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MONTREAL — Nicole Gladu, the Quebec woman who fought to expand the right to medical aid in dying, has died of natural causes.

Andy Wilson’s arduous work of repatriating cultural artifacts of his people is always with his ancestors in mind. “We’re here because of them,” said Wilson, co-founder of the Skidegate and Haida repatriation committees in British Columbia.

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HALIFAX — Documents released Thursday describe tense and tragic moments as RCMP officers and then distraught family members arrived at the scene of brutal killings during the second day of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting.

OTTAWA — Vaccinated travellers can enter Canada without a COVID-19 test beginning today.

A British Columbia caribou herd has tripled its size in less than decade as other such herds in Canada struggle to even survive.

TORONTO — The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is expected to release guidance on fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccine in early April as public health indicators tick up across Canada.

OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has asked arts bodies that get federal funding to suspend all cultural activities involving Russians linked to Vladimir Putin's regime in protest of his invasion of Ukraine.

OTTAWA — Canada is extending its military mission in Iraq and the Middle East for another year. Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the 12-month extension on Thursday evening, only hours before the current mandate was set to expire.

OTTAWA — The government should invest at least $6.3 billion over this year and next to deal with the immediate housing needs of Indigenous people in urban, rural and northern communities, a federal council says.