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They blighted Indigenous lives for more than a century. Now their creation is being formally recognized as one of the events that helped shape today's Canada.

OTTAWA — Most Canadians know very little about new Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole but a new poll suggests his personal qualities and policy positions could eventually give his party a boost.

VANCOUVER — A week after giving birth to her daughter, Shareen Nimmo was forced to enter a psychiatric facility without being informed of her rights or having access to independent legal advice.

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VICTORIA — The provincial health officer says a back-to-school ad being criticized by the B.C. Teachers' Federation as unrealistic wasn't meant to be a commercial about what classrooms would look like. Dr.

FREDERICTON — The Liberals and Greens promised to eliminate the use of industrial herbicide on public land across the province Monday, as New Brunswick's election campaign entered its final two weeks.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:12 p.m. EDT on Aug. 31, 2020: There are 128,948 confirmed cases in Canada.

OTTAWA — Green Party officials said Monday they anticipate eight people will be able to hit Tuesday's deadline to submit another $20,000 and make it onto the ballot for the party's leadership vote in October.

EDMONTON — A former Edmonton nightclub employee who was found guilty of sexually assaulting five women is appealing the convictions. Matthew McKnight, who is 33, was sentenced last month to eight years in prison.