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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is begging provincial governments to "act now" to slow the spread of COVID-19 after record-breaking spikes of the virus across most of the country in recent days.

TORONTO — A man who killed 10 people and injured 16 more after deliberately driving a van down a busy Toronto sidewalk asked a judge to find him not criminally responsible for his actions as his trial got underway Tuesday.

OTTAWA — A civil liberties group is heading to court to force the release of a long-delayed watchdog report on its complaint about alleged RCMP surveillance of anti-oil protesters.

OTTAWA — The current president of the United States has warranted nary a mention from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau since Democrat Joe Biden became president-elect on Saturday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — There's good news in Georgia for anyone still craving high-stakes U.S. election suspense following Joe Biden's presidential win.

OTTAWA — The mayors of Canada's biggest cities are asking the federal government to add billions in extra spending on poverty-reduction measures to stamp out homelessness in their communities as part of an economic recovery from COVID-19.

OTTAWA — On the eve of Remembrance Day, the Trudeau government tossed a bone to the Royal Canadian Legion and other veterans' groups battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, promising millions in emergency funding to help them keep their doors open.

QUEBEC — A Canadian biopharmaceutical company says it has received promising early test results for its plant-derived vaccine for COVID-19.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is "deeply disappointed" by how Toronto MP Yasmin Ratansi handled her office. Ratansi said Monday she's leaving the Liberal caucus after admitting she employed a relative at her constituency office.

Alek Minassian, who has admitted to planning and carrying out a 2018 van attack that killed 10 people and hurt 16 others in Toronto, is asking a judge to find him not criminally responsible for his actions.