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OTTAWA — The federal government offered to do a joint review of its return-to-office orders for civil servants but hasn't budged on its latest wage offer, as a strike of the government's largest public-sector union continued for a sixth day Monday.

MONTREAL — A Quebec judge on Monday extended an injunction to protect a downtown Montreal homeless encampment located under a busy highway, and once again delayed major repair work needed on the aging infrastructure.

OTTAWA — The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has refused to tell a parliamentary committee investigating releases from an oilsands tailings pond about when the provincial government was told about the problem.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons took an unplanned break Monday morning after no member of Parliament came forward to sponsor the legislation it was set to debate.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The City of Iqaluit says its water treatment plant is to return to service Tuesday morning, more than a year after it was shut down due to contamination.

OTTAWA — Canadians will be able to celebrate the coronation of King Charles at a special event in Ottawa on May 6. The federal Heritage Department says an hour-long program is being prepared to mark the occasion featuring music, art and poetry.

OTTAWA — The office of the federal auditor general says it will not investigate private donations received by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, despite a letter from the board's chair requesting an audit.

SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. — A 43-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman found at a home south of Montreal. Police say Joël Brosseau was arraigned today at the courthouse in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. Sgt.

REGINA — Mounties are scheduled to give an update Thursday about what happened during a deadly mass stabbing in Saskatchewan last year.

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