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OTTAWA — Canada is giving two weapons manufacturers millions of dollars to come up with a plan to make more 155 mm ammunition as the war in Ukraine drags on.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Sparse, inadequate funding is driving a burnout crisis among staff at women's shelters and transition homes across the country, says a report released Thursday by a national non-profit.

OTTAWA — The bodies of six people, including four children, were discovered Wednesday in a townhouse in Barrhaven, a suburb south of Ottawa.

Prof. Nick Dulvy recalls when the northern cod fishery collapsed back in 1992. "That was nothing short of a social and economic disaster for Canada," Dulvy said, who's a biology professor at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C.

MONTREAL — Quebec health officials are reporting two more measles cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the province to 12.

OTTAWA — An Ontario court judge will entertain arguments that Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber acted as co-conspirators as part of their criminal trial, she announced in a decision Thursday.

RICHMOND — If you ask the "King of Succulents" Johnny Tai how his plants are doing, do it gently. The 80-year-old Richmond, B.C.

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OTTAWA — The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says it is seriously concerned Canadian businesses weren’t able to testify on proposed federal artificial intelligence legislation.