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Montreal health authorities are confirming that four people have died from a Streptococcus A outbreak at a private seniors residence.

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut — An international team has recovered a submerged truck from remote Arctic waters using divers, airbags and a helicopter.

SAINT-AGAPIT, Que. — Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominque Anglade said Wednesday her party is "playing offence" even though it is still far short of a full slate of candidates several days into the provincial election campaign.

OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence says officials are looking into reports of engine fires on Chinook helicopters in the U.S. to determine the impact on Canada's military. The U.S.

WASHINGTON — Canadians consider the online disinformation epidemic and climate change as the most serious threats of the modern age, edging out pandemic-era concerns about the global economy and infectious disease, a new survey suggests.

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MONTREAL — Gun control advocates are sounding out Quebec's main political parties ahead of the Oct. 3 election to see where they stand on issues such as a handgun ban and a gun buyback program.

OTTAWA — Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney says Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, was a "great man" who will be "sorely missed" on the world stage.

VANCOUVER — Premier John Horgan said he was heartbroken by the recent death of an infant while waiting for an ambulance in Barriere, B.C., adding his government had made a "significant investment" in rural and remote medical transport.

OTTAWA — Elizabeth May is running on a joint ticket to reclaim the leadership of the Green Party, sources say. The former party leader is expected to launch a joint bid for the leadership Wednesday in Sidney, B.C.