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OTTAWA — The veterans’ ombud says many ill and injured ex-soldiers and their families are needlessly fighting for access to federal support and services because the government is refusing to act on a growing number of recommendations from her office.

TORONTO — A ticket holder in Ontario won Saturday's $8.8 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The draw's guaranteed $1 million prizes was also won by a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec.

MONTREAL — Thirty-two years after a gunman motivated by a hatred of feminists opened fire on campus, killing 14 women and injuring others, the list of women killed by male violence in Quebec continues to grow.

BANFF, Alta. — The federal government is committing funds to fight aquatic invasive species in five mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced Saturday.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — It's been a particularly tough year for the police chief of Alberta's third-largest city But Lethbridge Police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh says he was fully aware of the problems before he took the top job in July 2020.

MONTREAL — Quebec's provincial police will introduce mandatory training next year aimed at changing officers' responses to people in mental distress and reducing the number of interventions that end fatally.

OTTAWA — There is an "exciting opportunity" for the new housing minister and mental health and addictions minister to work together at the intersection of homelessness and mental health, says an expert. Dr.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $50 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw. The draw's two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each also went unclaimed. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Dec.

PRINCETON, BRITISH COLUMBIA — British Columbia's public safety minister got a first-hand look Friday of the destruction caused by torrential rainstorms that forced rivers over their banks and ripped away roads and bridges.

OTTAWA — An Ontario infectious disease specialist says there is evidence testing all travellers before and after they arrive in Canada will identify most cases of COVID-19 coming into the country. McMaster University physician Dr.