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MONTREAL — Air Canada says operations are almost back to full capacity as it continues to ramp up flights following a flight attendants strike.

MONTRÉAL — New federal data says apparent opioid-related deaths dropped by 17 per cent across Canada in 2024 compared with the prior year. But they rose in Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories over the same period.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada ramping up to near full schedule Air Canada says it expects to be operating close to its full network schedule by Friday.

OTTAWA — Cultural and broadcast industry groups are calling on the Liberal government to support the Online Streaming Act and the Online News Act, as the Prime Minister’s Office refuses to say whether the bills are part of trade negotiations with the

TORONTO — The World Health Organization says climate change-driven heat is a "public health crisis" for workers around the globe and experts say Canada is no exception.

MONTREAL — Newly released court documents show how police spent months tracking four men accused in an alleged anti-government plot in Quebec.

The Crown will not appeal the acquittals of five former world junior hockey players after their high-profile sexual assault trial, one of the defence lawyers in the case said Thursday.

The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by a British Columbia ostrich farm to prevent the culling of its flock that had been infected with avian flu, in a case that has drawn international attention and protests about government overreach.

OTTAWA — Gail Shea, a former MLA and MP from P.E.I. has died at 66 years old. Shea represented the riding of Egmont for the Conservatives between 2008 and 2015.

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney said he had a "productive and wide-ranging" phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday morning.