OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs have endorsed a revised multi-billion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of on-reserve child and family services.

OTTAWA — The federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into the company behind ChatGPT, an explosively popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot.

AMQUI, Que. — The Quebec man charged after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians last month is now facing three counts of first-degree murder. According to charges outlined in an arrest warrant filed Tuesday at the courthouse in Amqui, Que.